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16 Jun, 5 tweets, 1 min read
This is a great piece by @rafaelbehr circulated by lots of others on here but I am doing it to. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The madness has many concrete sources. The invisibility and forgettability of the difficulties of doing business pre the single market / difficulties in understanding large numbers / lack of comprehension of the counter factual / ..
/ the unsexiness of the status quo next to the grand critique / the fragmentation of the left / the concentration of Remain votes in large urban constituencies /
/exploiting and falling for delusions about the word 'Free' in 'Free Trade Agreement' / the hijack of incumbent political brands by the needs of the selectorates in the two major parties /
/Poor understanding of economics in the electorate and much of the media/ignorance and a certain amount of cowardice leading to 'both-sidesing' on Brexit issues.

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16 Jun
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This is one of the effects of not having out in the open independent econ-epidemiological models to do policy experiments.
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Somewhat ironic reading about the poorly produced launch of GBNews on the consistently unreadable Independent website.
I confess I tripped over the phrase 'Andrew Neil - who really should still be on the BBC -...'
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'we, producers of the website with the most junk code, browser incompatability, spamming videos, and unreadable layout, a mantle we have held for years, will make some comments about the sound quality on a TV program launch...'
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13 Jun
There seems to be some mistake. This is actually me writing a parody of a column by Dan Hodges, but the Daily Mail have scrubbed my credit at the last minute and published it as a column by Dan Hodges. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
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It's a shame that the subs decided to delete "barely audible over the Cornish surf were the ghosts of Cameron clan summer holidays from the time of Remania"
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I was going to write a recap thread on the impossible trinity of no border between RoI/NI, no border between NI/GB and leaving the single market, but I just got fresh chilli in my eye so you are spared.
Right. So probably the fundamental cause of the problem is that trade is mostly good; trade is easier with those close by. And nations have commitment problems.
This leads - following a very bumpy road - to the set up of the WTO and its legal structures. Facilitating nations, often close by each other, signing FTAs, and providing some kind of rule based structure to enforce them.
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10 Jun
US CPI:
h/t @ChrisGiles_ / @JoMicheII
Do you think we may have hit on an entirely new social science methods literature exploring non verbal transcribed outburst responses to propositions? @patricksturg @robfordmancs @chrishanretty ?
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Quick round up of government activities.

1. trying to evade accountability for the policy of sending patients out of hospitals into care homes without testing.
2. trying to defend not adequately funding catch up programs for schoolchildren affected by school closures during the lockdoens.
3. attempting to unpick the Northern Ireland protocol of the Withdrawal Agreement, and argue that the thing it designed and negotatied and presented as a triumph was a thing imposed on it and having effects it was briefed on but now claims were unforeseen.
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