@darrenpjones asks about warnings by car manufacturers. Minister for Industry tells him off for ignoring ALL THE POSITIVE things being said. She reads a single sentence by Nissan on how the UK is carmaker heaven. But want to know what Nissan said next? 1/3 ~AA
The very next after the sentence the minister reads is "HOWEVER". And what follows is a four paragraph telling off about how Brexit and this government's dithering, and lack of focus or support are risking car manufacturing leaving the UK altogether. 2/3 ~AA @TradeUnlocked
THIS has been the issue for a long time. Everything is treated as a PR problem, rather than an actual challenged to be overcome. Admitting it is seen as weakness. So everything is tied in a big red bow, while under the surface problems mount.
And up pops Rishi Sunak just now, in Japan, to say that "of course Nissan continue to be at the heart of our automotive industry", quite literally as they are writing to his gov't to say: do something or we cannot continue here! ~AA 4/3
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: David Furnish, @eltonofficial's husband, has attacked the deluge of Brexit red tape and extra costs choking UK musicians trying to tour the EU, as the scale of the slump in British performers in Europe is revealed. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
"New analysis shared with The Independent shows that the number of British performers playing festivals across Europe this year is one-third less than before Brexit."
"And the number of European acts playing at this year’s Glastonbury has plummeted by half compared to the years before Brexit, according to figures from the @BestForBritain campaign group."
The #Eurovision Song Contest takes place in the UK for the first time in 25 years! We're hosting as Ukraine, the winners of 2022, wouldn't be safely able to host 🇺🇦
But if you haven't tuned in since 1998, here's a rundown of every year you’ve missed!
Eurovision 1998 was the last time the 🇬🇧UK hosted the contest after Katrina and the Waves won in 🇮🇪Dublin the year before.
The UK was represented by the wonderful Imaani with 'Where Are You?' and the contest was won by Dana International with 'Diva'. 👏
1999 in 🇮🇱 was the first time the contest allowed people to sing in whatever language they choose. The UK has not won since...
Our entry was Precious (🤷♂️) but the eventual winner was Charlotte Nilsson with iconic euro classic 'Take Me to Your Heaven'
🧵In my view the local election results analysis that I have not seen, is actually the simplest. Detail is great, but sometimes one can miss the wood for the trees.
It is this: The country is leaning towards broadly progressive parties by a crushing ratio of about 2 to 1. ~AA 1/
🧵The pool of votes to the right of the Tory Party, which in recent local (and EP) elections has been reliably a minimum of 10% and as high as 20%. It is now tiny, shallow, and difficult to fish. And yet Tories seem locked into culture war stuff. To attract whom? ~AA 2/
🧵This 2-to-1 ratio in the projected national share from the locals, is broadly borne out by GE voting intention aggregate polling, too. Regardless of how the precise arithmetic shapes up, 2-to-1 is hard to overturn. Especially if you're trying to fish the wrong pool . ~AA 3/
The date marks the anniversary of the historic 'Schuman Declaration' that set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war between Europe's nations unthinkable.
🧵Last night, hundreds braved the wind and rain in Parliament Square as the House voted on the #IllegalMigrationBill to make their thoughts on this hateful legislation clear: 1/
The impromptu #StopTheBill demonstration heard from former refugees and campaigners like @haoussou, who called on the Government to reject the Home Secretary’s nativist Bill and show solidarity with people across the world affected by conflict
.@Ntunasi reminded the crowd that the Government’s harping about ‘illegal asylum seekers’ grossly oversimplifies the reality of finding your way to a safe destination as a refugee