1/ Welcome to Thursday in the independent republic of Brexitlandia
2/ Today the Cabinet meets to try and agree what Brexit means for the UK which is funny because the ballot paper supposedly had a very simple question 😜
3/ I wonder which arguments will win out 🤔🤔
4/ Top of the list SHOULD be the GFA especially given para 49 of the phase 1 report. That really ought to be the starting point. Although the worry is it could be the end point for a deal
5/ One idea that the UK has proposed is a transition period that takes as long as it takes because it will take ages especially when the UK likes all the goods bits of the EU without the obligations, payments and foreigners 🤤🤤
6/ Naturally a longer transition means accepting obligations with no representation and paying more money 👏👏👏independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
7/ Naturally it also means allowing foreigners to come here as FOM still applies much as that irritates the Maybot
8/ Maybe the transition will help ultra Brexiters realise how selfish they have been in seeking to remove the rights of others (including those in their own family)
9/ But not the Maybot who wants to remove the rights of EU27 citizens in the U.K. and UK citizens in the EU27 from voting in local elections
10/ After all taking their taxes is good but allowing them a voice on how that money is spent is a ludicrous notion 😂😂😂
11/ Still I am no expert so I am sure the Maybot will be supportive of creating the right culture in the UK for foreigner types to feel welcome amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/f…
12/ Meanwhile the arguments over whether Brexit will be good for us continue to rage.
13/ On the one hand Global Britain now seems to be resigned to exporting jobs along with innovative jam 🍓ft.com/content/cc7d00…
14/ While potentially detonating its existing trading system at a time when the NHS needs more money (oh and more staff at short notice) news.sky.com/story/amp/nhs-…
15/ On the other hand all the UK's innovative trading ideas are being rejected by the EU because they represent Cakeism
16/ And even among the Cabinet they cannot agree what approach they want so you can see why the EU is reluctant to show flexibility
17/ And even now some ultra Brexiters insist we will be financially better off 🦄🦄🦄
18/ Apparently the reasons for why we must believe the analysis they are peddling include that the gravity
model is wrong (which basically
means they are saying it is cheaper to travel 2 miles by car than 1 mile) 🤦♂️
model is wrong (which basically
means they are saying it is cheaper to travel 2 miles by car than 1 mile) 🤦♂️
19/ Also once we are free of things like workers rights the economy will boom 🙏🙏🙏
20/ And best of all having sought to trash the reputation of civil servants and forecasts generally, we should rely on this report but not all the other ones 👻👻👻
21/ And if you are not persuaded by this the report was prepared by the legendary Patrick Mumford who things Brexit will work if we unilaterally remove tariffs even if destroys all U.K. manufacturing. Compelling guy huh?
22/ Maybe one could ask the ultra Brexiters what the impact of leaving Euratom will be in terms of energy supply and access to isotopes? But apparently not having access to energy or matter used in cancer treatment is project fear and the act of a saboteur
23/ Still at least the Lords are doing their best to stop the needless decimation of the UK
24/ Meanwhile some of the EU27 are building an island that looks to the future. That is quite some Brexit trolling 🕊
