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Some Brexit Truths
German MEP Theresa Reintke’s scathing attack on Boris Johnson: “ Boris Johnson has been lying to the people in the UK.” She urged him to return to the Brexit negotiations and "stop blaming others for your actions."
"These Lies have to stop - Truth has to be spoken"
"These Lies have to stop - Truth has to be spoken"
Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, speaking about the impact of Brexit.
"You should be aware that there is no economic upside to this"
"You should be aware that there is no economic upside to this"
Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, speaking about the impact of Brexit. Fairly devastating (Full 20 minute version from 2017)
Firms couldn’t plan as the government refused to confront the realities of leaving. Now we are out of time.
Article by Chris Grey (02/11/20) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-finance/business-not-prepared-brexit-transition
Article by Chris Grey (02/11/20) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-finance/business-not-prepared-brexit-transition
UK-EU trade faces major disruption even with deal, say auditors (06/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/06/uk-eu-trade-faces-major-disruption-even-with-deal-say-auditors?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Yvette Cooper trying to get a straight answer about border security checks post transition. (Blood out of a stone - 04/11/20) https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/1324020087171534848
John Major: Brexit set to be 'more brutal than anyone expected' (09/11/20) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54879209
Excepts from the speech delivered by John Major on Nov 9 2020 at Middle Temple. https://twitter.com/antoguerrera/status/1325877143163842561
From Inside the American Embassy; Channel 4. Filmed roughly Nov '17-Jan '18
US Embassy staff on Brexit. They know Brexit is a disaster and that the British Govt are not telling the public that 52% voted for something that's likely to be "very very bad".
US Embassy staff on Brexit. They know Brexit is a disaster and that the British Govt are not telling the public that 52% voted for something that's likely to be "very very bad".
Michael Moore compares the Trump/Clinton Election to Brexit...(03/11/16)
Caroline Lucas agrees with an audience member that Brexit has been an omnishambles (05/11/18)
Caroline Lucas "Brexit is a project of the right, for the right, by the right" (09/12/18)
Brexit: Endgame - The $20T Secret, with Stephen Fry.
(05/05/19)
(05/05/19)
David Lammy: “Blame us. Blame Westminster. Do not blame Brussels for our own country's mistakes and do not be angry at us for telling you the truth. Be angry at the chancers who sold you a lie.”
(10/01/19)
Voters were lied to during the 2016 EU referendum.
(10/01/19)
Voters were lied to during the 2016 EU referendum.
John Major savages Brexit warning Britain will 'never be a great power again' -- Video of speech embedded in article (09/11/20) https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/john-major-on-brexit-britain-6217118
John Major - Link to the full speech (09/11/20)
Anna Amato's story
How can a civilised country do this?
How can a civilised country do this?
Great thread by Steve Analyst ( @EmporersNewC)
On how the media was pivotal in the reinvention of the meaning of the referendum result
(make a cup of tea first) https://twitter.com/EmporersNewC/status/1327002960484818945
On how the media was pivotal in the reinvention of the meaning of the referendum result
(make a cup of tea first) https://twitter.com/EmporersNewC/status/1327002960484818945
The British government's first disaster of 2021? A food shortage | George Monbiot
(17/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/17/british-government-food-shortage-uk-fresh-europe-ports-storage-space
(17/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/17/british-government-food-shortage-uk-fresh-europe-ports-storage-space
Is Britain really about to embrace chaos and misery for the sake of Brexit dogma?
Will Hutton
(15/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/15/is-britain-really-about-to-embrace-chaos-and-misery-for-the-sake-of-brexit-dogma
Will Hutton
(15/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/15/is-britain-really-about-to-embrace-chaos-and-misery-for-the-sake-of-brexit-dogma
Regrets from Brexit supporting fishing industry
Great thread by Richard Gaywood
@PenLlawen https://twitter.com/PenLlawen/status/1328268066816282624
Great thread by Richard Gaywood
@PenLlawen https://twitter.com/PenLlawen/status/1328268066816282624
Thread on the devastating impact of Brexit mid Covid by Carole Cadwalladr (25/11/20) https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1331500540866535425
Brexit stems from a civil war in capitalism – we are all just collateral damage
George Monbiot (24/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/24/brexit-capitalism
George Monbiot (24/11/20) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/24/brexit-capitalism
"We need to talk about the absence of opposition to a no-deal Brexit"
Thread by David Henig https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1335504575860760578
Thread by David Henig https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1335504575860760578
Sir Ivan Rodgers: Brexit, what's next? (December 2018)
Speaking at the University of Liverpool's Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place.
http://stream.liv.ac.uk/s/f8p8jadm
Speaking at the University of Liverpool's Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place.
http://stream.liv.ac.uk/s/f8p8jadm
'There were certain people saying they'd rather eat grass than be in Europe. Well, that opportunity may very soon come their way.'
This international freight forwarding company owner warns that Brexit is set to have a devastating impact on his industry.
This international freight forwarding company owner warns that Brexit is set to have a devastating impact on his industry.
A list of the plastic patriots who sold Brexit to the British people as they moved their businesses, residences and taxes out of Britain.
Terry Reintke (18/12/20)
"Our interdependence will always be stronger than Brexit.
Our ties will always be stronger than Brexit.
Our friendship will always be stronger than Brexit.
Ce n‘est qu‘un Au Revoir
"
"Our interdependence will always be stronger than Brexit.
Our ties will always be stronger than Brexit.
Our friendship will always be stronger than Brexit.
Ce n‘est qu‘un Au Revoir
"
Boris Johnson is about to agree a deal which will see tariffs put on UK goods when we diverge from EU standards. This footage, from the referendum campaign in 2016, shows he misled Britain.
(From Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys)
(From Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys)
Interview with John le Carré in which he explains that the British public has been bamboozled over Brexit, what the difference is between patriots and nationalists and reads a felicitous passage from his new Brexit novel, 'Agent Running in the Field'
Great thread by Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy
(10/12/20) https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1337153372873482244
(10/12/20) https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1337153372873482244
"The first problem: Brexit is now real. The second: it promised to be all things to all people."
"This problem is not going away and Brexit is not finished. It has literally just begun. "
by @jonlis1 (11/01/21) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/brexit-deal-economy-northern-ireland-leave-found-out
"This problem is not going away and Brexit is not finished. It has literally just begun. "
by @jonlis1 (11/01/21) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/brexit-deal-economy-northern-ireland-leave-found-out
Great thread by Joe Mayes ( @Joe_Mayes)
On one of the big cracks in the Brexit fantasy (19/01/21) https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1351646007810019328
On one of the big cracks in the Brexit fantasy (19/01/21) https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1351646007810019328
Great thread by Peter Foster on how a damaging bare bones deal was always the plan (22/01/21) https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1352575097308143616
