#BREXIT

1. One of my favourite remainer conspiracy theories is that #Brexit happened because Ree-Mogg et al were worried about rules against tax avoidance practices. Sorta overlooks the fact that Brexit
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Is it interesting that there were loads of campaigns and TV shows leaning into “Great British this and Great British that” in the run up to Brexit, but now that
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Some 6 weeks ago I decided to collect ##FBPEs. How hard can it be? Very. In the last 30 days I have found & followed 3,120. Of those 1,800 did
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Two observations on public awareness of the Brexit debate and their impact on what can be done. (Thread) 1) The public - even an expert legal public - is not
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I tell you what “the British people” don’t like, and it’s a government that doesn’t suspend an alleged rapist, that has a near criminal mishandling of covid-19, and that is
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1. The January window is now open & new post-Brexit FA rules governing football players wishing to play in the EPL/EFL are now in place. The FA's press release is
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After my first reading of the draft EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement, here is a short thread with some initial thoughts: 1) this is a massive and complex document, covering
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NEW The European Research Group approves Boris Johnson's Brexit deal in three page legal summary:"Our overall conclusion is that the Agreement preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law
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I interrupt the eating of chocolate and watching of movies to bring you some fishing news #BrexitHere is page 909 of the UK-EU trade deal granting “full access” to
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So I’ve been reading up on the old Pulse Fishing post Brexit triumph the govt are claiming.Pulse Fishing was effectively banned in 1998 by the EU.The Dutch got a partial
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In a break from tweeting on the epic sagas that are #Brexit and #Iran, here's a thread on the disaster that is the EU's current enlargement policy a year after
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On the NI announcementFirst of all, this is not the border operating model we've been waiting for. This is yet another new IT system that will supposedly take care of
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Some belated thoughts on what the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement means for civil society (not that belated as we'll be talking about its consequences for years and years...) 1.
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1/ Brexit and the 40,000 or so avoidable covid deaths are symptoms of a broken political system in which the ruling elite serves only itself and its super-rich patrons, and
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Brexit Day 1:https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/1345068527062024195 Brexit day 5:https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1347071083732738048?s=20 Brexit day 9:https://twitter.com/MarcDavenant/status/1347578090193637384?s=20 Brexit
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The Brexit deal marks a new beginning of a complex relationship in which Britain and the EU will have to learn to live together differently.This is the new institutional infrastructure
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