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There seem to be UK MPs confused about the difference between a single market and any other trade relationship, so for clarity:Single market - shared regulations, no checks or restrictions.Other
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#IndiaPushesBackChina : 1/nInteresting Global events over the past few weeks:1. PIA airlines banned by Europe, not even internationally accredited2. Nepal Oli turmoil3. Sec Pompeo called up Nepal4. US Sri Lanka
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1/ People who think they can reinvent the state make me laugh.In countries such as the UK or France, the state is a social construct that was thousands of years
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1. We generally assume two things of government: competence and benevolence. What happens when we get a government that exhibits little of either? Let's take an issue I've been flogging
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#Thread The Ernest Obama matter: Proof that the judiciary system in #Cameroon is corrupt? A frail looking Ernest Obama spent his first night at home yesterday, after 7 nights at
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https://openthemagazine.com/columns/nawabs-of-negativity/ .@MinhazMerchant :Nehru mishandled China/Pakistan. Indira Gandhi stalled economy. MMS allowed himself to be remote-controlled. And now Modi is giving back the bureaucracy power it lo
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It's a good day to reflect on the forced resignation of Kim Darroch from his post as US ambassador in July 2019.Leaked documents revealed Darroch being highly critical of Trump
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Tonight has encapsulated my opinion - a Minister/SPAD or Downing Street Comms person thought that calling it “mutant Covid-19” would nullify the criticism of inadequate planning and for killing Christmashttps://twitter.com/guy_stallard/
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That's not a test. And it's not rational. It's just speculation, second hand, not based on 'figuerers'.Dan is in no position to complain about other's capacity for 'rational discussion'. Lockdown
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EXC: The chair of the UK's vaccine task force showed “official sensitive” government documents to a $200-a-head event for elite US venture capitalists last weekKate Bingham, a Boris Johnson appointee,
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Ministers will soon have a huge decision to make. Throughout the pandemic the overriding aim of government policy has been to stop the NHS being overwhelmed. At some point in
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Two things on this:1) He's not wrong on the consent stipulation - but the issue is zero sum in the Brexit environment - and this again offers no solution just
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“Seeing justice truly done” is an interesting soundbite.Is it, as this incoherent, sub-sixth-form essay rant suggests, only about locking more people up for longer?Or does “justice truly done” mean a
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A Rapid Response Thread for http://modernsocietyinitiative.org  (@msiuk_)"What is going wrong with #COVIDUK test and trace?"Sept 10th 2020Full article: https://modernsocietyinitiative.org/latest-research/f/rapid-response-what
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ONE of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals has published a damning attack on the UK Government, saying “science is being suppressed for political and financial gain” in
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Opinion amongst EU diplomats is broadly that IF PM is talking about EU threatening integrity of UK endangering peace in NIreland etc IN ORDER to eventually sell idea to Tory
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