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The slowly boiled frogs.https://westcountrybylines.co.uk/brexit-is-the-uks-tulip-mania/ The Brexit Boiled Frog Temperature Timescale:5°: “Better off out” (Nigel Farage and assorted Brexiters, pre-23 June 2016)10°: “We hold all the c

Simon Usherwood

Usherwood

Another fun TCA problem: UK seems to think EU is completing its ratification this monthWhich it's nothttps://twitter.com/EuropeanNick/status/1359127034849615878 A reminder: TCA itself only has provisional application lasting to end Feb,

Tony Connelly

tconnellyRTE

EU sources have expressed concern over the tone of Michael Gove’s letter to his European Commission counterpart on changes the UK is demanding to the Northern Ireland Protocol. 2/ The

Tony Connelly

tconnellyRTE

Having read through @michaelgove's letter to @MarosSefcovic, a few things stand out: 2/ The letter is top heavy on the Article 16 debacle. The reaction in NI had been "overwhelming"...

Jon Worth

jonworth

As arguments about the interplay between the NI Protocol and TCA rumble on, it's time for a kind of typology of solutionsThese are: Turn-a-blind-eye All-UK Build-the-infrastructureA quick Turn-a-blind-eyeExample:"Gove

Tom Hayes

BEERG

Not surprisingly, Hannan tries to rewrite history. He says that the UK and Ireland were quietly working out a border deal until the EU intervened after the 2017 election which

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

So why do so many public contracts end up with friends of Dominic Cummings?@GoodLawProject is judicially reviewing the grant of a lucrative, backdated, public affairs contract, granted on a handshake,

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

So we get the stealth-privatisation of education, including free schools run by people like Toby Young, but we’re reassured this is about “driving up standards” as measured by the constant

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

The Cummings/@BorisJohnson revolution continues. But when you seek to actively break down the civil service (and media, judiciary) you need to be very clear how and why you are trying

Bruce McD

brucemcd23

Where was the 'urgency' to justify awarding contract without tender to Public First when the decision to cancel public exams was made in March ?Public First are Rachel Wolfe and

Matthew Green

MatthewGreen02

Appalled as we are about events in Washington on Wednesday, let’s keep an eye on the bigger picture. Rather than resurrecting Trumpism, as they’d hoped, the insurrectionists have ensured its

Adrian Bethune MCCT

AdrianBethune

I made these @PenguinUKBooks Classic book covers in #lockdown but never used them. Here you go.At number 1 we have 'Low Expectations' the story of a rich privileged boy who

Lee Jones

DrLeeJones

This speech is long, but well worth a read if you're genuinely interested in understanding the contemporary Tory project. Quick thread.1/9https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1277017358788419585 In January, I described how Johnson'

David Gauke

DavidGauke

A longstanding characteristic of our EU negotiations is that Conservative MPs opposing compromise claim to be strengthening the PM’s hand with the EU. But by being so willing to cry

Jess Sargeant

Jess_Sargeant

Michael Gove and his EU counterpart Maroš Šefčovič will meet this afternoon to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol after a frank exchange of letters. Agri-food grace periods are likely to

Clive Lewis MP

labourlewis

2. ‘No-deal’ has always been the logical goal for those who’ve driven the brexit agenda. The question @UKLabour should be asking the govt is, ‘what part of the ‘level playing

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