Land of Hope & Glory? - UK Politics and other stuff

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It’s almost like the people who voted leave had no idea what they were voting for. I wonder how that could have happened?

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https://twitter.com/aljwhite/status/1179009968231591937?s=20

This scene must have been scripted by Armondo Iannucci

and of course the internet is onto it right away

https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast/status/1179039613316259840?s=20

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More details of the proposed Boris plan.

Not sure if pony slow.

As ever it’s difficult to work out if Johnson is making serious proposals or not. As far as I can tell it’s that NI will leave the customs union along with the rest of the UK, there will be some sort of commitment made by the UK to keep EU regulations on food and goods for 4 years, and that after that the NI assembly would vote on whether to stay with or diverge, along with the rest of the UK, from EU rules.

Surely just another non starter. It means border checks already (the EU will not just trust goods coming from the UK) and, after 4 years, further changes to the situation are out of their hands - and, indeed, placed into the hands of a body that hasn’t even been able to sit for quite some time now.

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Section 10 of the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018 – which prohibits any “border arrangements” between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland – will cause a problem for the government’s latest Brexit plan, the businesswoman and legal campaigner Gina Miller has warned.

Speaking at a breakfast meeting at the London law firm Bird & Bird, Miller said there could be many more “legal twists and turns” before the Brexit crisis is resolved.

Quoting from section 10 of the act, Miller – who has won two landmark cases at the supreme court against the government – said it could prove a problem for the government.

Section 10 outlaws anything that would “diminish any form of north-south cooperation provided for by the Belfast agreement (as defined by section 98 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998)”.

Scottish secretary says claims no-deal Brexit will lead to serious disruption at ports are ‘absolute nonsense’
At the Conservative party conference Alister Jack, the Scottish secretary, has described suggestions that a no-deal Brexit would lead to severe delays at cross-channel ports as “absolute nonsense”. Responding to a question during a Q&A session a few minutes ago, he said:

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Arlene Foster, the DUP leader, has signalled that she is content with the Brexit plans drawn up by Boris Johnson. Speaking to the BBC, she declined to say if she had seen the proposals in detail. But she went on:

What we are doing with his prime minister is working very closely with him and we will continue to work closely with him over the next couple of hours and days, and I hope we do get a deal that is acceptable to the European Union and one that is good for the whole of the United Kingdom.

What people need to remember is after the withdrawal agreement and the backstop came out, what was happening was Northern Ireland was going to be in a different customs union, we were going to be in separate regulations without any democratic say.

I think it is important that we now try and get a deal that is good for Northern Ireland as well as the rest of the UK.

The backstop has always been identified as the huge stumbling block. Let’s fix it and let’s get a deal.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1179320501635862530

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https://mobile.twitter.com/BorderIrish/status/1178977939154714624

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I think Johnson wants a deal in that he has no personal conviction one way or the other, and a successful deal would give him a simple path to an election and a decent majority. So, in the abstract, why wouldn’t he?

It’s just that, as you say, his political allies don’t want a deal. Or, at least, won’t accept any deal they’re going to be offered, and Johnson hasn’t the skill to do anything with that situation. Frankly he probably doesn’t even have the inclination to try, once the going gets tough towards the end of the month he’ll just take whatever he thinks is the easiest gamble, that’s why I thought he might try tarting up the May deal, but that seems so doomed even Johnson might work it out beforehand.

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Because of course he did…

https://mobile.twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1179392089446109188

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New series of the Apprentice with business “titan” Alan Sugar.

The 2min intro is as far as I get each year and the season is no different - I’m out (to steal the catchphrase from another equally awful shit show).

Fuck these awful vapid people.

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BBC 4 A Day in the Life of Earth was a better choice … and I think I’ll stay for an hour tribute to Rik Mayall - B’Stard

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