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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career.

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career.

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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career. Super story by @ShippersUnbound pic.twitter.com/P20Z44xBUh — TSE (@TSEofPB) October 15, 2016 Boris wrote that Brexit could lead to economic shock, Scottish Independence, and Russian aggression 2 days before he backed Brexit. For the last few years I generally kept on advocating that Boris should be laid for the Tory leadership, that advice isn’t going to change for the next Tory leadership contest. It will…

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Cyclefree with a mischievous suggestion

Cyclefree with a mischievous suggestion

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  The most lethal word in the English language, in any language really, is “Why?” Why should matters be as they are, as they have always been, are questions not asked often enough. This is not to argue for pointless change. Often the only way to preserve something of value is to ask why we should have it and discover again the reasons for it. Those who bridle at the very idea of challenging some long-established belief or strongly held…

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Corporeal on the GOP and project Dump Trump

Corporeal on the GOP and project Dump Trump

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Trump hits GOP leadership while campaign struggles to defend him https://t.co/J5GyzUa2wn via @KyleDCheney | Getty pic.twitter.com/kWmW13KERo — POLITICO (@politico) October 9, 2016 The Trump movement, like its spiritual precursor the Tea Party, has always felt like a wave the Republican party establishment has decided to try and ride because they were scared to stand up to it. After losing the 2012 presidential election the RNC commissioned the Growth and Opportunity Project Report (link here) to assess their defeat and map a…

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Joff Wild says keep an eye on Keir

Joff Wild says keep an eye on Keir

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If the Holborn and St Pancras MP is not the first to leave the shadow cabinet, his new Brexit role makes him a decent outside bet in the Labour leadership stakes, writes Joff Wild With Tory ministers briefing against each other as they fall out over Brexit and the Trump campaign seemingly on the verge of implosion in the US, the recent Corbyn Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle has, understandably, not grabbed many of the headlines. But it is noteworthy, nonetheless….

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Taking the 20/1 on Philip Hammond being the first to leave the cabinet

Taking the 20/1 on Philip Hammond being the first to leave the cabinet

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Excl: Cabinet split on Brexit growing over whether to stay in EU's customs union – 'will see Hammond or Fox walking'https://t.co/w7KaQJ4Ui4 — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) October 5, 2016 A few days ago The Sun reported that A MAJOR Cabinet split on Brexit is brewing over whether to sever all links with the EU on customs controls, The Sun can reveal. One of Theresa May’s top table team has even predicted there will be resignations from it over the tinderbox issue….

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The other side of the table. How the EU is shaping up to approach Brexit negotiations

The other side of the table. How the EU is shaping up to approach Brexit negotiations

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Embed from Getty Images To date, most British commentary on the impending negotiations on Brexit have concentrated on what negotiating position Britain might take, as Theresa May’s government gropes towards a tenable approach.  It takes two to tango and so we need to consider how the EU is going to negotiate also.  This has been given much less attention. Such attention as has been given to the EU’s side of the story usually alights on the same few key players. …

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Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Sir Keir Starmer as Shadow Brexit Secretary and the Tories should be worried

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Sir Keir Starmer as Shadow Brexit Secretary and the Tories should be worried

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Shad cabinet latest: @Keir_Starmer to shad Brexit, @jreynoldsMP to shad economic secretary. @helenlewis to live blog https://t.co/PMR5Yz1MRA — The New Statesman Politics (@TheStaggers) October 6, 2016 Labour reshuffle: Diane Abbott is shadow home secretary – latest updates from @stephenkb https://t.co/QNDHU936F9 pic.twitter.com/1JvrJROlKe — The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) October 6, 2016 Labour MP: "Diane Abbott is now in charge of our response to security, terror and immigration. Do they want anyone to vote for us again?" — Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) October 6,…

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Is peace breaking out in the Labour party? Don Brind hopes he’s not indulging in wishful thinking.

Is peace breaking out in the Labour party? Don Brind hopes he’s not indulging in wishful thinking.

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Embed from Getty Images “Matt Wrack and I do our bit for Labour unity” was the caption on an arresting Twitter photo montage on the last day of the Labour conference. It showed Richard Angell, the director of Progress, donning firefighter gear for a photocall with the said Matt Wreck — general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. What made it interesting is that Angell is the man many Corbynistas love to hate. They regard Progress as indelibly “Blairite”. Wrack…

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