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Unofficial monster raving loonies. Decoding the Brexit customs union row

Unofficial monster raving loonies. Decoding the Brexit customs union row

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NEW: Government to announce tomorrow it will bring back all the Brexit Bills next month to put to the Commons – facing down the (a?) customs union rebels… rebels though are confident they will win. ERG wanted it, now we get considerable fireworks in June. 1922 told today — Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) 23 May 2018 So that would be decisions on 15 Lords amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill but also some MPs have been told its the long lost…

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On the betting markets punters don’t buy the speculation that there’ll be a 2018 election

On the betting markets punters don’t buy the speculation that there’ll be a 2018 election

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Betdata.io A vote this year is rated as just an 11% chance At the weekend we saw reports in the media about the possibility of the huge divide in the Conservative over Brexit being of such a magnitude that an early, 2018, general election was the only way of ending it. I thought the Sunday Times report was over-egged simply because Mrs. May was so scarred by her failure to retain the Tory majority last year that there were no…

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Corbyn’s approach to Brexit risks alienating the enthusiastic young backers of a year ago

Corbyn’s approach to Brexit risks alienating the enthusiastic young backers of a year ago

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Will students continue to back Corbyn if he continues with his equivocation?https://t.co/n7aXmyNxIO — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 15, 2018 But there are no signs that he cares The above article is one of a number that have been appearing recently from people who backed Corbyn’s LAB at GE2017 about his approach to Brexit. In many ways why should they be surprised because the manifesto on which the party fought the election was explicit. Labour was for Brexit. One of the…

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Teams from Remain areas once again dominated the Premiership and it will be even more the case next season

Teams from Remain areas once again dominated the Premiership and it will be even more the case next season

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Yet again sides from Leave areas get relegated The 2017/2018 English Premier League season came to an end yesterday and the above chart shows the final rankings linked to the Brexit referendum Remain shares. As can be seen the top half of the table is almost totally made up of sides from places where there was a high Remain vote while the bottom is dominated by team where Leave did best. With three Leave area sides being relegated to be…

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Losing the peace

Losing the peace

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The whiff of panic is palpable among what passes for the Leave intelligentsia. Two years ago they were airily asserting that the EU needed a deal more than Britain did and that it could be done over a long lunch, with the EU paying for the post-prandial cigars. Today, with the government boxed in on all sides, facing the prospect of either a cliff-edge Brexit for which next-to-no preparation has taken place or a customs arrangement that would hamstring Britain’s…

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Leave till last. Identifying the next Conservative leader

Leave till last. Identifying the next Conservative leader

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    Considering how fondly it is remembered as a children’s book, The Hobbit has a lot of gore in it.  (The alert will already have figured out that I’m going to be talking about Conservative leadership manoeuvrings.)  Bilbo Baggins is threatened with imminent devourment on five separate occasions, which would make even the most gung-ho adventurer feel put out.  On the first of these occasions, he has been captured by trolls.  They quiz him about whether there are others…

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