Michael Hodges @michael_h@qoto.org
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Festival of #Brexit was ‘monumental cock-up’, MPs tell culture secretary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-festival-culture-secretary-unboxed-b2239964.html
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#Brexit adding to ‘crippling’ UK food supply crisis, say farming chiefs
Which makes you wonder why so many farmers voted for it…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-food-supply-shortages-uk-b2239981.html
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In so many policy areas, and since at least its implementation of #Brexit, this government put ideology before even basic impact assessments or consultation. #ENO https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/27/a-fight-at-the-opera-could-forcing-eno-up-north-work-out-manchester-arts-council
UKCA implementation has been extended yet again, in another #brexit embarrassment.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking#when-the-ukca-marking-comes-into-use
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‘Britain’s former growth model, dependent on unsustainable credit growth & inward investment associated with the UK being the best site to export into the EU, has collapsed. Babble about exploiting #brexit opportunities is just babble: trade is shrinking, with it private investment. There is no plan, no vision, no strategy, no institutional architecture that might offer better’ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/20/first-step-to-britains-economic-recovery-is-start-telling-truth
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So, according to the Times 'Britain mulls Swiss-style ties with Brussels'. Has nobody told the Tories that the EU does not want a 'Swiss-style' deal? And with the ERG threatening to bring the government down over any such deal, there is no point in the EU negotiating one.
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@bullivant I think the EU wouldn't have minded a swiss style agreement. But, the UK didn't want freedom of movement.
Also, the deal is signed, the negotiations are over.
Why are the British still arguing over this? The EU has moved on.
Is this some joke?
Sunak claiming leaving the #eu and #brexit equates to fighting a foreign adversary dead set on wiping you out.
Fascist dog whistle.
https://mobile.twitter.com/rishisunak/status/1593961630303670272?
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Just in case anyone missed this;
November 2022's PM stops daily news interviews with Ministers. Post #Brexit fridge shortage?
@CarolineLucas Words mean nothing in UK politics at the moment, the liar is rewarded and honoured.
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Hunt says he’ll be “honest about the challenges” but pretends this is all global - no mention of #Brexit - ridiculous to ignore what the OBR says on that - with his blatantly selective quoting #AutumnStatement
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1593207015404625922
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Huge elephant in the room is #Brexit. Hunt didn't once mention how it's contributed to 4% productivity drop, 15% trade drop, 6% food price increase, lower wages, workforce shortages & highest inflation in G7. Why won't Govt call it out? #AutumnStatement
@BestForBritain @euromove
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1593241611252572162
Worth listening to if follow #brexit #irish #economy
https://cjpeconomics.substack.com/p/ireland-might-be-the-best-placed
"The problem, I suggest, is that while words have always been debated over, today, in Brexit Britain, they have ceased to have any meaning at all. There is no debate."
@oranger2020 @SBenita It feels like an entitled position for these British to take. Much like the entitled position they took, when they thought they should be allowed to keep their #eu Citizenship after #brexit
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@michael_h I am more annoyed by Joe Blogs comments on this (either that they are made or are amplified). There can be real issues, but false comparisons are both unhelpful, and insulting
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Interesting comparison of health care waiting list numbers across Europe from the FT. Personally I was looking at Ireland vs Sweden.
@sliabh people love to shit talk Ireland, especially the opposition party. It's just populist bullshit. They have no solutions, just complaints.
@DrSandraDuffy You can on the qoto.org server.
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