Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Until about ten seconds ago I had thought EU army was a bit of a non-issue, unlikely and largely unnecessary. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Thu 21 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
Category: Twitter
-
Links from the week of 18 July 2016
-
Links from the week of 11 July 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Lovable Frank Cameron spends six years refurbishing a house, then reverses a JCB into it while trying to swat a fly. youtu.be/AxamCCjDl3Q
Wed 13 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
The full thing is here: conservativehome.com/platform/2016/…
Wed 13 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
US newspapers running pieces on our new Foreign Sec within 5 hours of his appointment. That’s impact, right? theatlantic.com/international/…
Thu 14 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 4 July 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Every pound you spend on holiday will buy you €0.25 less theguardian.com/business/2016/…
Tue 5 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
Matthew Parris on immigration and taking control: spectator.co.uk/2016/07/for-th…
Thu 7 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 27 June 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Googling ”ye ken noo” (to check ppl would understand it) popped up this prophetic piece economist.com/blogs/buttonwo…
Mon 27 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Osborne speech due tomorrow morning early. youtube.com/watch?v=b6CVvN…
Mon 27 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Labour saying it won’t campaign for continuation of free movement. Because aping UKIP worked the other 600 times? politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/07/…
Fri 1 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
An Alaskan Village Where Grizzlies Roam and Canada Rules (if Anyone Does) nyti.ms/29pqmai
Sun 3 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
Full piece: seems winning a campaign on by stoking immigration fear is OK as long as you forget about it after blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/theres…
Sun 3 Jul 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 20 June 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
The EU must reform, with or without the British | Clingendael clingendael.nl/publication/eu…
Mon 20 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Economic chiefs warn of Brexit risk in “unprecedented” joint statement | Public Finance buff.ly/28Ld0ok
Mon 20 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Leave really are falling apart. Now one of the board members resigns for retweeting racist tweets: theguardian.com/politics/2016/…
Mon 20 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
”It’s time to say goodbye to the British” writes @jorisluyendijk nrc.nl/handelsblad/20…
Tue 21 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
First time I’ve ever got a thousand likes on a FB post, and it’s an uplifting one. facebook.com/anthonyzach/po…
Tue 21 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
If you think ”Vienna convention” will protect the rights of you or your family abroad after #Brexit, you’re wrong: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2016/05/16/sio…
Tue 21 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Skateboarding magazines not my normal fare but this piece on #EURef is *excellent* buff.ly/28LZxd1
Wed 22 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Good read on half-in or half-out? #EUref paulkirby.net/2016/06/22/the…
Wed 22 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
The strange death of scepticism in the leave campaign | Jonathan Hill buff.ly/28QkJCl
Wed 22 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Edward Lucas: it will be a decade or more before we clear the poison of this campaign. cepa.org/Europes-Edge/W…
Wed 22 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Fact-Checking Brexit: The Conclusion — I’m Trying To Fact-Check Brexit — Medium buff.ly/28Ntrhc
Thu 23 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
We haven’t had the Merkel/Obama summit yet but otherwise 💯 inews.co.uk/opinion/commen…
Sun 26 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 13 June 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Unelected lawmakers? No, all elected. Outvoted 70 times? Yes, voted with majority over 2,000 times. #strongerin huffingtonpost.co.uk/robin-lustig/e…
Mon 13 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Stop talking about the “tough questions” on immigration. The question is easy newstatesman.com/politics/econo… < interesting read
Mon 13 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
A rant by @dsquareddigest. We are indeed better than that, I hope. storify.com/stianwestlake/…
Wed 15 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Excellent set of Brexit briefings on the big issues from the Economist: economist.com/sites/default/…
Wed 15 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
There’s no choice between NATO and EU – the answer has to be ”both”, says General Rupert Smith telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/1…
Wed 15 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
It’s customary to say ‘obviously there is much wrong with the EU’. Gilbert Ramsay doesn’t hold with that buff.ly/1ZSk04Z
Thu 16 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Explaining democracy in the EU. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_…
Thu 16 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Why patriotic England can’t see outside itself buff.ly/1Umriwk
Fri 17 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
This FT piece reinforces the idea that the person who most wants a Remain win is Boris Johnson. next.ft.com/content/00a534…
Fri 17 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Good but terrifying and sad – how #EURef and the rhetoric around it have dehumanised EU citizens living here buff.ly/1YyovmW
Sat 18 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 6 June 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
When Brits lecture EU about Euro, worth remembering € has majority support in every Euro-using country (70% in GR) ec.europa.eu/COMMFrontOffic…
Mon 6 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
“New politics has to deliver on the false promises of populism” – a speech I gave last month. medium.com/@anthonyzach/n…
Mon 6 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
67 ways your life may change if the UK ‘Brexits’ mashable.com/2016/06/04/eu-… via @mashable
Mon 6 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Le Monde editorial: “The country which cornered Napoleon cannot succumb to Farage. Brexit could be your Waterloo” buff.ly/1tde10u
Tue 7 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Leave on immigration: totally silent on our rights as Brits to live or move abroad, which will be for the chop voteleavetakecontrol.org/restoring_publ…
Tue 7 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Dreamed about retiring to Spain? Starting a bar in Berlin? Getting a promotion in Paris? Leave just killed that off. voteleavetakecontrol.org/restoring_publ…
Tue 7 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
If you’re interested in Belgium at #Euro16 & read French (or Google Translate) this is good background plus.lesoir.be/articles/euro-… #Tousenfrance
Tue 7 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Why Trump’s Assault on the Judiciary Is the Most Dangerous Thing He’s Done politico.com/magazine/story…
Wed 8 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Brexit’s leaders want to smash the system – but they won’t pay the price | Rafael Behr gu.com/p/4kjj9/stw
Wed 8 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Somehow this @JohnnyMercerMP article on #euref and the dire campaign had passed me by. It’s excellent, read it. conservativehome.com/platform/2016/…
Thu 9 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Boris Johnson Used To Campaign For Turkey To Join The European Union buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/bo… via @jimwaterson @BuzzFeedUK
Thu 9 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Britain’s Truthiness Moment buff.ly/1U9Tx14
Fri 10 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Brexiters’ idea of unilateral free trade is a dangerous fantasy: on.ft.com/1YciyLW via @FT
Fri 10 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
German foreign min: “If Britain opts for Brexit, that decides against the single market. In is in. Out is out.” gu.com/p/4kq4t/stw
Fri 10 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
“Why You Can’t Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals …” by @NathanCHubbard theringer.com/ticket-industr… < my reading material for the train to #EURO2016
Sat 11 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
A reminder that #EURef is about people more than trade thecyclingdutchman.blogspot.fr
Sun 12 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Social insecurity (which is driving anti-immigration) & England will need significant action after a Remain vote. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Sun 12 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Arron Banks loves British democracy so much that after bypassing Parliament with a…
Arron Banks loves British democracy so much that after bypassing Parliament with a referendum, he wants to sue it to stop people voting.
I look to proper lawyers like @carlgardner to advise how much Art 9 of the 1689 Bill of Rights (it exists!) applies.
Is says “That … proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.”
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 9 June 2016. View the original thread.
-
Links from the week of 30 May 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
European unity is meaningless without a media to match buff.ly/1Uqmm9l
Tue 31 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
Don’t agree with @hughbs on the vanity of big visions, but do agree that Europe needs a more networked and open one buff.ly/1Uabo5j
Tue 31 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
Or, less politely, how it’s total rubbish voxeu.org/article/how-ec… twitter.com/BaldwinRE/stat…
Fri 3 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Our own bad habits are to blame for the UK’s political crisis theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Fri 3 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
Fab article on belonging and not-belonging as a Brit in Amsterdam, by @mpphillips the-pool.com/life/life-hone… (via @dzyrl) Yay, free movement!
Sat 4 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
This list of euromyths almost makes you admire UK press’s creativity in misleading people blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euro…
Sat 4 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
By me: “What did you do in the Great Campaign, Daddy?” medium.com/idea-of-europe…
Sat 4 Jun 2016 · on Twitter
-
-
Links from the week of 23 May 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
-
Leave campaign claiming that pop stars were “put under pressure” to pull out of Brexit gig. #brexitexit thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/n…
Wed 25 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
“networks of exposed pipes, mandatory under the East London Hipster Bar Act 2002” buff.ly/20Jp6k3
Fri 27 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
“Krauts for Brexit” – feat. @jonworth (in German, from ZDF’s Heute Show) webapp.zdf.de/beitrag?aID=27…
Sat 28 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
Very good on the paranoid style of Brexit campaigners. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Sun 29 May 2016 · on Twitter
-
The great @williamkeegan on how Brexit debate is focusing our attention on all the wrong questions theguardian.com/business/2016/…
Sun 29 May 2016 · on Twitter
-