Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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On 15th Sep I will be in Falun, Sweden, speaking at the International Day of Democracy falun.se/democracyday. If you’re there, say hi.
Tue 29 Aug 2017 · on Twitter
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Links from the week of 28 August 2017
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Links from the week of 21 August 2017
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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Labour: lengthy transitional period post Brexit < will stay in single market if (🙄) special treatment on FoM. theguardian.com/global/2017/au…
I’m being thankful for a lot of small mercies this week, but FOM special treatment won’t happen. Make the case or gtfo.
Sat 26 Aug 2017 · on Twitter
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Accompanying my mother around M&S like it’s 1982.
Accompanying my mother around M&S like it’s 1982. At least this time I have a smartphone.
Never, in the field of customer loyalty…
Strange that the store illustrated on M&S wifi login page is the one in Brussels they’re about to shut.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 25 August 2017. View the original thread.
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I guess, but my problem is UK side has not really been fighting, or not well.
I guess, but my problem is UK side has not really been fighting, or not well. No positive vision that isn’t froth and assertion, no serious twitter.com/bopanc/status/…
attempts to answer the core tradeoff between “control” and market access, and no apparent urgency. It’s like they’re playing a football
match where a draw will relegate them, but they’ve come out late, and put 11 men behind the ball.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 22 August 2017. View the original thread.
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Sounds like more unworkable proposals.
Sounds like more unworkable proposals. (1) On European law issues there may be more than one other member state involved, so which sends a twitter.com/christopherhop…
judge? (2) Those judges will be working within ECJ rules, interpretations and frameworks (3) thinking there will probably be a LOT of cases
so “ad hoc” will probably become permanent; (4) sounds like individuals will lose right to bring claims, good old taking back control.
(5) Interim period cannot be other than under ECJ, says EU neg mandate, and time to negotiate special transition arrangements isn’t there.
Originally posted as a thread of 4 tweets on Twitter on 20 August 2017. View the original thread.
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Links from the week of 7 August 2017
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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NIMBYism Extreme: The Mudchute ASDA Preservation Society citymetric.com/fabric/nimbys-…
Tue 8 Aug 2017 · on Twitter
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On a happier note, cricket in Luxembourg: wort.lu/en/sport/crick…
Tue 8 Aug 2017 · on Twitter
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There is no reform of free movement involved in the EEA.
There is no reform of free movement involved in the EEA. The UK cannot show harm from FM, it cannot invoke temporary restrictions. twitter.com/SKinnock/statu…
Sick of UK pols STILL going on about “reform” (meaning, “Do what UK demands”). That’s over. Options are accept free movement or hard Brexit.
If UK thinks massive economic harm is OK if they can get rid of some Poles, fine, their call. “Reform free movement” == “cake and eat it”.
It’s not an option, it’s even less an option than before, and politicians who invoke it are painting themselves and UK further into a corner
Originally posted as a thread of 4 tweets on Twitter on 8 August 2017. View the original thread.
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Good on Corbynism and internationalism.
Good thread on Corbynism and internationalism. Corbyn embodies for me the economic conservativism of the hard left. Nothing should change. twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/s…
Unless it goes back to an idealised golden age of trade union power. It’s a sort of economic aspic – miles away from the automated leisure-
rich visions of some of his supporters. On this and on Brexit they assume he agrees, but he doesn’t. He proudly does not evolve views.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 2 August 2017. View the original thread.
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Links from the week of 31 July 2017
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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Headline says “security” queues, text says “immigration” – makes a difference for intra-Schengen flights @guardian buff.ly/2wgMH2K
Tue 1 Aug 2017 · on Twitter
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I have sympathy for the civil servants.
I have sympathy for the civil servants. As Juncker said, “Brexit cannot be a success” and it’s hard to choose what sort of failure you want. twitter.com/Usherwood/stat…
Brexit has been badly run politically, but when you’ve promised cake and eat it and have to negotiate from a starting point of less cake…
In twenty years this will be a case study of political systems failure, and I’d put money on the UK being in the EU and the Euro.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 1 August 2017. View the original thread.