The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[TightEnd]

David M is back on the scene again

"David Miliband: Jeremy Corbyn is taking us back to the 1930s "

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/09/david-miliband-jeremy-corbyn-taking-us-back-1930s

[Doobs]

How has the Brexit vote affected the UK economy? September verdict

good catch all article

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2016/sep/21/how-has-the-brexit-vote-affected-the-uk-economy-september-verdict?CMP=twt_gu

Meh, hardly comprehensive when it makes no mention of bake off presenters down 75%. 

[DaveShoelace]

What odds are we making a Labour split after the weekend then?

[TightEnd]

What odds are we making a Labour split after the weekend then?

sounds like some of them are going back inside the tent/shadow cabinet.

from what i can tell talk of splits has diminished considerably.

though tim farron has been hinting at lib-dem/labour moderate talks which may see a few go

[TightEnd]

following on from that this has just come out

"moderate Labour MPs need to be brave. There are no signs that they will be"

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http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/when-corbyn-triumphs-labours-real-civil-war-will-begin/

[TightEnd]

i think this is a really good read, by John Curtice of exit polling fame and generally one of the sager voices around

"Corbyn is more accurately described as a divisive opposition leader than as an unpopular one' says John Curtice

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/22/jeremy-corbyn-not-unpopular-but-divisive?CMP=share_btn_tw

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[TightEnd]

Boris Johnson: UK aiming to start EU Brexit talks in early 2017

BoJo: "you invoke A50 early next year, you have two years to pull it off. I don't think we will necessarily need to spend a full two years"

[TightEnd]

BoJo: "Nobody in our great campaign [Leave] suggested we were hauling up drawbridge on absolutely everybody coming to this sceptred isle"

[TightEnd]

Johnson appears to confirm UK trying to split single market & freedom of movement deals

"They would have us believe there's some automatic trade off between access to SM & free movement. Complete baloney"

"..2 things have nothing to do with each other. We should go for jumbo free trade deal and take back control of our immigration policy"


all this in the sky interview just aired live

[RED-DOG]

I bet the outers are sorry now.



http://qz.com/787163/eu-roaming-brexit-everyone-in-europe-is-getting-free-roaming-except-brits/

[doubleup]

Johnson appears to confirm UK trying to split single market & freedom of movement deals

"They would have us believe there's some automatic trade off between access to SM & free movement. Complete baloney"

"..2 things have nothing to do with each other. We should go for jumbo free trade deal and take back control of our immigration policy"


all this in the sky interview just aired live

The single market is 4 freedoms one of which is freedom of movement for workers.  By definition you can't be in the single market without it.  Boris just can't resist telling lies.

[TightEnd]

ouch

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[TightEnd]

Even if Boris only backed Brexit for ambition, he's in the new centre ground

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-boris-johnson-foreign-secretary-never-cared-conservative-leader-remain-good-thing-a7322486.html

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