The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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The FT's Martin Wolf on the "spectacular mess" that is Brexit: Britain is a shambles

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[ripple11]

The FT's Martin Wolf on the "spectacular mess" that is Brexit: Britain is a shambles

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Is the last sentence key?....20 odd labour rebels + DUP + large maj of Tories (not wanting Gov to fall), means May gets through all/most key votes?

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2017 election saw the biggest swing DURING an election campaign ever - uncertainty is the new normal

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Some interesting stuff in the latest Private Eye about Labour and the election. Much more to come there.

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Tony is out and about again doing media....

Blair on Corbyn's Brexit "A 'jobs Brexit' outside the single market is a contradiction in terms".

http://institute.global/news/brexit-and-centre

[PokerBroker]

Tony is out and about again doing media....

Blair on Corbyn's Brexit "A 'jobs Brexit' outside the single market is a contradiction in terms".

http://institute.global/news/brexit-and-centre

There have been people kicked out the Labour Party for less. 

Is that Balir's end game?

[Doobs]

Some interesting stuff in the latest Private Eye about Labour and the election. Much more to come there.

Having worked a lot of contracts, it is fairly standard for your temporary pass to fail every so often due to end dates, rollovers, month ends and assorted other cock ups.

They were only supposed to be there until the election finished and so it shouldn't be much of a surprise that this is when the passes stopped working. Would lay odds against the night of the long knives and standard security pass cock up is long odds on.

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private eye again

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An honest leave campaign would have admitted the complexity of leaving the EU. Brexiteers are still ignoring it.

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/our-brexit-backing-politicians-are-making-fools-of-us/

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Road to Brexit: The Heartlands Where a Good Deal Matters Most

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-brexit-negotiations-industry/

(recommended)

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There’s still a real chance for a second Brexit referendum

"The key is timing. The people may well want a rethink once the clock runs out in March 2019 – when the disaster will be clear"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/14/chance-second-brexit-referendum-people-rethink?CMP=twt_gu

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The Tory leadership contest is starting with an attempted assassination,

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/everyones-out-for-boris/

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UK would 'hit the canvas' under a Jeremy Corbyn government - Tony Blair http://bit.ly/2tq3Gh5

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Former civil service head warns Theresa May of Brexit chaos

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/15/brexit-disaster-theresa-may-gus-o-donnell-civil-service?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Growing support for a referendum on the the BREXIT deal. Survation/MoS poll finds 46% in favour to 39% against