The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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Euro zone GDP +2.2% in Q2, the highest in over 6 years. Annual rate of growth has only been higher once (Q1, 2011) since the crisis.

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Pay squeeze continues in today’s labour market stats – real pay fell by 0.5% in the three months to June-17

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Pay squeeze is being felt across the economy; pay now falling in around 80% of sectors

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Despite falling pay growth employment remains at a record high, and the growth in self-emp continues to slow

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The rise in typical work: Increases in full-time employment account for almost all of the net growth over the past year

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Full analysis of the customs union position paper: A fantasy land of desperation and muddled thinking

"an absolute dog's breakfast"

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/08/15/the-government-s-customs-union-plan-is-an-absolute-dog-s-bre

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'A recipe for chaos': UK Brexit plan provokes alarm along Irish border

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/16/a-recipe-for-chaos-uk-brexit-plan-provokes-alarm-along-irish-border?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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next phase of brexit talks delayed

anticipated delay to "sufficient progress" for next phase Brexit talks on trade/ transition future:

http://news.sky.com/story/next-phase-of-brexit-talks-likely-delayed-to-december-sky-sources-10991514

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Sarah Champion resigns as shadow equalities minister

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/16/sarah-champion-resigns-as-shadow-equalities-minister-sun-article-pakistani-men?CMP=twt_gu

[DMorgan]

Full analysis of the customs union position paper: A fantasy land of desperation and muddled thinking

"an absolute dog's breakfast"

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/08/15/the-government-s-customs-union-plan-is-an-absolute-dog-s-bre

Is this what I get for not crediting the twitter user that I took it from

[TightEnd]

very interesting piece

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2017/08/centrism-the-problem-not-the-solution.html

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William Hague urges Government not to ‘shoot foot off’ by pursuing hard Brexit:

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/news/88306/william-hague-urges-government-not-%E2%80%98shoot-foot-%E2%80%99-pursuing

[RickBFA]

Logically you would expect business to be cost cutting, battening down the hatches if an economic disaster is round the corner?

Seems to me like they have been?

Watering down of employment terms to zero hours and short term contracts seems like a handy way to insulate your balance sheet from a demand side shock

Not sure this makes sense.

Recruiting staff costs money. Training staff to do a job costs money.

The number of zero hours contracts has fallen in the last 12 months and the jobs being created are full time positions.

[TightEnd]

very interesting long read

Why Theresa May’s gamble at the polls failed

What was the impact of Brexit on the 2017 general election result? What difference did the collapse of UKIP make? And what was the relative importance of factors such as turnout, education, age, and ethnic diversity on support for the two main parties?

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/why-theresa-mays-gamble-at-the-polls-failed/?utm_content=buffer5bb01&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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The trouble with a second Brexit referendum http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/08/trouble-second-brexit-referendum