The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 42% (-2)
CON: 41% (-)
LDEM: 8% (+1)
UKIP: 4% (+1)
GRN: 1% (-1)

via @YouGov,
21 - 22 Aug

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Statement by German Chamber of Commerce regarding Brexit: 'Many of our members are already shifting investments away from the UK'

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How Keir Starmer's new policy could force Theresa May's Brexit to unravel:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/single-market-brexit-labour-keir-starmer-plan-could-cause-theresa-may-to-unravel-a7916606.html

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He may be Foreign Secretary, but he's still in the wilderness,

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/boris-johnson-has-returned-to-the-political-wilderness/

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Westminster voting intention:

CON: 42% (-)
LAB: 42% (-1)
LDEM: 7% (-)
UKIP: 3% (-)
GRN: 3% (+1)
via @ICMResearch,
25 - 28 Aug

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker rubbished the UK papers on Brexit today. Published over the Summer break, they were proclaimed by Brexit Secretary David Davis yesterday in Brussels as proof of the UK’s hard work and good intent.

https://www.channel4.com/news/by/gary-gibbon/blogs/jean-claude-junckers-frosty-verdict

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Kezia Dugdale MSP has resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

Kezia Dugdale: My friend's death taught me not to waste a moment in life. So I've quit as leader of Scottish Labour:

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/kezia-dugdale-why-i-have-quit-as-leader-of-the-scottish-labour-party/

It's a major shock

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/88547/kezia-dugdale-quits-scottish-labour-leader-major

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Bloomberg

Brexit Is Beginning to Look Like No Brexit

The debate over transition periods reveals a deeper truth: The 2016 vote may have been pointless.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-28/brexit-is-beginning-to-look-like-no-brexit

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i'm no quitter, the new strong and stable

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Brexit transition deal cannot be longer than 2 years because reasons: Govt according to Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/29/brexit-transition-deal-could-face-legal-challenge-shot-german/

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UK tells Brussels negotiators their Brexit bill sums do not add up

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/30/uk-tells-brussels-negotiators-their-brexit-bill-sums-do-not-add-up?CMP=twt_gu

[Cf]

Is the politics summer break over then?

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Brexit latest from EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier "we did not get any decisive progress on any of the principal subjects"

[neeko]

i'm no quitter, the new strong and stable

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I know she is a politician and therefore almost every word is a lie anyway, but really is there anyone in the UK that actually believes her staying on till the next election, and given this statement how is anyone supposed to believe anything she says.

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Barnier: After this week it is clear that the UK does not feel legally obliged to honour its financial commitments after departure

Davis: "The UK's approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic than the EU's" ... urges EU to be more "imaginative and flexible"