The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[TightEnd]

"Agent COB" denies he ever “offered any privileged information" to Czech spies.

Very legalistic formula of words, Corbyn doesn't deny passing information to Britain's enemies at the height of the Cold War.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5581166/jeremy-corbyn-communist-spy-cold-war-briefings/

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[Longines]

Jesus...

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[TightEnd]

another good read

Our politicians - right and left - are lying to us, because they’re afraid. We deserve better.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/02/both-left-and-right-i-ve-never-despaired-more-british-politicians

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[TightEnd]

The trade delusion: why the belief that Britain will thrive outside the customs union is an ideological fantasy.

Makes the point very clearly- "Customs Union withdrawal is a solution in search of a problem. "

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/02/trade-delusion-why-brexit-won-t-be-britains-salvation

[TightEnd]

The DUP adds to May’s woes by shattering hopes of a power-share deal with Sinn Féin

The government barely has the legaslitive power for Brexit, let alone direct rule in Northern Ireland,

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/02/dup-sinn-fein-nothern-ireland-power-share-deal-direct-rule

[TightEnd]

lol

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[TightEnd]

Excl: Pressure mounts on Jeremy Corbyn over Czech spy scandal as former MI6 chief brands him “either incredibly naive or complicit”;

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5590233/jeremy-corbyn-links-soviet-spy-claims-labour/



Or, some broad thoughts on why the foreign policy attacks on Corbyn don't seem to land:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/02/why-jeremy-corbyn-spy-story-wont-change-minds-and-what-could

[kukushkin88]

lol

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Other than the obvious, that they've been hoodwinked by the right wing media. How did old people get to be so detached from reality?

[TightEnd]

YouGov/Times:

CON 40 (-3)
LAB 41 (+2)
LD 8 (=)
UKIP 4 (+1)
GRN 2 (-1)
SNP 3 (=)
Fieldwork 12th-13th Feb
N=1,639
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/8d28iz3x5j/TimesResults_180213_VI_Trackers.pdf

[TightEnd]

You don’t have to be an old Cold Warrior to find the idea of Corbyn in charge of the nation’s security an alarming thought, says

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/labour-deny-that-jeremy-corbyn-was-a-paid-informant-during-the-cold-war/

[TightEnd]

Is it possible to reverse Brexit? | Anand Menon | Opinion | The Guardian

cliffs probably not

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/16/possible-reverse-brexit-second-referendum

[TightEnd]

a good but complicated deep read

Britain’s exit from the EU is an essentially Thatcherite project, writes John Harris. It may yet result in the laissez-faire dystopia she always wanted

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/02/thatcher-s-long-shadow-has-miserablist-left-exaggerated-her-legacy

[TightEnd]

Labour collusion with the Soviets has a long history - from the union leader taking KGB money to the Lab Gen Sec meeting intelligence officers in the Soviet Embassy to engineer a 'genuine Socialist govt' in the UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/labour-remains-haunted-ghosts-soviet-past/#

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[TightEnd]

-David Davis seeks to calm nerves by saying Brexit won't turn UK into a 'Mad Max dystopia'
-£ immediately falls

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