The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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The EU Parliament's Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt discusses the timetable for UK's exit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38302205?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_politics&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

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Why a slow Brexit would be a political headache for Theresa May.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/12/why-slow-brexit-would-be-political-headache-theresa-may

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Labour MP Ben Bradshaw tells the House of Commons it is "highly probable" Russia interfered in the UK's EU Referendum.

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Labour split on immigration as Keir Starmer says free movement cannot be ignored in Brexit talks http://bit.ly/2gwBFyg

[RickBFA]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38313110

Good old BBC.

I was looking at their website and found this in the bottom section of their news page.

Above it and cleared deemed more important "news" in larger font with a picture was news about an enquiry into an assault on a strictly star being dropped - clearly critically important information.

BTW, I know a 16,000 drop in unemployment is not statistically significant before Redsimon brings it up. Average earnings to October increase by 2.6% too.

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I know not many voters will get to hear of this, but if they do its not exactly going to endear him to them is it?

Labour MPs' fury after Jeremy Corbyn hires senior Sinn Fein staffer to work in his office http://bit.ly/2hOgiJy

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A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain's ambassador to the EU has privately told the government.

The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal might not be done until the early to mid-2020s.

He also cautioned that an agreement could be rejected ultimately by other EU members' national parliaments.

No 10 expressed confidence in reaching a deal to suit the UK and the EU.

In October, Sir Ivan, who conducted David Cameron's negotiation over the UK's relationship with the EU, advised ministers that the view of the 27 other countries was that a free trade agreement could take as long as a decade.

He said that even once concluded, the deal might not survive the process of ratification, which involves every country having to approve the deal in its own parliament.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38324146

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The Liberal Democrats have jumped to their best poll rating in five years after the Richmond Park by-election, an exclusive poll reveals today.

Their vote is up from 10 to 14 points in the monthly Ipsos MORI Political Monitor survey - their biggest share since August 2011.

At the same time, leader Tim Farron’s personal ratings have improved, with satisfaction in his performance rising from 23 per cent to 27.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/liberal-democrats-jump-to-best-poll-rating-in-five-years-after-richmond-park-triumph-a3420906.

In other key findings today:

Theresa May’s Conservatives have an 11-point lead Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, with the Tories at 40 per cent (down two points) and Labour on 29 (down four).
Mr Corbyn has the worst ratings of any of the four main British leaders, with just 26 per cent satisfied with him and a two-to-one majority of 58 per cent dissatisfied.
Ukip has improved two points with Paul Nuttall installed as new leader but they are in fourth place, at nine per cent. Half the public do not yet have a view on Mr Nuttall’s performance in the job - and of those that do, they are two-to-one dissatisfied.
Caroline Lucas’s Greens are marooned on three per cent - a point below the combined support for Scottish and Welsh Nationalists who do not campaign in England.
Satisfaction with the Government has dropped since November, with the proportion who are satisfied with the way it is running the country falling from 43 per cent to 36. Satisfaction with Mrs May has dropped from 54 to 50 but her ratings are higher than the other leaders.

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we were talking about this the other day....

maybe of interest

Justin Trudeau: 'Globalisation isn't working for ordinary people'
the Canadian prime minister tells the Guardian why, in a world where populism, divisiveness and fear are on the rise, he’s taking the opposite approach

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/15/justin-trudeau-interview-globalisation-climate-change-trump?CMP=twt_gu

[MintTrav]

Willie Whitelaw moment.

Theresa says Boris is a FFS. Anyone disagree?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/743420/Theresa-May-FFS-Boris-Johnson-Labour-jibe-PMQs

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Sad news


http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/15/pink-panther-wafers-on-verge-of-extinction-6325477/

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Won't somebody talk to me?

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David Davis is clear: We are going to put ourselves at the mercy of EU negotiators

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/12/14/decoding-david-davis-the-govt-knows-it-is-about-to-make-us-p

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Jeremy Corbyn’s Sinn Féin hire shows he is not willing to compromise http://specc.ie/2hzjmdn