The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[JohnCharver]

Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

its true though? lower path of growth = lower tax revenue for starters.

nothing to do with spin, as carney said yesterday its an event shock that renders all previous forecasts moot.

Dont doubt it, but it wasnt going to happen anyway.

that may be so, but we'll never know now

By his record Id say we do....

[TightEnd]

This week with Andrew Neil was on v late last night

got 1.25m viewers compared to about 750,000 normally an hour earlier

if you have to to i-player it, its a superb watch

first five minutes is hilarious and all sides of this get it socked to them

[nirvana]

Warning: Contains Americans doing "British" accents.

Enjoyed that, quite good to see things from a whole other perspective.

I was speaking to a young woman, colleague, in Italy a couple of days ago. She was kind of mortified and couldn't begin to understand why we would leave. She went on to talk about their perspectives on the EU being formed very positively throughout their school years and how they are indoctrinated (her word, not mine) from quite a young age. Now she was older she 100% agreed with the perspectives she gained from her early years and was very saddened by our exit. Certainly good to hear these external views

[TightEnd]

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[TightEnd]

alternative headline, "good news at last for house buyers" (depends on your perspective/position)

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[TightEnd]

this is a letter in the FT

it basically sums up where some labour MPs think they can take the party and win GE2020 with votes from the 48% 

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[redsimon]

I think if Labour went for a rejoin EU stance in 2020 theyd be wiped out.

[TightEnd]

Sky Sources: Airline easyJet has opened talks with EU governments about moving its legal headquarters out of the UK

[Graham C]

Apologies if posted already

http://www.gove2016.co.uk/

[arbboy]

This week with Andrew Neil was on v late last night

got 1.25m viewers compared to about 750,000 normally an hour earlier

if you have to to i-player it, its a superb watch

first five minutes is hilarious and all sides of this get it socked to them

Confirmed good watch.  I thought they might extend QT to two hours last night and this week to an hour because of what happened.

[redsimon]

QT next week on Chilcott including George Galloway, marmite politician I know but could be interesting viewing.

[EvilPie]

Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

Tosser must be loving it!!

What a great excuse for not achieving a commitment that you were always going to fall well short of anyway.

[JohnCharver]

Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

Tosser must be loving it!!

What a great excuse for not achieving a commitment that you were always going to fall well short of anyway.

Leave is a chancellors dream if he hadnt acted like a fool before trying to scare voters into staying. You can either blame everything on impossible conditions or make out you are a genius by getting results against the tide of gloom. Osborne and Cameron are the worst cases of politicians living in a bubble, they think they are trusted and respected as a whole instead of the other side being unelectable. Its amazing no PR guy who had done the research told them to be neutral during the referendum.

[TightEnd]

its slowing down, finally

afternoon link dump:

George Eaton ‏@georgeeaton

Brexit has forced the Tories to retreat from austerity: http://bit.ly/29gdANL

[TightEnd]

Stephen Bush ‏@stephenkb

There's a view in Whitehall that you could give Frankfurt and Paris the city in exchange for one of four freedoms:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2016/07/what-type-brexit-did-we-vote-150000-conservative-members-will-decide