The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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BREAKING Vaz Resigns as Chair of Home Affairs Select Committee

banged to rights

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the full story of

Japan's Unprecedented Warning To UK Over Brexit

Japan pulls no punches in a 15-page report, warning that companies may leave the UK if Brexit negotiations are unsatisfactory.

http://news.sky.com/story/japans-unprecedented-warning-to-uk-over-brexit-10564585

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"I think the next election will be in 2020," says Theresa May (Marr interview)

[neeko]

Why does the Japanese govt seem more on the ball about Brexit than the uk govt?

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"I think the next election will be in 2020," says Theresa May (Marr interview)

What with boundary changes in 2018, deselections/splits in Labour after that and Brexit triggered in 2017? and two years passing by then seems logical to wait to 2020?

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meanwhile, almost a relief, normal politics is back

the horrendous Keith Vaz is chairman of the home affairs select committee

he's been stung by a newspaper booking prostitutes (rent boys), telling them to bring poppers etc

I'd normally say what Keith Vaz does privately is none of our concern but not given the committee positions he holds and his acts re Janner.

"My name's Jim and I sell washing machines" 

Incidentally last year he sent me a Home Office invitation on House of Commons paper, and misspelt my name....so never did like him 

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Is Theresa May dropping the 'Leave' campaign's immigration policy? http://specc.ie/2clR3fE

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This is what Britain really wants from Brexit, Mrs May | Michael Ashcroft

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/this-is-what-britain-really-wants-from-brexit-mrs-may/

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Britain cannot easily dismiss Japanese Brexit warning letter

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/04/britain-japanese-brexit-letter-eu?CMP=share_btn_tw

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italy's Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda issues warning to UK over upcoming Brexit talks.

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All 3 constituencies in which Nissan,Honda +Toyota’s main car manuf plants are based, voted to leave EU

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37270372

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interesting reflections from times political correspondent Sam Coates at the G20 in China

1. Brexit is one of the main topics of concern at the economic forum. We are on the agenda as an "issue"

2. Theresa May has spent the summit trying presenting Britain as dependable and outward looking - striking this is even necessary

3. Diplomats surprised by force of President Obama's critique of UK - openly saying Brits voted the wrong way in the referendum

4. President Obama publicly assigning low priority to a trade deal - he could have been more helpful in public

5. There are suggestions that Obama was even more frank with Mrs May behind closed doors

6. Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull seized on the diplomatic void and played the role of Britain's closest friend at this summit -unusual look

7. The jaw dropping 15 page Japanese letter demanding a "soft" Brexit and threatening job - will others follow?

8.President Obama and John Kerry met Merkel and Hollande this morning. An EU/US summit with UK out of the room.

9. The spectacle of President Putin trying to use Brexit to pitch new trading relationship with UK to get out of Brexit. TM refused.

10. Doesn't matter diplomatically, but it will linger in memories: Theresa back left of the G20 photo

11. The big picture geopolitics of this summit is the US edging towards a deal wtih Russia over Syria - not clear UK playing much of a role

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Party leads on most important issues - and how they have changed since before the general election:

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Davis Brexit plan. When? Can't say. Immigration policy? Won't say. Dividend? Sometime. Single market? Not bothered

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/sep/05/david-davis-brexit-commons-statement-leaving-uk-since-brexit-vote-poll-suggests-politics-live