The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[TightEnd]

Brexit is killing Labour

a parliamentary sketch from today

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[doubleup]

There only facking bankers right?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-goldman-sachs-frankfurt-idUKKBN1522SS

The U.S. bank is considering halving its London staff to 3,000 and moving key operations to New York and continental Europe, particularly Frankfurt, the paper reported.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-hsbc-idUKKBN1520SO

HSBC, UBS to shift 1,000 jobs each from UK in Brexit blow to London

Can't be long before the manufacturing jobs begin to haemorrhage as well given May's proclamation yesterday that the Tories would crash out of Europe in chaos rather than accept a "humiliating" settlement.

 

[The Camel]

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I can hardly wait for the Newsnight episode when the cameras go to Sunderland to ask the brexit voters what they think about losing paid holidays, or their missus getting only 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

"It's not fair. I would never have voted to leave the EU if I'd known it meant I wouldn't get any paid leave any more"

[TightEnd]

Big boost for CON in latest YouGov (post May speech)

Con 42 (+3)
Lab 25 (-3)
UKIP 12 (-1)
LD 11 =

[TightEnd]

On Theresa May's Brexit plan:

Good for Britain: 55%
Bad for Britain: 19%
Don't know: 26%

(via YouGov)

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[TightEnd]

"If we want a proper movement against Brexit, Labour needs to split

Labour needs to accept that its divisions are too deep to be reconciled and to amicably divorce, so a Momentum-inspired rump can do its thing while mainstream Remain-supporting Labour MPs can coalesce around something that appeals to Remainers and ‘Regrexiters’ "

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-movement-against-theresa-may-speech-jeremy-corbyn-labour-must-split-a7530961.html

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"Don’t be fooled – Theresa May’s Brexit plan won’t appease the markets for long | David Blanchflower"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/theresa-may-brexit-markets-speech?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

"This is Brexit poker - and Theresa May was right to up the stakes"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/brexit-poker-theresa-may-strategically-sensible?CMP=twt_gu

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Project Fear? or Project Factual response to likely loss of EEA Passport after SM exit? We're about to find out...

https://global.handelsblatt.com/finance/goldman-sachs-weighs-deep-london-cuts-amid-brexit-concerns-685516#.WH_FPkMS0hF.twitter

[nirvana]

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I can hardly wait for the Newsnight episode when the cameras go to Sunderland to ask the brexit voters what they think about losing paid holidays, or their missus getting only 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

"It's not fair. I would never have voted to leave the EU if I'd known it meant I wouldn't get any paid leave any more"

Leaving the eu and losing paid holidays if it happened are obviously unrelated. Yr so tabloid with these things

[TightEnd]

more yougov, looking at May's negotiating targets

attitudes to the single market the major difference between the two sides

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[doubleup]

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I can hardly wait for the Newsnight episode when the cameras go to Sunderland to ask the brexit voters what they think about losing paid holidays, or their missus getting only 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

"It's not fair. I would never have voted to leave the EU if I'd known it meant I wouldn't get any paid leave any more"

Leaving the eu and losing paid holidays if it happened are obviously unrelated. Yr so tabloid with these things

The EU has a minimum number of days holiday (only 20 as it happens) - Liam Fox's bestish prospective trade deal country, the USA, has Zero days as an entitlement.

 

[The Camel]

Click to see full-size image.

I can hardly wait for the Newsnight episode when the cameras go to Sunderland to ask the brexit voters what they think about losing paid holidays, or their missus getting only 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

"It's not fair. I would never have voted to leave the EU if I'd known it meant I wouldn't get any paid leave any more"

Leaving the eu and losing paid holidays if it happened are obviously unrelated. Yr so tabloid with these things

Of course they aren't. The boggle eyed Libertarians who are now in charge will slash workers rights and enviromental standards now there isn't a EU safeguard for these things.

I am surprised you are so naive.

[nirvana]

Click to see full-size image.

I can hardly wait for the Newsnight episode when the cameras go to Sunderland to ask the brexit voters what they think about losing paid holidays, or their missus getting only 4 weeks paid maternity leave.

"It's not fair. I would never have voted to leave the EU if I'd known it meant I wouldn't get any paid leave any more"

Leaving the eu and losing paid holidays if it happened are obviously unrelated. Yr so tabloid with these things

Of course they aren't. The boggle eyed Libertarians who are now in charge will slash workers rights and enviromental standards now there isn't a EU safeguard for these things.

I am surprised you are so naive.

Er.. the same people are in charge as before the referendum. If the Tories go on to slash workers rights (whatever that means) or reduce environmental standards it will be a Tory thing. I'm not naive enough to believe it couldn't happen but I think it is unlikely to.

Anyway, now we've taken back control we can kick out the Tories if they misbehave - that's the way it works now we're a democracy again. We couldn't do that we when we were in the EU