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Lots of good stuff in this long and evolving 🧵
And back to where I started a few tweets ago yesterday, that Labour needs a better approach to handling the many different EU issues that are going to emerge. This is a multi-faceted, multi-level relationship which is going to be painful handled in binary. x.com/pmdfoster/stat…
And back to where I started a few tweets ago yesterday, that Labour needs a better approach to handling the many different EU issues that are going to emerge. This is a multi-faceted, multi-level relationship which is going to be painful handled in binary. x.com/pmdfoster/stat…
Increasingly thinking that Labour is going to need some clever way to handle the EU issue otherwise there is going to be a lot of difficulty and frustration spilling into government. And judging by my inbox, affecting negotiations. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Tis a good piece. Am sceptical. Whatever private Labour ambitions now, reality will be tough and iterative — see EU gambit on youth mobility, and Labour response. The convo post-election doesn’t become as instantly easier as many suppose, IMO.
Tis a good piece. Am sceptical. Whatever private Labour ambitions now, reality will be tough and iterative — see EU gambit on youth mobility, and Labour response. The convo post-election doesn’t become as instantly easier as many suppose, IMO.
Thoughtful piece by @martinkettle. But I remain of the view that @UKLabour and @Keir_Starmer Govt will be much more ambitious towards the EU, including possibly on stuff like a CU, in its first term than consensus suggests. Thread 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Timing of @EU_Commission move on youth mobility very odd. Bxl knows Labour can't afford to have an election debate about something that looks like free movement. So why do it now? Suggests defensiveness: Bxl unclear about how to handle Lab & greater openness to it in EU capitals
Timing of @EU_Commission move on youth mobility very odd. Bxl knows Labour can't afford to have an election debate about something that looks like free movement. So why do it now? Suggests defensiveness: Bxl unclear about how to handle Lab & greater openness to it in EU capitals
Inspired and angered by @pmdfoster's @FT story (no paywall: ft.com/content/feb93c…), I've written to my Labour MP. If your MP is in the same party and you care about this, I suggest you do the same. Or send it to your Labour candidate. Feel free to plagiarise some of the below.
1 week & 25 client meetings in HongKong & Singapore later... Lots of interest in EU-China relations, Ukraine & impact of Trump presidency on both. EU elections, populism & UK elections & implications. Tories seen as 🤡, Brexit a stupid waste of time. So much for “Global Britain”
The party is already over before it started! Labour does *not* even want a youth mobility scheme. I'm not entirely surprised though. Labour is a Brexit party now. If I was aged between 18-30 I wouldn't vote for Labour for this reason alone. Via @pmdfoster
A clumsy and inaccurate response from Labour (could have easily said ‘we will consider proposals subject to our red lines’). In this area, Labour would appear to be working on giving people a reason not to vote for them - which is rather odd.
A clumsy and inaccurate response from Labour (could have easily said ‘we will consider proposals subject to our red lines’). In this area, Labour would appear to be working on giving people a reason not to vote for them - which is rather odd.
👇Where @SpeedMaddie lifts the veil on UK’s Potemkin #Brexit border. Her great scoop. 🎩
👇Where @SpeedMaddie lifts the veil on UK’s Potemkin #Brexit border. Her great scoop. 🎩
NEW: The UK will not ‘turn on’ post-Brexit checks of EU goods for fear of border delays If you don’t see queues of lorries on April 30th, when the government said it would start checks on EU good, this is why Scoop with @pmdfoster on.ft.com/3U7QFaz
Great scoop from @SpeedMaddie and @pmdfoster - “A Defra official also cautioned against disclosing it to the media, saying one of its main aims was to avoid negative news stories.”Bad luck on.ft.com/3JvDH1b
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@pmdfoster @CommonsBTC I have my own company, but it's just me, and I really do struggle to call myself Director of XXX Limited, rather than just 'me'. I guess if I employed my sister I could call it a Group?
And back to where I started a few tweets ago yesterday, that Labour needs a better approach to handling the many different EU issues that are going to emerge. This is a multi-faceted, multi-level relationship which is going to be painful handled in binary. x.com/pmdfoster/stat…
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU — says it is “synonymous with free movement” (it isn’t) …but another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1 Via @FT on.ft.com/49NVCLf
Increasingly thinking that Labour is going to need some clever way to handle the EU issue otherwise there is going to be a lot of difficulty and frustration spilling into government. And judging by my inbox, affecting negotiations. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Thoughtful piece by @martinkettle. But I remain of the view that @UKLabour and @Keir_Starmer Govt will be much more ambitious towards the EU, including possibly on stuff like a CU, in its first term than consensus suggests. Thread 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Timing of @EU_Commission move on youth mobility very odd. Bxl knows Labour can't afford to have an election debate about something that looks like free movement. So why do it now? Suggests defensiveness: Bxl unclear about how to handle Lab & greater openness to it in EU capitals
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU — says it is “synonymous with free movement” (it isn’t) …but another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1 Via @FT on.ft.com/49NVCLf
Better answer for Labour right now would be to say that if in government it would look at the EU ask on the basis of UK national interests and proceed from there. Because in reality the UK can't actually say no - the asks we know about must now be seen in light of the new EU asks
UK Govt, current and likely next, willing to conclude youth mobility schemes w/ Australia, Canada, New Zealand ... but not w/ EU 🤦♂️ Youth mobility is not free movement, youth mobility is not free movement, youth mobility is not free movement, ...
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU — says it is “synonymous with free movement” (it isn’t) …but another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1 Via @FT on.ft.com/49NVCLf
A clumsy and inaccurate response from Labour (could have easily said ‘we will consider proposals subject to our red lines’). In this area, Labour would appear to be working on giving people a reason not to vote for them - which is rather odd.
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU — says it is “synonymous with free movement” (it isn’t) …but another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1 Via @FT on.ft.com/49NVCLf
Very surprised to end up with this in a field amid some absolute bosses. Nowt without sources, lawyers and eds.
NEW: The UK will not ‘turn on’ post-Brexit checks of EU goods for fear of border delays If you don’t see queues of lorries on April 30th, when the government said it would start checks on EU good, this is why Scoop with @pmdfoster on.ft.com/3U7QFaz
Great scoop from @SpeedMaddie and @pmdfoster - “A Defra official also cautioned against disclosing it to the media, saying one of its main aims was to avoid negative news stories.”Bad luck on.ft.com/3JvDH1b
@jayacg @BristolCouncil @AndrewCities @GuardianHeather @UniofNewcastle Next @pmdfoster chairs a panel with Ahmed Goga, @AngusHorner Hannah Hickman & Dan Throp on whether the next government has (or needs) a “Southern Strategy” #BristolIdeas
Blimey! What is wrong with the MPs? Everyday there is a scandal of them being caught in shenanigans😳 “ been locked in a house by bad people” you couldn’t make it up.There should be a special @BBC show to teach MPs how to behave
🚨🚨"A glimpse of the Brexit debate of the future". Always worth investing time to read @pmdfoster's very insightful and incisive #brexit newsletter but do not expect too much optimism (the cover is revealing) in this week's excellent instalment. ft.com/content/47b218…
Take it from Rob. He's built a very succesful career on making "a bond exchange sound edgy and exciting"
dear distressed debt and special sits community: can you stop coming up with lame terms like "hunter gatherer" to try to make things like moving collateral and doing a bond exchange sound edgy and exciting? thx.
If Truss is looking for a rehabilitation in the Conservative Party then judging by the Mail serialisation, extensive GBN coverage and Truss-goggled reviews in Telegraph and Express (“a prophet who is largely ignored in her time”) this week has not been a disaster
Sensational review of Truss's book by @FTAlphaville, which includes this evocative analogy
“The UK’s opposition Labour party wants to attend regular meetings of EU foreign ministers if it wins power — a suggestion that Brussels diplomats responded to with dismissive laughter.” @HenryJFoy @LOS_Fisher via @FT on.ft.com/3UmbCj6
Though for a short while Cambridge had wind and rain then the sun came out and in Wimbledon where I’m it has been a glorious afternoon
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