Venezuela comes to the boil

Tensions are high in Venezuela amid street protests after the country’s Supreme Court issued two rulings giving itself new powers to exercise legislative powers and restrict the parliamentary immunity of MPs. This effectively limits the constitutional powers of the democratically -elected National Assembly,

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wait wait wait, what?

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More cracks in Trump’s Russia dam

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/847582379556208640

But wait..

https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/847587272279052288

https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/847587281066090496

Elsewhere

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Developing…

https://twitter.com/JoshuaChavers/status/847584167156121601

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/847584056116105216

‘Thank you and goodbye..’

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https://twitter.com/samueloakford/status/847229979985272832

 

 

Brexit becomes a reality

Update 1pm Wednesday:

https://twitter.com/OwenSmith_MP/status/847054755079819266

Midnight, Tuesday

https://twitter.com/Logicsrock/status/846810323743072256

 

 

“Seriously”, though…

https://twitter.com/ed_son/status/846833816396337152

But it looks like there might be an upside…

Meanwhile at Holyrood on Tuesday, the Scottish parliament authorized the seeking of a second independence referendum.

Worth remembering Theresa May’s stump speech during the EU campaign (when, of course, she was a Remainer..)

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https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/status/846825716041863168

https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/846814151812927488

And it’s not as if there isn’t some serious stuff going on…

https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/846852827464949760

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Omnishambles

https://twitter.com/heyitspaddy/status/846050754385367042

Meanwhile at Holyrood…

Maybe here’s part of the problem…

And then there was a BBC Question Time Special ‘Britain after Brexit’. It didn’t help.

Still worth a pound, for now…

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https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/846512087283253248

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The biggest evacuation in Australian history…

https://twitter.com/ReutersLive/status/846506084277927939

Elsewhere…

But hey, there’s this…

Awww bollicks….

 

 

‘Short window’ for NI deal

Update, 5pm local:

 

 

Midnight last night: NI talks set for failure ahead of deadline for agreement on power-sharing

 

 

https://twitter.com/GPDoran/status/846099515346169857

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In Russia…

In Germany…

In Hong Kong..

In Chile..

In Brexit Britain…

https://twitter.com/jonathancoe/status/845957696377573376

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https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/845853976067137536

And finally, some bollocks from the Mail Online…

and there’s this…

Art of the Ordeal: GOP infighting kills move to repeal Obamacare

https://twitter.com/JillBidenVeep/status/845365073703059460

https://twitter.com/dankennedy_nu/status/845399685057728513

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So, amid the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Britain’s divorce bill could be, well… as high as we thought.

so that’s ok then…

Trump ‘ready to walk away’ if GOP healthcare bill fails

As the measure faces a key vote on Friday, the President’s base – despite their tiresome vocal opposition to Obamacare during the campaign – seems happy enough for him to leave the Affordable Care Act intact, now that they’ve seen the alternative. Bizarrely, the strategy could work for him, since he seems out of other options.

But at the same time, his base appears to be eroding, to add to the President’s other woes. For Republicans, it’s still unclear whether that support might  be capable of being reconstituted – let alone fall into line behind the GOP.

It’s a fascinating situation, and maybe the first real “you bought it, you own it” moment of the Trump Presidency.

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/845060224893497344

How embarrassed must you be to send a tweet like this, assuming you are capable of shame…?

Meanwhile, on Russia…

And there was a big interview with the President in Time magazine, on his approach to truth..

prez

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‘WE ARE NOT AFRAID’

https://twitter.com/elenacresci/status/844829098698428416

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Finally, in Derry today…

https://twitter.com/meabhym/status/844976808286191616

Four dead after terror attack on the symbol of British democracy

Four people – including the attacker – were killed and more than 40 injured in a chaotic incident in Westminster, when a car rampaged along the pavement on Westminster Bridge before crashing into the railings outside the Houses of Parliament. The attacker stabbed a policeman at the entrance to the Palace before being shot by other members of the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary protection section.

(note – reports late on Wednesday had put the death toll at five; this was revised down to four early on Thursday, no explanation as to why)

The latest from Reuters is here

The latest from the BBC is here

https://twitter.com/Joefullstop_/status/844619297653739521

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Meanwhile…

and so the committee chairman, naturally, briefs the person under investigation? that’s not how any of this works…

https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/844662396455190533

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and to prove there are fucked up people everywhere…

Here at home, Derry remembers.

Death of Martin McGuinness marks end of an era in Northern Ireland

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