SNP MPs will vote for Yvette Cooper’s plan to delay #Brexit on Tuesday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells #Marrhttps://t.co/LUddstfYmj pic.twitter.com/c2UPJbtUK8
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 27, 2019
So I tried to make a diagram about the amendments this week… but I can't make it work. Here is the effort.
Why it didn't work to plot it all will be explained in the thread. pic.twitter.com/XPgwHaJXYz
— Jon Worth (@jonworth) January 27, 2019
The European Union will not ratify a Brexit deal which doesn’t include a backstop to prevent the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, Ireland’s deputy Prime Minister has insisted, again.
Watch @MinnieStephC4's report: https://t.co/XP6BJIVsUU
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 27, 2019
Hello, I am from the future so let me tell you what will happen this week:
May will lose on Tuesday but by 50 or so votes. The ERG and DUP will fall in behind her after she states that she will be demanding that the backstop has a definitive end date.
— Mark O'Neill (@marxculture) January 27, 2019
Things are going to get even uglier as many of the people who insisted Brexit would be beneficial & easy urge their followers to attack the people who explained why it wouldn’t be. The other bit of the latest grift involves the ludicrous lie that they somehow voted for ‘no deal’.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 27, 2019
.@DavidDavisMP: People voted for the UK to take back control. They did not vote to tear up the British constitution https://t.co/AOzQCZvI6t
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 27, 2019
Oh wow what a total shock: the World Trade rules Brexiteers are promoting are actually impossible. “The ensuing chaos could double food prices and plunge Britain into a recession that could last up to 30 years.” https://t.co/iEcb09IAkK
— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) January 27, 2019
You're gonna want to watch this…
Our @Femi_Sorry struggled to convince this man that a No-Deal / WTO Brexit is a bad idea… #OFOCBattleBus #York pic.twitter.com/CJqHw5bzpv
— Our Future, Our Choice (@OFOCBrexit) January 27, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Armed forces have started stockpiling food, fuel, spare parts & ammunition at British bases in Falklands, Gibraltar & Cyprus as well as bases in UK in case supply lines affected by no-deal #Brexithttps://t.co/3ZkL89sEJs
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) January 26, 2019
This is a colossal act of self-harm. Through continuing on the path to Brexit, despite having achieved no consensus on a deal in parliament, the government is preparing to declare war on itself.https://t.co/e5zb4NDZAi
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) January 27, 2019
Len McCluskey endorsing Theresa May’s attempts to get a Brexit deal. Funny old world. https://t.co/yditEOuwY6
— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) January 27, 2019
NEW SONG: What Is The Point Of Jeremy Corbyn?
I imagine I’m going to get a fair bit of grief for this one but screw it, I’m sick of people making excuses for him. He’s fucking useless.https://t.co/8C4POiFzMj pic.twitter.com/PeAUhTQ97a
— Mitch Benn 🇪🇺 (@MitchBenn) January 26, 2019
“Due to current and future, economic conditions, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off”
– Westminster 2019
— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) January 27, 2019
But wait…
Asked whether Mueller’s questions about Farage were linked to Trump’s election campaign or Brexit, Corsi replied: “Predominantly U.S. politics, but of course Brexit was in the background.” https://t.co/CYZN7N1Zhr
— Dial M for Mueller (@DialMueller) January 27, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
JUST IN: Trump and Kushner thought firing Flynn would end “Russia thing,” new Christie book claims https://t.co/YlpjyeSS26 pic.twitter.com/pD4mF0CVjN
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2019
Trump admin lifts sanctions on firms tied to Putin-linked Russian oligarch https://t.co/QJF3dBLPTD pic.twitter.com/P4czXF6KzG
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2019
UPDATE: After @USTreasury lifted sanctions against OLEG DERIPASKA's companies, the main one (EN+) named 7 new directors, including Chris Burnham, who served on TRUMP's transition team & worked for @AmbJohnBolton at United Nations. https://t.co/nyakizkOEc https://t.co/ZO0QNwUwzZ
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 27, 2019
President Trump was said to have met last week with a group of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas. The group accused White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration. https://t.co/3aFBF8O0az
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 27, 2019
You have to be a savant of sycophancy to imagine that Trump actually had a strategy during a shutdown that did nothing to bring about a border wall but did real damage to his political standing. My @PostOpinions column: https://t.co/LpSGx7vvqo
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 27, 2019
Our latest reporting…
*Trump came close to declaration late Thurs.
*Pat Cipollone & team wrote up drafts
*Trump spoke Th w/ Dobbs
*POTUS then pulled back Friday
*But weekend only stoked talk…
*Short says many Rs, privately, okay w/ it
https://t.co/YTbw8RsWWV— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 27, 2019
Poll: Most Americans say new Dem majority should publicize Trump tax returns https://t.co/i4853Xkwjb pic.twitter.com/U85qOLbEJc
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2019
But hey…
The California senator wrapped her 2020 campaign opener around two broad themes: truth and civility https://t.co/3NwAJTKgnP
— POLITICO (@politico) January 28, 2019
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WORLD
Bolton warns of "significant response" to any violence or intimidation against US diplomats in Venezuela https://t.co/uGqvvKBVMt pic.twitter.com/RBdsMJbDSm
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2019
Here’s how Venezuela reached its economic and political breaking point https://t.co/k7jfcwLVwf pic.twitter.com/iH6ycH1ojs
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 27, 2019
A major cause of #Venezuela hunger is illegal US sanctions, says UN rapporteurhttps://t.co/QxDoCL1aHe
But there’s no mention of this in much US UK media coverage which, now in full propaganda mode, simply asserts that as people are hungry Maduro must gohttps://t.co/JQMpMzVq9u— Charles Shoebridge (@ShoebridgeC) January 27, 2019
Hewitt: Trump will unite America by overthrowing Maduro in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/7DL3zVeEVR
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 27, 2019
Venezuelans. https://t.co/vff0EaNtb9
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/KevinPMeagher/status/1089681998740942850