A NI backstop was the initial plan. It was the UKG that wanted to make it UK-wide. NI only backstop is not a constitutional issue, respects the GFA and has strong support in NI. Plus it allows NI to be a bridge to both GB and EU markers #bridgesnotbordershttps://t.co/jPgAPvLHw7
— Stephen Farry (@StephenFarryMLA) March 8, 2019
An EU diplomat to @guardian: “It is very clear that we are running out of time and that you are dealing with a partner preventing solutions to non-existent problems…”
“We are confronted with absolute populism and that is hard to deal with,” https://t.co/u2AtSpNhsQ— Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) March 8, 2019
I see Michel Barnier is being logical again, the adorable eejit
— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) March 8, 2019
Unprecedented for @MichelBarnier to tweet out the details of negotiations in this way. It shows just how angered the EU was by the excerpts of Theresa May's speech released last night, which they saw as the UK starting a 'blame game' over who will be responsible for no deal.
— Nick Gutteridge (@nick_gutteridge) March 8, 2019
Barnier: “The EU stands united. We are not interested in the blame game. We are interested in the result.” pic.twitter.com/TlG9t0fDRZ
— Mark Johnston (@MarkJohnstonLD) March 8, 2019
As sure as night becomes day. https://t.co/JjHHkvqSBP
— Daniel Keohane (@KeohaneDan) March 8, 2019
Here we go. It will not be Britain's fault if our decision to leave the EU and the single market and the customs union ends in disaster but the fault of the people who wanted us to stay. We are led by bawling toddlers.https://t.co/IctaYH9Fim
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) March 8, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
BREAKING: The House just passed HR1, which includes:
-Automatic voter registration
-Public financing of elections
-An end to gerrymandering
-Election Day as a federal holiday
-Support for overturning Citizens United
This is the greatest victory for democracy in generations. pic.twitter.com/I6vXhzFrfq
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 8, 2019
HR 1 is a real bill and a very important one.
But Instead of scheduling a vote on it in the Senate Mitch McConnell wants to vote on a ridiculous “Green New Deal” resolution that is just ideological blabber he doesn’t even agree with.
Time to Ditch Mitch?https://t.co/oFU1W6w5fz— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 8, 2019
“Guiliani said Friday he remembered Trump telling him when he joined the president’s legal team last year that Cohen had asked for a pardon, something the former mayor had never previously revealed, including in an interview about pardons the previous day” https://t.co/Wo1WdVrSH9
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 8, 2019
If I were @RepCummings, and I'd promised to "nail Cohen to the cross" if he lied then I would take this accusation very seriously and ask that, before making a formal referral, that the president to please come repeat this statement under oath before Congress. https://t.co/STsqFpHlvk
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) March 8, 2019
Ivanka is linked to several ongoing investigations by Democratic lawmakers, including a scandal surrounding how Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, received top-secret security clearanceshttps://t.co/hsAGMNrG3W
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 8, 2019
Here’s President Trump signing Bibles for Alabama tornado survivors pic.twitter.com/cOYghebZtV
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 8, 2019
Where are you today, honey? pic.twitter.com/xCeJxg0Qre
— jay_kim75 (@jay_kim75) March 8, 2019
This won’t have a happy ending: The Asian spa founder who joined Trump’s MAGA movement | Miami Herald https://t.co/uIWOrCGZKE
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) March 8, 2019
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WORLD
Reckoned there was no downside for Sajid Javid in taking away Shamima Begum’s citizenship? Think again, as the story takes a tragic twist: https://t.co/7OrF2otNke
— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) March 8, 2019
“There was no attempt to help by the Home Office, I think it’s shocking how the home secretary has treated this situation.”
Former Met Police Chief Dal Babu has spoken to the Begum family who he says are mourning “a totally innocent British subject”#Newsnight | @katierazz pic.twitter.com/26XM7cMjy1
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 8, 2019
@TheRickWilson I have to believe this idea came straight from Putin. I never thought I would see a president consider selling out his country.https://t.co/jxmvIhld7X
— Mike Confoy 🇺🇸 ≠ 🇷🇺 (@mikelotus) March 9, 2019
Thread…
This is the face of a man who was exposed on tv for having committed a felony pic.twitter.com/jasvzIpr31
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) March 8, 2019