British MPs reject May’s Brexit deal – again.
Parliament will vote on a no-deal Brexit on March 13th. pic.twitter.com/ZtGVaqka2l
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 12, 2019
The Guardian front page, Wednesday 13 March 2019: Another huge defeat for May. And just 16 days until Brexit pic.twitter.com/fM1zuXRsA2
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2019
24 hours between victory & despair.#TheTimes #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/o4MJsabCl8
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) March 12, 2019
Whatever else we are witnessing the meltdown of UK politics.
— Adam Boulton (@adamboultonSKY) March 12, 2019
The ten o'clock news should just be one long vox pop of people across the country screaming into the camera #brexit #eternalscreaming
— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) March 12, 2019
EU says no more Brexit talks with UK, risk of no-deal increased https://t.co/3eY0lVBFCq pic.twitter.com/tZsdHZInwY
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 12, 2019
Our political editor Nick Watt tells Emily Maitlis how “a backbench amendment" will be tabled tomorrow and rule out “no deal in all circumstances.”
One leave minister tells him that it would mean “Brexit is over”@nicholaswatt | #newsnight pic.twitter.com/ijqA4wjuJ4
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 12, 2019
DUP having rejected the only basis for a deal – the Withdrawal Agreement – intend to vote to keep No Deal alive.
Any illusion they are not chasing a hard Brexit with ERG has now been swept away.
Utterly reckless. Ignoring the views of NI business, farming and voters.#shame
— Naomi Long MLA (@naomi_long) March 12, 2019
If this is true, it would look remarkably like hanging a region out to dry because you literally have no idea what else to do with it https://t.co/lw1SHF0IYt
— Katy Hayward (@hayward_katy) March 12, 2019
Remember when Theresa May spent £1bn to purchase the votes of 10 DUP MPs?
(Working out as £100m per head)
We've done the maths on the £1.6bn "Stronger Towns Fund"
Only one Labour MP changed their vote from January to March: Caroline Flint
Price of that one vote: £1.6bn
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 12, 2019
The most incompetent government I can remember is now 10 points ahead of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. https://t.co/u5tbEv04vL
— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) March 12, 2019
On a day like today, when Theresa May and the Government have been humiliated, yet again, there’s one thing they can rely on to make their pitiful situation appear better: Labour.
WTF is Barry Gardiner going on about? #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/E4LLxaobGy
— Damon Evans (@damocrat) March 12, 2019
Get real people. In his 25 minute speech in the #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement @jeremycorbyn didn’t mention @peoplesvote_uk once. Not once. That’s because he doesn’t want or believe in #FinalSay Once a #Brexiteer always a #brexiteer
— Anna Soubry MP (@Anna_Soubry) March 12, 2019
No-deal Brexit still possible even if MPs vote against it – ERG https://t.co/6p1t5aNVkc
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2019
At some point we are going to have to learn that parliamentary sovereignty does not extend beyond UK territory and that, however many solemn motions the Commons passes, they only stop No Deal if they serve to pass a Withdrawal Agreement or mandate revoking Article 50. https://t.co/qBUPKJvGQd
— Douglas Dowell (@dijdowell) March 12, 2019
Speaking Live from New York this evening on @cnni, Sinn Féin President @MaryLouMcDonald has said that a referendum on Irish Unity is inevitable in the event of a no-deal Brexit.#Time4Unity #BrexitVote #Tá32 pic.twitter.com/RIAWCj5Zsb
— Sinn Féin (@sinnfeinireland) March 12, 2019
Two years and nine months after the Brexit referendum, the endgame begins with a series of votes, the first to be held no later than March 12th. Here's a handy visual guide to understand exactly what might happen. https://t.co/nfwL97Yl8R
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 12, 2019
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If you have not yet waded into the insane details of this BONKERS admissions cheating case, this afternoon's #PostReports is FOR YOU. https://t.co/SUcFdARgSF
— Martine Powers (@martinepowers) March 12, 2019
Actors Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among the dozens of people charged in a nationwide college admissions scheme that included cheating on entrance exams and bribing school administrators and coaches to recruit students as athletes https://t.co/I0YvhtTuBU
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 12, 2019
1. Rich parents bribe your way into college. 2. Make influencer money doing paid promotions where you are branded as a college student. https://t.co/3dOrgUAOlZ via @nytimes
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) March 12, 2019
If only there was a succinct turn of phrase these kids could have used to inform their parents they were not desirous of their life path… https://t.co/cxOTDI5J1B
— James Van Der Beek (@vanderjames) March 12, 2019
This passage from my first book, Twilight of the Elites, seems pretty relevant as an explanation of this college admissions scam. Basically, meritocracy as a guiding social ethos is self-subverting. pic.twitter.com/iN8HkuUWn3
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 12, 2019
.@ProPublica has some fantastic jobs open right now, and we don't even require that your parents were able to bribe college admissions officials into letting you into a fancy school. (We kinda wrote the book on that, in fact: https://t.co/xNzAWYscn8)
— Hannah Birch (@hannahsbirch) March 12, 2019
On college admissions, the real scandal is what's perfectly legal, @TerryMoran writes. https://t.co/9bjJAwa4eD pic.twitter.com/DLBda8yQhZ
— ABC News (@ABC) March 12, 2019
actually it's kind of a perfect day to learn that I got tenure https://t.co/gflJwTkAVD
— Matt Karp 🌹🦏🇺🇸 (@karpmj) March 12, 2019
Remember when this woman *went to jail* because she used her dad’s address to get her kids into a better school district? https://t.co/n2GjDN9Fg4
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) March 12, 2019
Elsewhere.. (although the college story is probably pretty much all anyone will be talking about for the next few days…)
The Senate will vote on a resolution of disapproval to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says. The resolution is expected to pass as the White House seeks to limit the number of defections https://t.co/3ZdjFSIXZv pic.twitter.com/imjbryn0Tu
— ABC News (@ABC) March 12, 2019
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Quite a lede:
Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient” several months before Sunday’s Ethiopian Air crash https://t.co/Ymlh3Pdq2O
— Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) March 12, 2019
BREAKING: FAA says no basis to ground Boeing 737 Max model: "Thus far, our review shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding the aircraft." https://t.co/IXyeiAwnCl pic.twitter.com/KELha74U21
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 12, 2019
The top FAA job has been vacant for 14 months, airline enforcement fines have dropped 88% in two years and lengthy tarmac delays have doubled. Meantime, the U.S. is increasingly isolated in not acting on the Boeing 737 Max 8. https://t.co/Qe2MgFKoJW via @WSJ
— Paul Page (@PaulPage) March 12, 2019
Trump, who started an airline company that failed and outfitted his personal plane with gold seat belts, has taken a particular interest in the world of aircraft since 2016. Now he's opining on the Boeing 737 Max. @ToluseO https://t.co/GbxpanWWnU
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 12, 2019
Aviation regulators are losing faith in Boeing’s MAX fleet https://t.co/egLwV3uXui
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 12, 2019
U.S. Senate to hold hearing on Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes https://t.co/OyQh8yMDSL pic.twitter.com/MOmMEhqZt4
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 12, 2019
Elsewhere…
Dystopia is #Venezuela right now:
-43 dead in 6 days from hospital collapse
-People filling up water from drainage pipes
-Hungry people looting stores and mall
-Regime deploying paramilitary bands in streets
-Journalist arrested for plotting blackouthttps://t.co/5Jwmxso2rP— Juan Forero (@WSJForero) March 12, 2019
U.S. plans 'very significant' additional Venezuela sanctions: official https://t.co/wWVMoFJTVO pic.twitter.com/FCJtdxZfz0
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 12, 2019
U.S. @SecPompeo criticizes #China, #Russia, #Venezuela and #Iran in remarks touting rising U.S. energy supplies
— Reuters Venezuela (@ReutersVzla) March 12, 2019
BREAKING: Estonia’s foreign intelligence agency warns “very likely” Kremlin will try to intervene in European parliamentary elections this May to help pro-Russia & anti-EU politicians win seats.
Full report here, relevant pages 39-42:https://t.co/KFzhxYZpsn— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) March 12, 2019
Italy bans unvaccinated children from school https://t.co/XBPQQWhXPJ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 12, 2019
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