Threats to break off talks. Fears of a hard border in Ireland. Rising odds of no-deal. Brexit, the sequel, looks a lot like the original Brexit — except Boris Johnson has far less leverage this time around. https://t.co/VUOYvlkVQU
— Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) September 7, 2020
Who would trust #BorisJohnson & his gang? Even, most of his own #Party doesn't https://t.co/XtLn9K9sjV
— GETAnalysis.ca (@GETAnalysis) September 7, 2020
source quote amazing…
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) September 7, 2020
“You cant have both” in terms of protecting EU single market & unfettered access NI-GB. Also May’s deal had “unforeseen consequences” – but the issues arise precisely out of changes PM renegotiated …and foreseen by May, DUP, all Brexit watchers etc… https://t.co/M49YkeKgYS
🇪🇺🇬🇧 #Brexit
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) September 7, 2020
Compare & Contrast….
January: Signed & Sealed.
September: Deal never made sense#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/OMlTuCP7rO
Boris Johnson resigned in protest against May’s deal he signed up to, negotiated basically the same deal as May and won an election based on the deal (which he now says never made sense) being absolutely fan-fucking-fantastic, but remember we all knew what we were voting for.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 7, 2020
Here’s Boris Johnson in Dec 2019 talking about the “fantastic” deal he struck with the EU… in just 3 months!
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) September 7, 2020
…A deal he now says doesn’t make sense.
Thank God you stopped Parliament from scrutinising it, @BorisJohnson! Clearly no need! 🤦🏻♂️pic.twitter.com/4ZBEDPZl2a
Presumably ‘stupid’ plays better than ‘liar’ in focus groups? https://t.co/XlEq4wnYGA
— Toby Nangle (@toby_n) September 7, 2020
Meanwhile…
These outbreaks confirm the warnings of teachers' unions.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) September 7, 2020
It's particularly alarming since testing is a farce, contact tracing is woefully inadequate, and there still isn't enough financial support for people to isolate.
The Government is failing us.https://t.co/R6mRoulCWk
School that Boris Johnson visited to show was ‘safe’ closes due to coronavirus days after visit https://t.co/ItTFBsJHkD
— Robert Bob 3.5% (@MrRobertBob1) September 7, 2020
Unacceptable. When cases are rising across the country the Government must urgently get the testing regime up to scratch. This failure is risking lives. https://t.co/HFHpbMi5SQ
— Mayor of London (gov.uk/coronavirus) (@MayorofLondon) September 7, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Grim news from #Belarus this morning: masked men kidnap the opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova from a street in Minsk. Her team is also missing. The #Kremlin-backed Lukashenko regime appears determined to crush the protest movement https://t.co/nOuEJG8Yck
— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) September 7, 2020
Belarus arresting the leaders of the opposition today, one by one.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 7, 2020
This would be a propitious time for an American president to *care*, to say so, to brush back Putin, to act like there's a reason the holder of the US presidency used to get called the leader of the free world. https://t.co/kkkTwryvK6
Exclusive: EU to blacklist 31 Belarus senior officials over election, diplomats say | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/mfbepPPHTu
— Billy Kelleher MEP (@BillyKelleherEU) September 7, 2020
Damascus and a Russian delegation Monday discussed economic cooperation to help counter Western sanctions on Syria, during Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's first visit to the war-torn country since 2012 https://t.co/TDmtj5Fvja
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 7, 2020
India successfully test-fires hypersonic tech; joins club of US, Russia, China.
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) September 7, 2020
Report by: Srinjoy Chowdhuryhttps://t.co/HniNHsSUgr
“The emissions from fires above the Arctic Circle totaled 244 megatonnes of carbon dioxide. In eastern Russia CO2 emissions reached a record 540 megatonnes this summer while the western part of the country saw emissions reach 395 megatonnes.” https://t.co/g3vLjhJbKa
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) September 7, 2020
Natural gas trapped in thawing permafrost in Siberia is causing the ground to explode spontaneously and with tremendous force, leaving craters up to 100 feet deep. 17 explosions have been documented by scientists so farhttps://t.co/rW8xlD8KZS
— Alfons López Tena (@alfonslopeztena) September 7, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
1. With @ShaneGoldmacher, a deep look at how the Trump campaign spent money for the last 3.5 years, as some officials say cash-on-hand is going to be much less than it should be in the final stretch before September. https://t.co/TgAwsBaJRT
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 7, 2020
Nothing a quick call to Deutsche Bank won't fix.https://t.co/lcJCmINypK
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 7, 2020
“The light television spending and advertising blackouts [by the Trump campaign] in some key states have mystified allies, raising questions about how much cash the campaign has in the bank.” https://t.co/RWcNmOJYNI
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) September 6, 2020
Yes the fake billionaire conman @realDonaldTrump who has contributed $0.00 to the campaign. https://t.co/MaM1x24637
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) September 7, 2020
JUST POSTED: Deep look at how Trump's campaign accounts were turned into Trump litigation fund used to punish ex aides who criticized him, to keep his tax returns secret, even to defend POTUS from lawsuits filed by people allegedly beaten at Trump rallies https://t.co/zoRrNW0ebL
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 5, 2020
Trump casts wide net in Labor Day press conference https://t.co/pKT8yA05BI pic.twitter.com/Pz9N92hbVO
— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2020
The worse the conditions, the better for the tyrant: from Leninists to Putinists, one tactic has remained the same — let people suffer, transform the anger into killing, blame conspiracies for your own deeds, and benefit from the chaos. My latest piece: https://t.co/bNGO2ztRDD
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) September 7, 2020
More specifically, Fox's coverage will be the most important because that's where the most fact-resistant, easily triggered, Trump-alternate-reality voters will be watching.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 7, 2020
I can't believe I have to worry about a network causing Election Night violence, but here we are. https://t.co/4qWO77ejG5
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