Wednesday's Guardian: "We are breaking law with Brexit bill, minister admits" #TomorrowsPapersToday #BBCPapers pic.twitter.com/MaVAJUnyOB
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 8, 2020
Brexit: Ministers to unveil law tomorrow on policing UK trade https://t.co/LqEasWepA4
— Jayne McCormack (@BBCJayneMcC) September 8, 2020
Surprisingly enough, Brandon Lewis’s admission that the government plans to break international law ‘in a limited way’ has reached the other side of the Channel. Britain will never be trusted again. https://t.co/L7unkKxMb3
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) September 8, 2020
Wednesday’s i: Britannia waives the rules #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/3DfEtKtovD
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) September 8, 2020
Theresa May asking Brandon Lewis how other countries can trust us if we are going back on international laws that this government signed up to. Remarkable that the previous Prime Minister has to ask such a question. Deeply worrying for our country.
— Bill Esterson (@Bill_Esterson) September 8, 2020
‘Sovereignty’ as understand by Brexiteers in government seems to amount to nothing more than a belief that the executive has the right to pursue any action it wishes without any constraint, internal or external, legal or political. /1
— John Cotter (@John_Cotter) September 8, 2020
This is quite correct. Lord Chancellor @RobertBuckland must I’m sure be very seriously considering his position in light of statement by @BrandonLewis on floor of @HouseofCommons that U.K. Govt intend to break international law. #RuleOfLaw https://t.co/5huz1b136k
— Joanna Cherry KC (@joannaccherry) September 8, 2020
ERG gearing up for a new fight – to get Boris Johnson to scrap the Withdrawal Agreement if there’s no deal
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) September 8, 2020
Statement: pic.twitter.com/BYerW2xvYW
Before Parliament votes on the Internal Market Bill – and takes the momentous step of deliberately flouting an international law obligation with our largest trading partner at a time it needs to build trust with others – it should ask to see the advice given by @SuellaBraverman.
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) September 8, 2020
Boris Johnson heads for bust-up with Scotland over internal market bill https://t.co/2GOI8phiUf
— The Independent (@Independent) September 8, 2020
Don’t be, the British Prime minister has it all under control:https://t.co/MtbxJ91Rve
— Catio Miles 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@CatioMiles) September 8, 2020
Meanwhile the distraction du jour… and a very nice picture of the Queen.
Wednesday's Telegraph: "Illegal for more than six people to socialise" #TomorrowsPapersToday #BBCPapers pic.twitter.com/S8zw7u2Up3
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 8, 2020
Social gatherings of more than six people to be banned by law in England from Monday, amid rise in coronavirus cases https://t.co/zOnxrsA3eo
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 8, 2020
I assume it will be absolutely fine for people to break this law in a ‘very specific and limited way’? #brexitshambles #ToryShambles #coronavirus #COVIDー19 https://t.co/uVyaTPkE6Z
— Brendan May (@bmay) September 8, 2020
BREAKING: AstraZeneca's #Covid19 vaccine trials have been paused as the company investigates a serious adverse event the occurred in the UK. Not clear if the unexplained illness is linked to the vaccine, or what it was. https://t.co/wGqvvXIBTD
— Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@HelenBranswell) September 8, 2020
Beauty salon that claims coronavirus doesn't exist, investigated by police https://t.co/SB9Ge8u9wz
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 8, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Russian opposition leader Navalny is out of coma following suspected poisoning, German hospital says https://t.co/X2gjqLbc02 pic.twitter.com/Uk4mlbZelf
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2020
One of Belarus’s most prominent opposition leaders, Maria Kolesnikova, has been detained by state security at the border between Belarus and Ukraine almost 24 hours after she was abducted from the centre of Minsk by masked men https://t.co/hN8Q5RI0Mf
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 8, 2020
This captures the essence of the thug regime, be it in Belarus, in Russia or Iran or numerous other places around the world. It is primitive, brutal, based on might as right. It is the antithesis of carefully nurtured civilization. It is disgusting. https://t.co/UJzjcdcl2O
— toomas ilves, ex-verif (@IlvesToomas) September 8, 2020
Video footage of police officers in Hong Kong pinning a 12-year-old schoolgirl to the ground during a protest has sparked public outcry. https://t.co/8PxBMgLOpd
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 8, 2020
Australian scientists say logging, mining and climate advice is being suppressed https://t.co/lkb6DNzz66
— Lenore Taylor (@lenoretaylor) September 8, 2020
Two experts explain why solving the housing crisis helps the climate https://t.co/Hhvjx5GCrP
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) September 8, 2020
In the pandemic, commune planning has become an obsession. https://t.co/SERwT6SySw
— Climate Desk (@ClimateDesk) September 8, 2020
A few algorithmic tweak suggestions…increase authenticity by starting the piece ‘Don’t get me wrong, nobody likes humanity more than I do’ round it off with a random irrelevant anecdote about your holiday in Cornwall /Suffolk /Wales…. https://t.co/jrBM9Mw9OZ
— emily bell (@emilybell) September 8, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
"Campaign officials have kicked off a review of past expenditures, including Parscale’s authorizations. Some of Parscale’s decisions raised eyebrows, including a $100 million blitz earlier this year before voters were paying attention" https://t.co/6Jf6843peC
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 8, 2020
"This is unprecedented. To be an incumbent president who has raised $1 billion for a campaign, as much as anyone who has ever run for president, and to be running dry in September is possibly the greatest self-own of presidential fundraising" – @nickconfessore w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/C0bbARw7lT
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 8, 2020
Trump tells his non-distanced, largely maskless crowd in Florida that the Obama administration “neglected the fundamentals of public health.” pic.twitter.com/VQGnicpwfn
— The Recount (@therecount) September 8, 2020
Analysis: At least 3,000 Americans have probably died of covid-19 while Trump has played golf https://t.co/X3aCwLaZEZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 8, 2020
"How has Trump, who has sought to make Biden’s age and capabilities an election issue, managed to deflect concerns about his own performance?" asks @GrahamDavidA: https://t.co/h6XToPEYhN
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 8, 2020
THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!!!!!! https://t.co/wU7W7b3ZDP
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 8, 2020
To be 100 percent clear, this is a very specific and unprecedented way to ensure that taxpayers pick up Trump's legal bills. https://t.co/w1OlITcfeg
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 8, 2020
Maybe keep an eye on this…
Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson says she will be giving evidence in his 4-week extradition trial that the Trump administration offered Assange a pardon if he agreed to say Russia wasn't involved in leaking of Democratic National Committee emails #Wikileaks @RNBreakfast
— Julia Holman (@JulesHolman) September 7, 2020
What's new? Under Trump, it's been a free-for-all for taxpayer's money by the rich, while the 90% are to await the crumbs that fall from their tables. The "trickle-down" ain't happening. Businesses are closing. Unemployment now will look like a walk in the park in coming months!
— Donna Kassin (@DonnaKassin) September 8, 2020
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was "superspreading event" that cost public health $12.2 billion: analysis https://t.co/1zEmboQUMx pic.twitter.com/5dhirc0tER
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2020
The tweet in which Meghan McCain praises the Trump sycophant who allowed a super-spreader motorcycle rally to go on as planned at a cost of hundreds of thousands of new COVID cases. https://t.co/mkKljTew6H
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 8, 2020
“We need to step back from this militia nonsense. These private paramilitaries are illegal and should be treated as such by the authorities.” https://t.co/flBYkaI7bw
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 8, 2020
The Overnight Note 