“The treaty text has been sent to the capitals. If they give the green light, we have a deal” https://t.co/pPpTPmtgSo
— Daniel Keohane (@KeohaneDan) December 23, 2020
Breaking: a meeting of EU ambassadors (Coreper) has been convened for tomorrow morning, to be briefed on Brexit negotiations, source
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020
Brexit: EU-UK trade deal expected, as cabinet briefed https://t.co/kYXB15hVAu
— Nick Beake (@Beaking_News) December 23, 2020
BREAKING – Brexit deal is done. Or not. But nearly. Press conference tonight. Or tomorrow. Really early. Or later. Sources say it is totally in the bag, but sources caution it could still slip through our fingers at the last minute
— robert shrimsley (@robertshrimsley) December 23, 2020
BREAKING: Hearing from sources within No. 10 that Deal is in Kent.
— John Rain (@MrKenShabby) December 23, 2020
What the Guardian said Johnson couldn’t accept about May’s deal in 2018 would now appear – from what is being reported – to have suddenly become acceptable to him. pic.twitter.com/DYy0f0EyJN
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) December 23, 2020
Stampede as the ignorant ERG clowns rush to see if the guys bunging them cash are getting what they wanted in a #brexit deal https://t.co/3gasnU3R4H
— Face of Boe 🇪🇺 🇦🇹🇬🇧 #FBPE (@KingInTheNCP) December 23, 2020
It's just so embarrassing. I know I should be over this by now, but really. Imagine getting your country into such a state that the views of the people in the ERG would be of any consequence.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 23, 2020
If the ERG's aim was hard Brexit they won. If it was removing the UK from the EU's influence they lost.
— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) December 23, 2020
Sunlit fuck-uplands https://t.co/ytrlvIiElQ
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) December 23, 2020
Oops …
— Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 #BrexitReality (@BrexitBin) December 23, 2020
The Telegraph isn't at all pleased with the Brexit reality! Expect calls to stop any ratification ASAP!#BrexitDeal pic.twitter.com/eeF6zHp8dr
Next few days will be rather trying. The Brexit government will claim an extraordinary achievement, rather than a sloppy act of vandalism. The Brexit headbangers will claim to object on deeply-held moral principle, rather than cynicism or incomprehension.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 23, 2020
The Brexit deal that's about to appear will be a tattered grey rag, compared to the glory of what we had. 🇬🇧🇪🇺#BrexitDeal 🤮
— Mandoline ❄️ (@Mandoline_Blue) December 23, 2020
— Daniel (@3HK_3HK_3HK) December 23, 2020
The sell is on. https://t.co/bsLbsnfXN2
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) December 23, 2020
Celebrate now. Read the fine print later. pic.twitter.com/2ov77OyHXD
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) December 23, 2020
Never met any that actually would see irony of it all. https://t.co/Lpv5XuxaiR
— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) December 23, 2020
UK Brexit team returns after successfully negotiating exclusive right to catch Fish Fingers in the North Sea pic.twitter.com/z1pPIX90AP
— Mo' (@mocent0) December 23, 2020
Meanwhile, on the set of Carry On At The Channel…
Thousands of stranded truck drivers at the British port of Dover vented their anger Wednesday as they struggled to access coronavirus tests after France agreed to ease a blockade despite fears over a new Covid-19 variant https://t.co/xVRix2yV5Q
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) December 23, 2020
France and Britain reopened cross-Channel travel on Wednesday after a 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant but London has warned it could take days for thousands of trucks blocked around the port of Dover to get movinghttps://t.co/B6IavORQDK pic.twitter.com/QhnRUMsPus
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 23, 2020
Testing has begun at #DoverPort. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says only a few hundred done today. It’ll take days to get the 5000 plus vehicles now stuck in Kent through onto Ferries once service is resumed. Here’s a short live report for World TV. #dover #Dover Port pic.twitter.com/1dUOLoie6Z
— Sangita Myska (@BBCSangita) December 23, 2020
🇬🇧 Govt, you are getting this all wrong. All wrong.
— Jon Worth (@jonworth) December 23, 2020
You should not have a fiasco on your hands that means the German Ambassador has to go and check on truckers, the Polish consulate to bring water to them, and local Sikh groups being better prepared to feed them than you are! https://t.co/j3ABBnIwRY
My heroes of the day are Lydia and Dave. As they told me: "We live down the hill and wanted to help". They were handing out food to truck drivers on the A299. And thank you for wishing us all "Frohe Weihnachten". pic.twitter.com/VUi1YfOpk4
— Andreas Michaelis (@GermanAmbUK) December 23, 2020
Covid-19: Sikh charity sends food to stranded truckers https://t.co/lmCKdOn3gA
— BBC News England (@BBCEngland) December 23, 2020
Sovereignty is coming
— Graham Love (@glove931) December 22, 2020
Sovereignty is coming pic.twitter.com/8wKjj3ASxN
you are fucking kidding me pic.twitter.com/hxjyBnZZoO
— Jennifer M Jones (@jennifermjones) December 23, 2020
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SCORCHED EARTH AND SABRE-RATTLING
Pres. Trump leaves for his Florida resort minutes after vetoing military spending bill. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/MjyTZUBlMU
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) December 23, 2020
President Trump vetoes annual military spending bill because it did not modify a law that provides liability protections to tech companies and would have authorized the renaming of military bases named for Confederate generals.https://t.co/N7Cc79LxCm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 23, 2020
NEW RULE: Republicans saying it’s the Dems who have kept stimulus checks low have to explain why it’s Republicans who are so salty that Trump wants them to be bigger.https://t.co/dnYMFMKmWC
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 23, 2020
Here’s the latest on the relief bill.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) December 23, 2020
Reminder: unemployment aid will have expired for ~14 million Americans by Monday https://t.co/d8oPHb1k58
Pelosi responds to Trump: Let's push for $2,000 checks "this week" https://t.co/OXjypwTlX5 pic.twitter.com/M9bXBp9mPB
— The Hill (@thehill) December 24, 2020
Trump’s not trying to get people more money. He’s trying to set up telling people he wanted them to have more money but the establishment wouldn’t do it.
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) December 23, 2020
With the fate of a federal aid package thrown into doubt by President Trump, economic data on Wednesday showed why the help is so desperately needed. “We know that things are going to get worse,” said an economist. “The question is how much worse.” https://t.co/L0FwnaSO5e
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 23, 2020
Pardonpalooza Part Deux…
President Trump to announce more pardons and clemencies as soon as today*, per sources briefed. *Usual caveats apply to POTUS-related timing
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 23, 2020
Opinion: No president has ever misused the pardon power as thoroughly as Trump has https://t.co/YoAmMOaIeb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 23, 2020
“Of the 45 that he had granted up until today, 40 of the 45, 88%, were either tied to one of his allies … or was tied to something that politically benefited him,” @nytmike says on the wave of recent pardons by President Trump. https://t.co/DLCjBIcZAm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 23, 2020
JUST POSTED: Included in Trump's pardons of war criminals, Mueller-probe felons & crooked GOP congressmen was a very swampy pardon of a healthcare fraudster who helped Ben Carson make a lot of money. Yes, Carson pushed for it. Please read and RT. https://t.co/IlPE2gQVp3
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 23, 2020
Presidential pardons for war criminals …
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 23, 2020
Disgusting.
"Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and 11-year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007."https://t.co/Awk0fyAZmE
AG Bill Barr has said such a special counsel is not warranted. Bill Barr will no longer be AG six hours from now. https://t.co/YTUN5gRL8W
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 23, 2020
…Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2020
Reupping our reporting from earlier today w @ByGlenJohnson .. intense discussions throughout day at top level of admin —-> https://t.co/Flq1W3uRbh
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 23, 2020
A group of white supremacists discussed plans to attack the country’s power grid if Trump lost the election. https://t.co/fP9OB0fLWl
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) December 23, 2020
Trump’s 12 days of Christmas:
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) December 23, 2020
12 (x5) lawsuits lost
11 corrupt pardons
10 bizarre tweets
9 Justices not doing his bidding
8 McDonald’s orders
7 million vote loss
6 staff sending resumes
5 gold toilets
4 weeks left
3 crazy lawyers
2 perilous senate races
1 President Biden
Maybe just this once, just for this Festivus 2020, we take pass on the “Airing of Grievances”..
— Jerry Seinfeld (@JerrySeinfeld) December 23, 2020
The Overnight Note 