BREAKING: Boris Johnson gives up his post-Brexit dream of a US trade deal – with Britain focusing on other options instead. https://t.co/QiceEBWkKh
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) September 21, 2021
Gibbon: You told us in 2016 a US free trade deal was there for the taking
— UK is with EU (@ukiswitheu) September 21, 2021
Johnson: That was the president of the US
G:No, he said you'd be at the back of the queue
J:Previous president said we would do a rapid trade deal
G:Obama said we'd be at the back of the queue#C4News pic.twitter.com/crAQlr66fg
So much hinged on Trump for Johnson. He was advised by Bannon and Miller. All his favourite think tanks like the HJS/Tufton St got far right republican money. Now he’s left without the biggest trade deal to replace the EU. It’s a pitiful, painful, Brexit lap of dishonour pic.twitter.com/mb1L8GfBw3
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) September 21, 2021
It's a tale of empty promises and two world-class bloviators blowing hot air at each other.
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) September 21, 2021
(You can follow the whole story in this thread.)
We begin with a ludicrous brag…
January 2017: "Brexit: UK first in line for US trade deal, says Boris Johnson"https://t.co/j2XzE85cm0
Guardian offers an honest account of where the U.K. is in its trade talks with America, and, meanwhile, Johnson’s PR chief talks of ‘real progress…’ pic.twitter.com/mXqy7nGOrT
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) September 21, 2021
"In comments underscoring how many steps remain until a final agreement is struck, Mr Johnson said he would rather wait for a "great" deal than hurry talks." If only he had taken this approach to Brexit talks. But he didn't. https://t.co/A5EsuuGUsT
— Tom Hayes (@BEERG) September 21, 2021
Even if we got this deal tomorrow it would make little difference. Trade gravity is key. The one deal Johnson needs to make to save us is the one he never will: a swift return to the single market and customs union. https://t.co/yVvBE4R1NV
— A Pro-EU Tweeter 🇺🇦 (@unlit_uplands) September 21, 2021
I find myself now with @BethRigby fast-forwarding to the bits when she manages to get a word in edge ways through all the nauseating blather and lies. pic.twitter.com/uXa129Jq6p
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) September 21, 2021
Boris Johnson has told ITV News he does not believe rising bills will cause families to struggle this winter, despite Universal Credit being reduced, because problems facing the energy industry are 'short term' | @romillyweeks reports https://t.co/ORu9HIwl3v
— ITV News Politics (@ITVNewsPolitics) September 21, 2021
Boris Johnson once again escapes the trap set for him by his arch-nemesis, Boris Johnson: my SKETCH of today in trying to outrun your past. https://t.co/4igc6G8Qtx
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) September 21, 2021
Britain’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide is set to resume production — ending a crisis in the food industry — after the government agreed to offer it financial support to deal with spiralling gas bills https://t.co/EczlJ3iz7m
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 21, 2021
The International Energy Agency has called on Russia to send more gas to Europe to help alleviate the energy crisis.
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 21, 2021
The agency is the first major international body to address claims by traders and foreign officials that Moscow has restricted supplies https://t.co/uWJs89JkBl
There are undoubtedly a range of factors beyond Brexit that have contributed to the current price hike. However, Brexit has accentuated the problem, not least by reducing the UK’s ability to respond through the EU Internal Energy Market. https://t.co/1Fw9zf8nSK
— Annette Dittert (@annettedittert) September 20, 2021
Here’s our effort to look at the reasons for the surge in wholesale gas prices and why the UK is particularly affected. With the help of @BBCSimonJack. pic.twitter.com/NIHb9Q2TWo
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) September 21, 2021
Bigger picture…
“I am here to sound the alarm: The world must wake up,” the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said as he opened the General Assembly meeting on Tuesday. He cited war, climate change and the global pandemic as threats that expose glaring inequalities. https://t.co/ya2nhAQBS5 pic.twitter.com/26NHOjiJbZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 21, 2021
It’s quite easy to understand why the world’s top emitters of CO2 and the biggest producers of fossil fuels want to make it seem like they’re taking sufficient climate action with fancy speeches. The fact that they still get away with it is another matter… #UNGA
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 21, 2021
Xi Jinping: China will stop building coal plants overseas
— Lisa Friedman (@LFFriedman) September 21, 2021
This is a big deal
Suddenly, Democrats negotiating over the climate-change bill are making the wrong kind of threat, @yayitsrob writes: https://t.co/DMjBxkDAsG
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 21, 2021
When scientists announce new findings on dark matter we might not fully understand, but we won't accuse them of being shills for Big Telescope. Why people object to climate has nothing to do with the science; it's because we don’t want to fix it. Read: https://t.co/JUaEOhAcQH
— The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) September 21, 2021
From extreme storms to relentless wildfires, we’re witnessing the devastating impact of climate change every day.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 21, 2021
We need to act. We need to pass my Build Back Better Agenda. pic.twitter.com/Ooms6iHAPs
Oh, about that…
U.S. careens toward shutdown, financial crisis amid congressional stalemate https://t.co/w0vxvYYOUo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 21, 2021
“The House rushed headlong Tuesday into a vote on legislation to fund the government, suspend the federal debt limit and provide disaster and refugee aid, forcing a showdown with Republicans who oppose the package despite the risk of a fiscal crisis.” https://t.co/78kGL19ThM
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) September 21, 2021
Congressional Democrats plow ahead with legislation to avoid government shutdown, provide billions in federal disaster aid, effectively daring Republicans to try to block must-pass measurehttps://t.co/WAA3RQCbJX
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 21, 2021
A debt default would be like a government shutdown on steroids. https://t.co/06KTZnLQtM
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 21, 2021
Meanwhile, on other matters…
Joe Biden issued a fresh warning for the UK not to damage the peace process in Northern Irelandhttps://t.co/sOLrS0zX5T
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 21, 2021
President Biden – when asked about the NI Protocol.
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) September 21, 2021
“On the protocols, I feel very strongly about those.”
“I would not at all like to see… a change in the Irish accords, with the end result having a closed border.”pic.twitter.com/7nmRp72NBB
NEW: Ireland has been assured by the Netherlands there is no basis to reports that Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte would intervene in the NI Protocol dispute at the bidding of British prime minister Boris Johnson, according to Europe Minister @ThomasByrneTD
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) September 21, 2021
*Brexit*, which the DUP enthusiastically supported, damaged the relationships which underpinned the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement which, ironically, the DUP enthusiastically opposed.
— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) September 21, 2021
Stop gaslighting: you're just drawing attention to your own ineptitude. https://t.co/IZLCaRgya5
NI Coca~Cola production ‘saved from UK CO2 crisis by protocol’.
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) September 21, 2021
Northern Ireland bottlers are getting their carbon dioxide from EU countries while GB remains paralysed by the closure of huge fertiliser factories https://t.co/AWjIFdh9Xe
oh, and…
Brazilian Health Minister – who tested positive for Covid – was staying at the same hotel as President Biden in NYC.
— Raquel Krähenbühl (@Rkrahenbuhl) September 22, 2021
He went to the UN today to watch President Bolsonaro’s speech.
Here, he shakes hands with Prime Minister Boris Jonhson- who met Biden today at the White House. pic.twitter.com/CSxdBuTIfY
JUST IN: Trump Sues His Niece Mary Trump and The New York Times Over the Paper's Bombshell Report on His Taxes https://t.co/KuzRPZY2Pr
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) September 22, 2021
This exchange between @maddow and @Lawrence @TheLastWord was everything we knew it would be.
— Novelette Dryden (@DrydenNovelette) September 22, 2021
“The brazenness of the defendants’ actions cannot be UNDERSTATED” – Trump’s lawsuit.
Lawrence: Donald Trump and his lawyers went to the same word school. pic.twitter.com/moTGEQuJFt
El Salvador's president labels himself world's "coolest dictator" in Twitter bio https://t.co/1j8WoYMxBi pic.twitter.com/Maq0InyRso
— The Hill (@thehill) September 22, 2021
The Overnight Note 