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Financial Times If Brexit happens the Netherlands will probably have the EUs largest Englishlanguage university system. Dutch offices too have become the most anglophone in continental European history. Are you a foreign bank or media company moving to Amsterdam File your documents with the regulator in English. Settle your disputes in the brandnew Englishspeaking Netherlands Commercial Court. Hire Dutch staff who will happily speak English even among themselves. The Netherlands is finding a new role as the Englishlanguage economy in the EU that the world needs after Brexit. Ireland will get some of the pickings but its less populous in the wrong place and has inferior infrastructure. https://www.ft.com/content/9566f2ea-6620-11e9-a79d-04f350474d62 25th Apr 2019

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Bloomberg The French capital hasnt always been seen as welcoming but its government schools and businesses are determined to make new residents feel at home. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/paris-is-going-all-out-for-london-s-brexit-exiles?srnd=premium-europe 23rd Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Telegraph Delivering Brexit and embracing cultural conservatism are key. At the 2015 election I helped to run the Conservative campaign that stopped Nigel Farage getting into Parliament. Four years on I wonder if we made a terrible mistake. Back then Farage forced the Tories to listen to millions of ignored voters. So they promised the Brexit referendum and said theyd cut immigration. Now without Farage breathing down their necks they are breaking both promises.Like many other Brexit supporters Farage seemed to believe that the will of the people would be implemented by the Government and Parliament. But we were wrong https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/24/tories-must-reinvent-national-party-eclipsed-nigel-farage/ 25th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Daily Mail Adonis said on Facebook that Labour wanted to unite Remain and Leave voters. He has previously demanded a second referendum to save Britain from Brexit. ProEurope MPs were left bewildered and said it read like a hostage statement. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6956655/Lord-Adonis-praises-Jeremy-Corbyns-sensible-Brexit-plan.html 25th Apr 2019

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The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scottish-independence-referendum-indyref2-nicola-sturgeon-snp-a8884331.html 25th Apr 2019

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The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8931669/nicola-sturgeon-scottish-independence-referendum/ 24th Apr 2019

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Myrtle Beach Online https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/nation-world/world/article229617479.html 24th Apr 2019

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Politics Home Theresa May has rejected Nicola Sturgeons demand for a second Scottish referendum insisting now is the time for the UK to pull together. The First Minister announced that she wants to have another poll before the next Scottish Parliament elections in two years time so long as the UK has left the European Union. In a statement to MSPs Ms Sturgeon said she would bring forward legislation before the end of this year outlining the rules for another referendum. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/theresa-may/news/103429/theresa-may-rejects-nicola 24th Apr 2019

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Daily Mail Scots should be given the opportunity to vote again on independence before the next Holyrood elections in 2021 if Brexit goes ahead First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today. The SNP leader said she would try to pass plans for a second referendum into law by the end of the year and dared Theresa May to stop Scotland voting on it again. Speaking in Edinburgh today Mrs Sturgeon argued the current Brexit deadlock at Westminster makes indyref2 necessary five years after she lost the last one. She said A choice between Brexit and a future for Scotland as an independent European nation should be offered in the lifetime of this Parliament. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6955115/Nicola-Sturgeon-calls-second-referendum-Scottish-independence.html 24th Apr 2019

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BBC Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence by 2021 if the country is taken out of the EU. The first minister told Holyrood that she would introduce legislation soon to set the rules for another vote. But she indicated that she would need the agreement of the UK government before actually holding a referendum. Downing Street has previously said it will not grant a new Section 30 order which underpinned the 2014 referendum. Ms Sturgeon claimed this position was unsustainable and challenged her party to increase support and demand for independence. But the prime ministers official spokesman said As we have been repeatedly clear Scotland has already had an independence referendum in 2014 and voted decisively to remain in the United Kingdom. This should be respected. Our position hasnt changed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48026430 24th Apr 2019

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@BBCPolitics Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says IndyRef2 should happen before end of current parliament in 2021 saying it is our route to avoiding the worst of the damage Brexit will do https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1121035233208557568 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Sun Theresa May is safe from a Brexiteer challenge after Tory bosses refused to change party rules so she can be forced out. Conservative grandees tonight voted against allowing a fresh bid to oust the PM to take place within weeks. But Mrs May will have to lay out a clear timetable for leaving 10 Downing Street backbench boss Sir Graham Brady warned. Under Tory party rules the leader cant be subjected to a noconfidence vote until December after seeing off the last bid to unseat her four months ago. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8931618/theresa-may-leadership-challenge-sir-graham-brady/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian A million Britons responded to a secretive Facebook campaign for a hard Brexit overseen by Lynton Crosbys company according to the information commissioner who said the respondents email addresses may have been harvested for future use. Elizabeth Denham told MPs her investigation into the Mainstream Network campaign group had raised concerns about how valuable voter data was being collected by the undertheradar campaign potentially in breach of data protection rules. Mainstream Network was designed to look like a grassroots campaign and give the impression that the British public was rising up in support of a nodeal exit from the European Union by encouraging the public to flood MPs inboxes with emails demanding one. However the Guardian has revealed that the supposedly independent proBrexit Facebook pages were part of a series overseen by Crosbys company CTF Partners. They were backed by up to 1m in online advertising paid for by an unknown source in a bid to push MPs to reject Theresa Mays Brexit deal. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/23/secretive-hard-brexit-facebook-campaign-got-1m-responses 24th Apr 2019

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Politics Home https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/theresa-may/news/103432/boost-theresa-may-senior-tory 24th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph Tory MPs have rejected the idea of changing the partys leadership rules in order to allow sooner a fresh bid to oust Theresa May Sir Graham Brady has confirmed. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/24/brexit-latest-news-theresa-may-warned-against-holding-crunch/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

BuzzFeed news Nigel Farages Brexit party was the topspending political campaign on Facebook in Britain last week as it ramped up a push for the support of over40 voters in the European elections. Widely perceived as a serious threat to Theresa Mays Conservatives Farages new party spent 11523 pushing its proBrexit messages on the UKs most widely used social network according to Facebook data nearly twice as much as that of the main parties Labour and the Tories. In total the Brexit party has spent around 20000 since it formally launched two weeks ago. In contrast the Remainsupporting Change UK another new party with big ambitions for next months European ballot only just started its Facebook push today. Separate data reviewed by BuzzFeed News reveal that Farages new party has been given a significant publicity boost by Facebook users organically sharing news articles relating to the launch without the Brexit party having to pay anything for it. A column written by Farage for the Daily Telegraph newspaper on the morning of the Brexit party launch on April 11 received more than 110000 engagements on social media making it the fourthmostshared UK politics story of the last month according to BuzzFeed News analysis of data from BuzzSumo a company that tracks social sharing. https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexspence/nigel-farages-brexit-party-is-outspending-bigger-rivals-on 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

ITV News There were no political decisions of any substance taken over Easter. The PM ministers all politicians were seemingly too exhausted to do anything but roll the Brexit egg down the hill. So all the political news is about process after the Cabinet and shadow made no Brexit decisions on Tuesday and the 1922 executive guardian of Tory party rules could not agree whether to expedite a new procedure to evict Theresa May. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-24/as-theresa-mays-brexit-talks-with-jeremy-corbyn-face-collapse-all-sides-face-massive-choices/ 24th Apr 2019

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Coventry Telegraph https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-change-uk-brexit-16168565 24th Apr 2019

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The Times Boris Johnsons sister a former BBC broadcaster and John Majors health secretary will all stand for Change UK in next months European elections but the partys launch yesterday was marred when one of its candidates was forced to stand down within hours over comments about Romanians. The proRemain party announced its MEP hopefuls from almost 4000 applicants at a campaign launch in Bristol yesterday. Rachel Johnson Gavin Esler a former Newsnight presenter and Stephen Dorrell a cabinet minister from 1994 to 1997 were among dozens of candidates on the stage. Heidi Allen 44 the interim leader described them as coming from every corner of the UK and from all walks of life adding These elections are a chance to send the clearest possible message we demand a Peoples Vote and the right to campaign to remain in the European Union. Ali Sadjady one of the candidates rapidly came under scrutiny for a comment he posted on Twitter in 2017 When I hear that 70 per cent of pickpockets caught on the London Underground are Romanian it kind of makes me want Brexit. The tweet was uncovered by The Independent prompting the former Conservative supporter who was running in London to say that he would stand down so as not to tarnish Change UKs reputation. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/european-elections-rachel-johnson-will-stand-for-change-uk-77qsktzv8 24th Apr 2019

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ITV News There were no political decisions of any substance taken over Easter. The PM ministers all politicians were seemingly too exhausted to do anything but roll the Brexit egg down the hill. So all the political news is about process after the Cabinet and shadow made no Brexit decisions on Tuesday and the 1922 executive guardian of Tory party rules could not agree whether to expedite a new procedure to evict Theresa May. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-24/as-theresa-mays-brexit-talks-with-jeremy-corbyn-face-collapse-all-sides-face-massive-choices/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Telegraph Another Brexiteer coup against Theresa May fizzled out as the partys senior backbenchers decided not to change the partys rules to allow an early leadership challenge against her. However Sir Graham Brady the chairman of the partys 1922 committee said that it was time Mrs May set a date for her departure by giving a clear roadmap for her exit from 10 Downing Street. Under the partys rules Mrs May cannot be challenged until December after winning a no confidence vote last December by 200 votes to 117. Some members the partys ruling 1922 committee had sought to change the rules to allow another vote after just six months. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/24/senior-tories-demand-theresa-may-set-clear-roadmap-departure/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Politics Home Tory MP Chris Davies was fined 1500 and ordered to carry out 50 hours community service at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. The Commons Speaker told MPs that a recall petition will now be held in his Brecon and Radnorshire constituency. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/politics/news/103421/john-bercow-confirms-voters-be-given-chance-unseat-convicted-tory-mp 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Express.co.uk Boris Johnsons rivals are desperately trying to keep Theresa May in power for as long as possible because it is the only way to destroy his bid to become Conservative Party leader insiders have claimed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1118452/brexit-news-theresa-may-conservative-party-leadership-contest-boris-johnson 24th Apr 2019

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The Times Farage has no real interest in the deepseated problems people face insecure jobs and wages crumbling public services poverty inequality and lack of opportunity. He has no ideas for how to address the real challenges facing our country. Just bigoted politics and empty slogans. The antidote to the poison Farage is pushing is the same as it has always been a strong dose of progressive values the championing of international solidarity and a willingness to face down the hatred that he represents directly and without fear. Thats what Ive always tried to do in my role as an MEP and its what I will continue to do if Im reelected in the upcoming European parliament elections. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/labour-can-stop-the-poisonous-brexit-party-winning-if-we-back-a-people-s-vote-nftz2t26h 24th Apr 2019

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Express.co.uk The former Foreign Secretary is surging ahead in the popularity stakes in the race to become the next Prime Minister. In a further blow to Theresa May several Brexiteers today sought to change the partys rules to enable MPs to force her out within a matter of weeks. However the executive of the 1922 committee rejected the rule change but indicated they want a clearer timetable for her departure. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1118452/brexit-news-theresa-may-conservative-party-leadership-contest-boris-johnson 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Support for Extinction Rebellion in the UK has quadrupled in the past nine days as public concern about the scale of the ecological crisis grows. Since the wave of protests began more than a week ago 30000 new backers or volunteers have offered their support to the environmental activist group. In the same period it has raised almost 200000 mostly in donations of between 10 and 50 reaching a total of 365000 since January. The group said the figures showed the public was waking up to the scale of the crisis adding that pressure was growing on politicians to act. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/24/support-for-extinction-rebellion-soars-in-wake-of-easter-protests 24th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph There have been many dreadful murders followed by highprofile funerals over the years in Northern Ireland. Several during the Troubles were themselves targets for bombings and shootings. Others became opportunities for paramilitary parades which merely deepened community enmities and exacerbated personal animosities. Funerals too often were not salutary moments from which people concluded that violence was destructive and futile they were the warp and woof of the provinces tragic sectarianism. The funeral of Lyra McKee in St Annes Cathedral Belfast was as far removed from that grisly past as can be. An author and journalist she was killed last week when a terrorist claiming allegiance to the new IRA opened fire on police and a bullet hit poor Lyra https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/04/24/could-tragedy-lyra-mckee-unite-divided-northern-ireland/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Times Dumping May and building a new angrier more workingclass coalition is superficially appealing but doomed to fail. Nodealers would not come away empty handed. For they would still have that most valuable political commodity a sense of resentment. Around this a new Conservative coalition can be built angrier whiter more working class more northern. This nodeal Conservative Party would have chosen new allies new champions and new seats to win. Its a plausible political strategy but will it produce a new majority And if it did would it be a majority the right would want The nodeal Conservative Party will struggle in cities struggle to win over ethnic minorities struggle to persuade younger voters. Maybe there is a protest European election victory in that maybe at a pinch even one solid general election performance but there isnt a sustainable new majority. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f221314e-65da-11e9-877f-447086620e98 23rd Apr 2019

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The Scotsman The United Kingdom and Scotland are both caught in their own constitutional deadlocks. Westminster is caught in a Brexit bind with no majority for anything. Both Conservative and Labour leaderships seem to accept that the voters gave Parliament a mandate in June 2016 but nobody can explain what the mandate was for given the multiple versions of Brexit on offer. So the critical decision is constantly postponed. Scotland voted to stay in the UK in 2014 and to stay in the EU in 2016 but has been told that it cannot do both. The Scottish Parliament has a proindependence majority but in the nation at large there is no combination of YesNo and Remainleave commands majority support. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scots-voted-to-stay-in-the-uk-and-europe-but-cannot-do-both-keating-1-4914754 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Shropshire Star https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2019/04/24/company-linked-to-mp-taking-legal-action-over-bbc-report/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

BBC A company that marketed a failed bond scheme that lost savers 236m has been funding an MPs private salary. Johnny Mercer receives 85000 from Crucial Academy a company ultimately funded by Surge Financial Limited. Surge Financial Limited took 25 commission for marketing bonds by London Capital and Finance LCF which is now in administration. Mr Mercer who is facing calls from investors to quit as an MP said he had done nothing wrong. The Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View is a nonexecutive director of Crucial Academy which trains military veterans and aims to find them employment. Mr Mercer himself a former Army officer is contracted to work 20 hours per month a rate of more than 350 per hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47884273 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Guardian John Caudwell the billionaire founder of Phones4u has vowed to leave the UK for taxfree Monaco if Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister to avoid higher taxes. With an 1.6bn fortune Caudwell 66 is the UKs 87th richest person according to the Sunday Times Rich List. He said he and other wealthy Britons would emigrate to escape Corbyns proposed wealth tax. Caudwell who built his fortune importing and selling mobile phones in the late 80s and early 90s said a Corbynled government would be a complete fiasco. If Corbyn wanted to start taxing more extensively than already my appetite or tolerance to pay much more than Im already paying is not very big Caudwell said. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/24/phones4u-founder-john-caudwell-vows-to-leave-uk-to-avoid-higher-taxes 24th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph Donald Trumps state visit in June could not come at a better time. The US President may be just the man to break the Brexit deadlock. He offers an uncompromisingly positive outlook on Britains exit from the European Union at a moment when the UK could badly do with a confidence boost and a bit of direction. As the leader of the free world Trumps views matter. When he sets foot in London he can outline exactly what Brexit offers the British people. A free trade deal with the worlds largest economy even closer defence and intelligence ties with the United States and the enthusiastic backing of the worlds superpower. He will also deliver the heartfelt support of the American people. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/24/trumps-visit-uk-should-wake-up-call-britains-declinist-complacent/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

GQ Magazine https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ann-widdecombe-brexit-party 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

GQ Magazine https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ann-widdecombe-brexit-party 24th Apr 2019

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Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6956973/Ann-Widdecombe-kicked-Conservatives.html 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

BBC Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe has announced she is set to return to politics for the Brexit Party. Ms Widdecombe 71 said she would still vote Conservative in the upcoming local elections but would stand as a candidate for Nigel Farages new party in the European elections. She said she wanted to fire a very loud warning shot across the bows of the established parties. The former shadow home secretary has been retired since 2010. Ms Widdecombe told BBC News she was standing out of total frustration and to show Parliament to get on with it or see their seats in danger. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48034732 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

LBC Lifelong Conservative Ann Widdecombe says she has now been kicked out of the party after she announced she was standing for the Brexit party in next months European elections. The former shadow home secretary 71 served as a Tory MP for over a decade before retiring in 2010. But shes now been kicked out of the party after joining Nigel Farages new outfit to fight next months EU elections. I received a letter from Conservative headquarters today she told Iain Dale of her expulsion. https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/ann-widdecombe-brexit-party-expelled-tory/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Daily Mail The Independent Group of defector MPs is planning to wipe out the Liberal Democrats and replace them as a party a leaked strategy document reveals. The group of former Labour and Tory MPs known as TIGgers states that its objective is to defeat the Lib Dems so there is just a single party for progressive politics at the next General Election. It plans to directly target Lib Dem voters and donors and to compete with the party on its own issues. It also rules out working with the party saying No mergers pacts or alliances. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6954283/Change-UK-group-plots-destroy-Lib-Dems.html 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Pink News Jan Rostowski who is running for the European elections with the proEU Change UK party has backed down on past antigay comments he made. Rostowskiwho is a former minister for finance in Polandwas announced as a candidate for Change UK yesterday. However it wasnt long before an interview from 2011 resurfaced in which he said a stable society is based on heterosexual relations. He has since backed down on the comments according to Buzzfeed political correspondent Alex Wickham. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/04/24/jan-rostowski-change-uk-anti-gay/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Daily Mail Change UK lost another candidate today over offensive tweets including one about being scared of black women after a chase through Amsterdam by a crazed black whore. Joseph Russo also called new party colleague Anna Soubry Thatcher 2.0 before she quit the Tories and branded the arrest of paedophile Gary Glitter low hanging fruit for police. Yesterday Ali Sadjady a former Tory standing for the new proRemain party was forced to resign hours after he was unveiled when it emerged he said Romanian pickpockets in London kind of makes me want Brexit. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6954779/Second-Change-UK-candidate-quits-offensive-tweets-crazy-black-wh-Gary-Glitter.html 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Independent Ever since the announcement yesterday of my candidacy as a London MEP for Change UK The Independent Group I have been subjected to an online campaign of false allegations of racism including an accusation by the Muslim Council of Britain MCB that I am Islamophobic. I have never not once expressed antiMuslim hatred or bigotry. I have always been clear that any criticisms I may make are about Islamism and conservative Islamic cultures or beliefs never Muslims. I am horrified appalled and deeply upset to have been targeted by what appears to be an active campaign of smears and lies from hardleft activists and the MCB. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/change-uk-nora-mulready-islamophobia-twitter-labour-muslim-council-of-britain-a8885026.html 24th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph Taxes will keep rising for years to come to cover the cost of caring for Britains ageing population Philip Hammond has warned. Despite success in the long battle to defeat the budget deficit the Chancellor said the tax burden already its highest in more than 30 years will rise further. Higher earners in particular should brace for a bigger bill to HM Revenue and Customs as Mr Hammond said grumbling from the rich should be taken as a sign of success. The trick in any tax system is to get the balance right. If taxpayers who are paying large amount of tax werent grumbling we wouldnt have got it right he told MPs on the Treasury Committee on Wednesday. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/04/24/get-set-higher-taxes-hammond-warns-cost-ageing-population/ 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Independent Nigel Farage is talking the language of betrayal but the only thing he and the rest of the Brexiteers have been betrayed by is reality https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-farage-brexit-party-clacton-ann-widdecombe-european-elections-theresa-may-latest-a8884601.html 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

BBC The candidate who had topped Change UKs Scottish list for the European Parliament elections has withdrawn from the race after one day. Joseph Russo was selected as the lead candidate for the new party in the Scottish constituency should the UK take part in the elections in May. However he has now announced on Twitter that he will not stand for election. He said he was not fully prepared for the personal scrutiny he faced after offensive online posts came to light. One of the new partys prospective London candidates Ali Sadjady also quit the race on Tuesday hours after the partys lists were announced over comments he had previously made on social media. Change UK which stems from the Independent Group of MPs who quit Labour and the Conservatives earlier this year launched its campaign for the elections on Tuesday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48039047 24th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Byline Times Nigel Farages Brexit party is leading the polls for the EU elections and given the party has no manifesto policies or coherent strategy for leaving the EU thats some achievement. It seems that our political discourse is now so irredeemably fcked that voting for a party with no actual policies in order to elect MEPs to a parliament they dont believe in is just fine and dandy. Fox is currently director of the think tank the Institute of Ideas but for two decades she was a core figure in the Revolutionary Communist Party and the copublisher of its inhouse magazine Living Marxism. Neither Fox nor the Brexit Party attempted to deny that but I wonder whether rankandfile Brexiters planning to vote for Ms Fox know quite what they are getting. https://bylinetimes.com/2019/04/24/fox-breaks-cover-from-revolutionary-communist-to-farages-right-hand-woman/ 24th Apr 2019

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Zelo Street Bill Viagra Golliwog Etheridge apart from the Viagra and the Golliwogs is more recently known as a pal of the socalled White Pendragons who were behind the interruption of a speech by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. They told those present that they were there to effect a citizens arrest. And outside the venue they had brought a scaffold. As in the kind used to hang people. Hes part of the new Farage fringe. Also joining Mr Thirsty and announced as an MEP hopeful this week has been businessman Lance Forman who had previously been a supporter of Turning Point UK the group whose US parent had been linked with all manner of extremism. For him the charge is one of straightforward hypocrisy having told I cant think of one area in which the EU has helped our business his companys website proclaimed the virtues of achieving PGI status for its London Cure Smoked Salmon. Awarded by the EU. https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2019/04/nigel-farage-new-nasty-party.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&amputm_medium=twitter 24th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/23/theresa-may-defies-security-warnings-ministers-us-allow-huawei/ 24th Apr 2019

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BBC There have been fears inside government about allowing the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei to get involved in the construction of the UKs 5G telecoms network for some time. Yet the government under Theresa May believes the risks can be controlled and is proceeding https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48044017 24th Apr 2019

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The Guardian Brexit has huge advantages for fishing if it is properly handled said Sir Barney WhiteSpunner the chairman of the advisory board of UK Fisheries which owns the Kirkella. Our concern is that it is not being properly handled. He is concerned that in the nodeal continuity arrangements that have been signed with Norway Iceland and the Faeroes the UK has granted access to UK markets for these nations to export their fish to British consumers without demanding reciprocal access to fishing grounds in return. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/23/uks-biggest-fishing-trawler-sails-up-thames-in-brexit-warning 24th Apr 2019

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The Guardian Emily Thornberry the shadow foreign secretary issued a strongly worded statement against the visit. It beggars belief that on the very same day Donald Trump is threatening to veto a UN resolution against the use of rape as a weapon of war Theresa May is pressing ahead with her plans to honour him with a state visit to the UK she said. The Scottish government said in a pointed statement that it had not been consulted about the trip. A spokeswoman added We will not compromise our fundamental values of equality diversity and human rights and we expect these values to be made clear during the presidents visit to the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/23/donald-trump-plans-state-visit-to-uk-in-june 24th Apr 2019

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BBC The US Ambassador to the UK says negotiating a trade deal postBrexit would be much more difficult if the UK is in a customs union with the EU. Woody Johnson also said it would be more challenging for the UK to get control of its own trade policy. But he said President Donald Trump is still hopeful doing a robust big very generous trade deal with the UK after Brexit. President Trump will come to the UK for a state visit in June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48042524 24th Apr 2019