Why does the UK have such a weird attitude to its citizens who live abroad ? No other country does this.

Time for a rant ! requiring a thread 😀

prompted by 👇 article in today's @Times - full of a kind of snide Schadenfreude, so I thought maybe interesting to wonder why ../1

Non-fish people look away. Huge amounts of conflicting info is dished out on UK/EU fish catches in “UK waters”. It’s late in the game but I decided to look again at the “real” figures, as established by Dr Ian Napier for the Uni of the Highlands and Islands. 1/13

This is terrifying

Neonicotinoids are banned in EU because of lethal harm to bees, butterflies, birds & other animals

This is exactly what we warned Brexit could be used for

Ministers needs to rule this out immediately if they’re serious about upholding promises on standards

As Brexit nears completion, James O'Brien, who has predicted nearly every twist and turn, has delivered what has been described as, his most powerful monologue yet. 

@MrJamesOB

Right. What a week in #Brexit . First talk of Barnier pulling the plug; and today a big flap over fish. So where are we as M. Barnier boards the Eurostar for London? Well, you guessed it - still stuck on the fundamentals. Why? Well, here's what I know. 1/Thread

Picture the scene. UK a committed member of EU sees France vote to leave. France further announces it will also leave the Customs Union & The Single Market. UK Gov immediately *warns* its population & businesses what this means. It helps with the mammoth costs of being prepared

Brits refuse to get over-excited about new UK coronavirus vaccine, as it’s not the first time they've pinned their hopes on a bunch of pricks from Oxford.

SallyinFrance Buy gold? 😁

Project here

If elected politicians are mounting these defences of Priti Patel without having read the full report, it's a terrible dereliction of duty & close to corrupt.
If they arrived at these conclusions *after* reading the full report then there's no reason for it not to be published.

In today's Times.

Why why are Labour always picking fights internally?

This does not make Labour electable, and is a distraction from the main job - opposing and scrutinising the Tory government.

Focus on the bigger picture

Will he or won’t he?

I don’t think he has the integrity. So far ministers have got away with scandal after scandal.

If he does... it removes pressure from other ministers

PM set to announce decision on Priti Patel's future amid bullying claims
news.sky.com/story/priti-pa…

Austerity is back:
news.sky.com/story/austerit…

No surprise - when you blow billions on Brexit and follow that with Billions for PPE from cronies, the pot will be empty.

The ordinary person suffers more.

All the problems we’re currently facing in terms of our new borders can be solved:

1⃣ IT systems can be developed
2⃣ Back up procedures can be created
3⃣ Guidance for logistics providers (hauliers’ handbook) can be improved and published
4⃣ Customs brokers can be trained

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Boris Johnson told to self-isolate, after Test and Trace app alerts him to having coronavirus seven months ago.

Woohoo, let’s work for weeks to get R down, then blow it in a week with a government sponsored get together.

You know that the day is going well when you put yoghurt in your coffee.