Fantastic work by Sophie Hill getting the “My Little Crony” map of Tory cronyism (PPE contracts etc) - based on work by The Citizens & Carole Cadwalladr - mentioned today in Parliament x.com/dbrby/status/1…

Isn’t it fascinating that *everything* the Brexiteers accused the EU of being flawed with - ...gravy trains, run by unelected unaccountable technocrats, acting like dictators, vast waste of public funds, unmerited promotions... - is *exactly* how they themselves have governed.

A majority of people (51%) say Britain was wrong to vote to leave the EU. Only 38% say it was right. Biggest gap ever, I believe. Remove “don’t know” and that’s 57% to 43%.

Add to that that whilst Nigel Farage MP might wish to point the finger at the EU for fishing quotas it's *actually* due to industrial (over)fishing. It the EU hadn't acted we would have... All brexit does is make life even harder for fishing communities already feeling the pinch.

Utterly irresponsible. They're freezing public sector pay. Kicking key workers in the teeth. Yet they'll splurge £120mil fueling division. Many of us are grieving. Reminds me of those deplorable groups that protested soldier's funerals. #BrexitReality mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Right. So why were the Nightingales built if we knew that they couldn't be staffed?

Scotland "wants to return" to the EU and hopes to do so "as an independent member state," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says in her SNP conference speech In a "message to our European friends," she says "you are and always will be part of who we are" bbc.in/2KUpOif

No ⁦Jack Maidment⁩, these are not “new” EU rules. The UK Government just decided to move our citizens from one travel & residence arrangement (Free Movement) to another (Third Country). It’s all on the UK Government. They made the choice. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

Good. BBC debunks Hancock claims. UK acted under EU law to do rush approval. BBC also notes “European Commission confirmed earlier this week that Hungary - an EU member - could use a Russian Covid vaccine in its domestic market if it chose to do so.” bbc.com/news/55163730

I worked in Switzerland visa-free for 5 years. That was under Free Movement. You have downgraded our international work capacity.

This is a vaccine developed by an EU-based company, backed by a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan of 100m EUR, manufactured in the EU, approved under EU law - and sent to us from Belgium. The Union you want to thank here is the European one.

Where is Nigel Farage? The British fishing industry is collapsing and Nigel has run away.

Updated statement on Kenmure Street, Glasgow

Huge respect to those in Glasgow who were out there. Protest does work. It’s a vital part of a society’s self-expression... and the Home Office under Priti Patel wants it curtailed. Refuse.