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EXCL: Tory MP Craig Mackinlay interviewed under caution for six hours over South Thanet election expenses: https://t.co/eDhdlnRIQK
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FPT: https://twitter.com/MorrisF1/status/841710313124823040
Springtime for Lib Dems, perhaps.
Beating the establishment fair and square didn't feel right somehow
"Shall I slide into your box, baby?"
"Austin, please stop using euphemisms, and just pit the car."
"Groovy, I'm coming in for some hot, wet rubber."
Nige surely has to go for it, if it comes to that ?
Maybe he wants to prove Enoch right (again), that all political careers end in failure
I'm not sure I'll be laying him as peacefully as Nuttall turned out in all honesty. He is a much better candidate, and an actual local.
Mr. Meeks, it'd be a good opportunity for the new Banks-Farage party, if it comes about, to try and snatch an early victory. However, it could split the Kipper vote and let the Conservatives in through the middle.
FILLON François 2953
HAMON Benoît 1717
MACRON Emmanuel 1548
DUPONT-AIGNAN Nicolas 672
MELENCHON Jean-Luc 666
ARTHAUD Nathalie 623
LE PEN Marine 618
ASSELINEAU François 569
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CHEMINADE Jacques 469
LASSALLE Jean 453
POUTOU Philippe 357
JUPPE Alain 302
YADE Rama 217
JARDIN Alexandre 107
others all less than 100
Jean Lassalle is a deputy for François Bayrou's party.
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/841711033764970496
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/841718373448855552
Around 6mins Neil asks him if he would be the UKIP candidate and he says "I probably would"
https://twitter.com/daily_politics/status/840893410848342017/video/1
Edit: I see @isam posted the same interview.
https://twitter.com/iainmartin1/status/841707831330000897
OmniMcShambles?
Anyone who is siprised by this either hasn't been paying attention, is an idiot or is trying to generate headlines.
Is Sturgeon going to demand that iScotland must have her preferred relationship with rUK, once she's worked out what it is?
If iScotland were in the EU and rUK outside it, the SNP would have to blame "FEUBs" instead of FEBs, "the Brussels media" instead of the London media, and "Regierungsviertel" instead of Westminster. And the ratings agencies. And their Aunt Fanny. Infamy!
It would come with a newly assumed liability for making EEA Grant payments to EU member states to get access to the single market.
Immigration isn't an issue for Scotland at the moment as far as I can see. London is the honeypot.
That might change if your average 16 hour a week worker with three kids wants UK style tax credits . The UK will be off limits post Brexit. Scotland and the SNPs welfare state won't be.
On the specific issue of the EU, if the UK has tariff free trade with the Single Market then the SNP argument is null and void. If it does not have tariff free trade then Scotland rejoining the Single Market will result in tariffs with the rest of the UK.
Scotland could get an awful lot from a post-Brexit globally dynamic Britain. There are many carrots to dangle.
It's unlikely, but not impossible. I'd say (at present) 50% chance of independence and 50% chance of union (and a 20% chance of a bigger No vote than last time)
If this is the case it is a huge mistake as she has not only misled the public she is attempting to con her own supporters. The debates next week in the Scottish Parliament in front of the Scottish public could see her made to look ridiculous.
How the mantle has slipped
Sometimes it is necessary to go outside of a group to show the group what it is.
I am genuinely staggered by her change of stance and cannot see that this has done anything for her reputation - indeed it is almost dishonest
They show the PVV/Wilders trailing badly now 5-6 seats adrift of the VVD and seemingly more likely to come third than first.
PVV can be laid at 2.28, I think the chance of a shock either through the debate or tomorrow at the polls is no more than a third.
That said, she has clearly misstepped here. EEA membership has certain attractions but it is a long way from EU membership (hence the support for it by the likes of @Richard_Tyndall )
It means that the argument for leaving our single market with rUK is entirely dependent on their deal with the EU. If, as I expect, tariff free trade is ultimately agreed what on earth is the point? If it is not then EEA membership with trade barriers with rUK is a disaster.
Her strategic move to the left to destroy SLAB has been an undoubted success and promises the SNP a dominant position in Scottish politics for the foreseeable future but in every other respect she has proven to be no Alec Salmond.
This is not some mysterious out of the blue statement. It has been completely and totally consistent.
The faux outrage over this on here is completely hilarious.
sophistry wont travel well with the voters
Unless Farage and Banks fall out.. maybe not "highly" unlikely then!
I do not think you will find it hilarious when this hits all the media
The UK is Norway’s most important trading partner, and Norway is the UK’s most important supplier of oil and gas.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-norway-announce-new-trade-dialogue
The EEA option is probably rather a good one for Scotland. It would also be good for Ireland, but that's an even bigger political minefield...
http://bit.ly/2iHglsf
It's worth remembering that the Single Market is only complete for goods. It's also worth pointing out that, agricultural produce aside, the CCT is relatively low e.g. 3.5% on automotive components. Completely swamped by the recent sterling devaluation.
It's the NTBs and CoO requirements that are going to make life difficult, particularly in those sectors with highly integrated supply chains.