@morty642 @vincent_rowlatt Thread

In 2017 the Blairites were working to lose the general election and in effect cause a Tory Landslide and Hard Brexit.

This demonstrates their priority was not stopping Brexit as they said it was in 2019.

They used Brexit to lose to remove

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Here is Keir Starmer admitting in March 2018 that reversing the manifesto commitment to (soft) Brexit, would 'Break Apart' the Labour party.

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6 Months later he did just that.

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https://t.co/lFL264eKHv
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Sept 2018:

https://t.co/HZntaLy4tB
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt "An anti-Brexit party would win 150 fewer seats than a Leave party at a general election" Professor Christopher Hanretty, Head of politics, University of London.
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"Labour splits erupt as Keir Starmer defies Jeremy Corbyn to insist Brexit 'can be stopped'
https://t.co/tUMTgujiMf
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96% of the seats (52 of 54) that we lost to the Tories in 2019 voted leave.
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https://t.co/NQjeCvcOMV
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https://t.co/osEZzreN8V
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"Labour is the party of remain, says Keir Starmer" Aug 2019
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May 2020: "Starmer has told the Financial Times that his predecessor’s leadership was the ‘number one’ doorstep issue & attacked manifesto spending plans"
https://t.co/U1Rfxmfc71

Nov 2020: Keir Starmer will ‘order Labour MPs to back Brexit deal to win back North’ The Sun
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt Starmer's right wing Banker/Corporate backers:

Martin Taylor gave Starmer £95k for his leadership bid, Taylor also funded the 2016 chicken coup by donating £80k.

"Labour Tomorrow & Saving Labour" invested £449,860 to take down Corbyn back in 2016.
https://t.co/jYiHcfteTX
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt .
"Tony Blair says he wouldn’t want a left-wing Labour party to win an election"
https://t.co/8NnS8M8UCr
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"Blairites raise £250,000 war chest to fight Corbyn"
https://t.co/eC08QaRmtI
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"Tony Blair to earn £2 Million at JP Morgan"
https://t.co/caiZc5SSRW
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@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt .
"Tony Blair endorses Keir Starmer" (video)
https://t.co/f17g127Bq6

"Starmer whips MPs to ABSTAIN on Tory bill to legalise crimes, including murder, by intelligence operatives" (Oct 2020)
https://t.co/OK7yE2V2TC
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"The bank...chaired by the former business secretary, Lord Mandelson, has been the prime adviser to the Government on at least six...bumper state asset sales"
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https://t.co/sYubglG4CI
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Mandelson: “I am working every day to bring down Jeremy Corbyn”
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https://t.co/icfyb9EMRS
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@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt .
Keir Starmer is backed by 'Progress' which is funded by Peter Mandelson.

https://t.co/S6fEcCe8nW
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https://t.co/DhXaUKTCSa
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt .
Here is an example from 2016 of "Centrists" blocking Corbyn's attempts to be anti-war when he was leader:
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About 100 (Centrist, Labour) MPs were missing or abstained from vote to withdraw support for Saudi dictatorship's War in Yemen.
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https://t.co/LooCSV2aT1
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt Keir Starmer was dropping manifesto commitments even *before* he won the leadership.

"Keir Starmer is the only candidate in either race to refuse to commit to Labour's manifesto housing policies"
https://t.co/OepVzrF4HS
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"Why are the Labour Party turning their back on the Green Industrial Revolution?" DIEM 25
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"JP Morgan is the largest global financier of fossil fuels"
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"Tony Blair to earn £2m at JP Morgan"
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"Tony Blair endorses Keir Starmer"
https://t.co/f17g127Bq6
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https://t.co/MUfp3LExMV
@cool_grandad @morty642 @vincent_rowlatt Fact Check: Yes, Keir Starmer has broken or rowed back on a large proportion of his Labour Leadership Pledges already
https://t.co/bTePTH05jU

More from Brexit

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Important story on what a “tariff-free” deal means in practice and why it’s not enough for two economies as closely integrated.

Tariffs are removed on goods that meet rules of origin. This is a complex and nuanced area of customs.

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Important to remember that trade deals (FTAs) weren't designed with such a high degree of economic integration in mind.

So some of the standard RoO provisions will seem incredibly restrictive under the UK-EU deal.

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Minimal operations or insufficient processing is a standard part of an FTA. Most, if not all FTAs, include a provision on minimal processing – processing not considered sufficient to confer originating status even if rules of origin have been met.

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It is standard procedure not to apply cumulation when goods have only been subject to minimal processing.

To be able to cumulate origin and consider the final product of UK origin, the processing carried out in the UK needs to exceed minimal operations.

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The level of integration between the UK and the EU means that this will have significant consequences for a number of industries.

For example, in supply chains where goods are brought into the UK from the EU and reassembled, sorted or repackaged and re-exported to ROI.

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