Suddenly, we are no longer an irreplaceable bridge between Europe and America. We are now less relevant to them both"
BREAKING. Sir John Major: "Complacency and nostalgia are the route to national decline"
"We are no longer a great power. We will never be so again. In a world of nearly 8 billion people, well under 1% are British"
"We are a top second-rank power"

Suddenly, we are no longer an irreplaceable bridge between Europe and America. We are now less relevant to them both"
The Referendum debate was unlike any I have known before. Emotion overcame reality".
"Fiction defeated fact and fostered a belief in a past that never was – whilst boosting enthusiasm for a future that may never be.".
"If that mode of politics takes root, it will kill all respect in our system of government".
"Brexit was sold to our electors on false premises"
"#Brexit was sold to the nation as a win-win situation. It is not".
"We were promised we would stay in the Single Market. We have not".
"We were told trade with the EU would be frictionless. It will not be".
#Brexit
"It was claimed, #Brexit wouldn’t increase support for Scottish independence or a united Ireland. It has".
"It was politics. It was campaigning. It was for a cause".
"It was also unforgivable"
#brexit
#Brexit
"Trade has always been the life-blood of our prosperity.
We were promised a comprehensive trade deal with the EU. We were told this would be “the easiest deal in history” because “we hold all the cards”. Apparently not"
#Brexit
"As the politics changed, the promises were ditched".
"We can now look forward to a flimsy, barebones #Brexit deal – or no deal at all".
"This is a wretched betrayal of what our electors were led to believe"
"#Brexit is no friend of free trade with Europe".
"It may set up new tariff barriers [and other consequences]. These costs and complexities are the certain legacy of Brexit".
"This is as a result of our negotiating failure – and it is a failure."
"It is time to stop putting Ministers on the media who speak to a pre-prepared script and parrot misleading or pointless slogans." 👀
#Brexit
"We should recognise that the EU nations are bound with ourselves in ties of common interest, history and future destiny"
"To ignore this would be a dereliction of our national interests"
"The Westminster Government could agree for an Independence Referendum to take place, on the basis of two referenda. The first to vote upon the principle of negotiations, and the second upon the outcome of them".
#Scotland
"Lawyers everywhere are incredulous that the UK – "the cradle of the Rule of Law" – could give themselves the power to break the law"
"It is essential we remain a United Kingdom – and reinforce the values that have built our reputation".
"If we cannot again be a great power, we can be a great example".
"If we cannot compel, we can influence".
We must put aside the notion of “British exceptionalism”: it is a fantasy baked into the minds of those who do not know how the world has changed"
"But – we can be exceptional".
"All this – and more – can be achieved".
"We like to think of ourselves as the land of hope and glory. “Hope” is essential – most especially during the darkest of times".
"But I am ambivalent about the “glory”".
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My piece in the NY Times today: "the Trump administration is denying applications submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at a rate 37 percent higher than the Obama administration did in 2016."
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh
"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh

"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:

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To me, the most important aspect of the 2018 midterms wasn't even about partisan control, but about democracy and voting rights. That's the real battle.
2/The good news: It's now an issue that everyone's talking about, and that everyone cares about.
3/More good news: Florida's proposition to give felons voting rights won. But it didn't just win - it won with substantial support from Republican voters.
That suggests there is still SOME grassroots support for democracy that transcends
4/Yet more good news: Michigan made it easier to vote. Again, by plebiscite, showing broad support for voting rights as an
5/OK, now the bad news.
We seem to have accepted electoral dysfunction in Florida as a permanent thing. The 2000 election has never really
To me, the most important aspect of the 2018 midterms wasn't even about partisan control, but about democracy and voting rights. That's the real battle.
2/The good news: It's now an issue that everyone's talking about, and that everyone cares about.
3/More good news: Florida's proposition to give felons voting rights won. But it didn't just win - it won with substantial support from Republican voters.
That suggests there is still SOME grassroots support for democracy that transcends
4/Yet more good news: Michigan made it easier to vote. Again, by plebiscite, showing broad support for voting rights as an
5/OK, now the bad news.
We seem to have accepted electoral dysfunction in Florida as a permanent thing. The 2000 election has never really
Bad ballot design led to a lot of undervotes for Bill Nelson in Broward Co., possibly even enough to cost him his Senate seat. They do appear to be real undervotes, though, instead of tabulation errors. He doesn't really seem to have a path to victory. https://t.co/utUhY2KTaR
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 16, 2018