Global Politics

Bercow taking the heat off MPs, immigrants, & the Mail’s usual targets for today’s ‘2 minute hate’. Our constitutional crisis has little to do with Bercow & everything to do with May’s self-defeating red lines & her inept #Brexit strategy - all supported by the Daily Mail. pic.twitter.com/L20UKfy0HC

9:22 am · March 19, 2019 ·

Perfectly sums up the kakistocracy we’re living under. The Govt that has denied the public the chance to change their minds on #Brexit once is miffed that its plan to bring May’s zombie deal back multiple times (while bribing MPs & threatening civil servants) has been Bercowed. twitter.com/davidallengree…

8:20 pm · March 18, 2019 ·

@ProfBrianCox @iainmartin1 @charlesarthur @GoodwinMJ 1/ One problem is that while the slight minority voting Remain knew what they were voting for (the status quo is quite clear) the slight majority voting Leave did so for various reasons (sincerely held belief in sovereignty, anti austerity & protest), & seeking various outcomes.

1:21 pm · March 18, 2019 ·

This is a really key point. May’s deal will solve nothing because, as Martin Sandbu put it in the Political Quarterly, #Brexit has always been “a solution in search of a problem.” twitter.com/profbriancox/s…

8:45 am · March 18, 2019 ·

Global Politics

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Great mention in @ForeignAffairs of one of our recent articles. global-politics.co.uk/wp/2017… pic.twitter.com/3zS9Y8wM3u

8:37 am · March 18, 2019 ·

It’s remarkable how overseas observers like @FareedZakaria understand the nature of the UK economy far better than Britain’s own “low information politicians”, to paraphrase @MarinaHyde. #Brexit twitter.com/DrDMiles/statu…

8:34 am · March 18, 2019 ·

Great analysis by ⁦@FareedZakaria |⁩ “#Brexit would be a disaster. As Sandbu points out, Britain’s economy is competitive and productive only in high-value manufacturing and services, both of which depend on a deeply integrated market with Europe.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/g…

8:34 am · March 18, 2019 ·

David Phinnemore

@DPhinnemore

Dutch eurocrat: “This is the most boring crisis ever... It just goes on and on and on, about the same thing. And, you know, the British reputation will be ruined for decades – like France in the 1980s. That will be the UK. You can see it happening already" theguardian.com/politics/2019…

10:54 pm · March 17, 2019 ·