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The one thing you should never do with a scapegoat is to kill it and eat it. The EU scapegoat has now been ritually sacrificed to the gods of national identity in the hope that they will in turn bestow the greatness that holds Britain together. When the gods do not respond to the sacrifice, the people often turn their wrath on the high priests.#UK #EU #Brexit #England #politics #Tories #Conservatives #scapegoat
No one now remembers that the Conservatives voted for Tony Blair’s Iraq war. Just as he owned that, so Mr Johnson owns Brexit.Just wait and show that you want the UK to be successful. And show that you want the UK to be a better country.
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The thinktank also called for:Scrap pensions triple lock to help save UK finances, says influential thinktank
- A cut of 160,000 in public sector administrative staff at an estimated saving of £3.5bn.
Centre for Policy Studies plan includes new limits on child benefit and foreign aid cutswww.theguardian.com
Continuing to dismiss Scottish calls for another independence vote outright could be “counterproductive,” the memo said. Possible counter-measures include London handing more power to Edinburgh and ratifying a new settlement through a popular vote, and pressuring the European Union to nix the idea of Scotland rejoining the bloc as an independent country.U.K.’s Tories Start War Gaming to Stop Scottish Independence
Mugs, magnets and tea towels mark UK’s exit from EU – but delivery will be latewww.theguardian.com
On 31 January we leave Europe but, fear not, our connections are deep and lastingwww.theguardian.com
The battle to frame the narrative of what comes next.www.politics.co.uk
Party accused of misleading public by tweeting anti-Labour posts as ‘factcheckUK’www.theguardian.com
The UK economy will be 3.5% smaller than if it had stayed in the EU, claims a new study.www.bbc.co.uk
It's on. Britain is going to the polls again. And there's a chance - just a chance - that this Brexit mess will be sorted one way or the other.www.politics.co.uk
According to our study, the deal now being discussed would reduce per capita GDP by 6.4%, say Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes of UK in a Changing Europewww.theguardian.com
Former Cabinet Office secretary warns that crashing out of the EU would do ‘massive harm’www.theguardian.com
Rise follows lifeboat charity’s robust response to critics of its support for projects outside UKwww.theguardian.com
Revolutions, once started, are hard to stop. The fire that David Cameron so casually lit in 2016 has burned through many things that seemed like fixtures of British national life. Judicial…blogs.spectator.co.uk
The Conservative party chairman says the Lib Dems did a "backroom deal" with by-election rivals.www.bbc.co.uk
Populism will drive away the younger voters who are the party’s future, says Ian Birrell, a former deputy editor of the Independentwww.theguardian.com
Barring applying to join a sex cult, we must conclude there is no process as rigorous as the Tory leadership election, says Guardian columnist Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com
Unless he makes good on his promises, the would-be leader’s tenure could be briefwww.theguardian.com
Pro-Europeans find themselves derided or ignored even as their numbers swellwww.theguardian.com
Former chief whip tells the Telegraph he is happy to acknowledge his position as "the underdog".www.bbc.co.uk
Now for a Tory leadership contest that’s like July 2016 with many more things broken, says Guardian columnist Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com
In my home town, I’ve seen how middle-class angst over Brexit is creating an existential threat to the party, says Guardian columnist John Harriswww.theguardian.com
Suppose the Remainers had narrowly won the 2016 Brexit referendum. What happened next?insidestory.org.au
Speaker says PM cannot bring back deal to parliament without substantial changeswww.theguardian.com
Our two parties are more interested in guaranteeing their own survival than in helping the country to flourishwww.theguardian.com
Discussions could lead to new party consisting of six or more Labour MPs plus some Torieswww.theguardian.com
Steve Baker is still claiming the Malthouse compromise, the most ludicrously far-fetched option, is the solution, says Guardian columnist Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com
