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Daniel Salt's avatar

Agreed

You can't keep up with the poison this government is unleashing daily now

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Matthew Illsley's avatar

Agree with pretty much all of this except for "I am sure they are all nice enough people in person." Having spent some time in the vicinity of party political wonks, I am 100% certain they are vile people.

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Susan Sullivan's avatar

This was brilliant , so accurate!

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Daniel Salt's avatar

Very kind Chris - sometimes they come easy - I did in this case want to keep away from the detail - thought honest this "deal" has been covered horribly by the media

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Daniel Salt's avatar

Welcome to mate - I read fast and I scan read

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Daniel Salt's avatar

I was being nice for one brief moment

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Steve Davison's avatar

Great post as usual Dan. It gets harder every day to understand this insanity.

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Dan Richardson's avatar

All this before you factor in the chagos insanity which will go down like a poison with the public.

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Chris Gutowski's avatar

Dan, you're absolutely on fire with this piece. Brilliant, incisive, witty and true.

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m00n h0wl's avatar

Long may Labour's sprint to total destruction of their party continue. The only question is whether the Conservatives will beat them there or will find the courage to admit their mistake, ditch Kallme Badenough, and become a party of the right again.

Reform has a lot of growing up to do if they are to become an effective participant in government, however, and this may determine the fate of the Tories.

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Steve Davison's avatar

Dan, I don't often disagree with you but having found the full text of the agreement here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/608ae0c0d3bf7f0136332887/TS_8.2021_UK_EU_EAEC_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement.pdf

I don't see how this could be seen as a 5 minute read, unless you are a phenomenal speed reader! Perhaps I am just slowing down more than I realised as I age?

We shall be discussing the agreement on Tuesday at our Politics in Pubs meeting in Manchester and with your permission I shall use selections from your article in our post advertising the meeting?

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Steve Davison's avatar

whoops - wrong year! Why is it so hard to find?! Could you post the link to the correct text?

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