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Jim Grace

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I want a government that protects the 67M citizens who are not billionaires from the 177 citizens who are.

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@faisalislam A Trade Court in the US just blocked Trump's "liberation day" tariffs. TLDR: says it is not an "emergency" so Trump cannot just sideline Congress. But the UK, alone, has subsequently *agreed* to 10%. Maybe we should rejoin the CU to benefit from their 0% rate? Mwhahaha.
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Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam@faisalislam·
Errrm. The deal is: US trebles tariffs on the UK, and in return the UK cuts tariffs by two-thirds… This from Lutnick’s chart in the White House…
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Faisal Islam@faisalislam·
Split screen trade diplomacy… We await the detail of the give and take…
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Jim Grace
Jim Grace@mac_puck·
Trade Court blocks Trump tariffs. But does this block apply to tariffs on UK goods, which the UK have agreed to in the recent trade deal? Could the UK, alone, be facing a 10% tariff, while the EU faces none? Maybe we should try to rejoin the CU to access their 0% tariff?
MeidasTouch@MeidasTouch

NEWS: A federal court just invalidated Trump’s ”Liberation Day" tariffs, ruling he exceeded his authority under IEEPA. The court said Trump can’t bypass Congress to set trade policy and that these tariffs are unconstitutional and void.

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@Chaplin7774 @RichardGCorbett It is not "40 billion in trade" it is 40 billion lower tax revenue - caused by a hit to GDP of 4 to 5% (ie between £106 billion and £134 billion). And our "membership fee" was around £12Bn, but we got more than that back each year in grants, purchases and services provided.
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The Chaplin@Chaplin7774·
@RichardGCorbett Even if we were to gain 40 billion in trade per year we then turn around at give it back in membership fees.
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Richard Corbett
Richard Corbett@RichardGCorbett·
The EU - UK reset is a good start, but too cautious. Without at least rejoining the single market we won’t turn the corner on the 4 to 5% GDP lost due to Brexit & its consequential annual £40bn lost tax revenue - think about the difference that would make to our public finances!
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@GavinBarwell Dave fancies Tammy. Dave gets divorced, losing house, money, friends. Asks T out: "Sorry - no, Dave." Dave regrets divorce. Dave hears Tammy rebuffed Jean-Pierre more harshly: "Fck off, asshole". So Dave's divorce is now a good idea? (Jean still has home & friends, mind.)
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Gavin Barwell
Gavin Barwell@GavinBarwell·
Brexiteers promised a free trade deal with the US. Now they're celebrating our trade becoming less free just because the EU is getting it even worse. Proper Brexit Derangement Syndrome
David Frost@DavidGHFrost

It also vindicates our decision to get out of the EU and its customs union. Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer for being ready to take advantage of our status as an independent country and the Brexit freedoms that go with it. Perhaps that EU 'reset' can now be quietly junked?

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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@in_bloke A 10% tariff isn't even a pat on the head; it is just a slightly less severe kick in the nuts compared to a 20% tariff. Leaving the EU to access an open US market was daft enough, but staying out to forlornly pine for access to a protectionist US market is insane.
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@IainDale Turkiye is in the CU. The tariff imposed by the US upon Turkiye is.... 10% Note: the quickest way for the UK to join the CU now is via a Customs Agreement, like Turkiye, rather than the full membership that comes with being in the EU.
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Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️
Just seen Sir Ed Davey on the BBC News arguing for us to rejoin the Customs Union. This is crackers on various levels, not least that he is effectively arguing that we should voluntarily agree to 20 per cent tariffs from the US rather than 10 per cent. Economics of the madhouse.
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@WibkeHott @carolecadwalla Elon Musk has done democracy a favour by doing blatantly what Zuckerberg, Thiel, Nix, Bannon and the Mercers were doing by stealth. Nation states are going to have to co-ordinate against the Nerd Reich to defend democracy.
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@cochranereturns @terrychristian Read his tweet again. We have (a) become poorer (b) seen record levels of immigration in return for (c) various crap trade deals. There - I have parsed it for you.
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Cochranereturns
Cochranereturns@cochranereturns·
@mac_puck @terrychristian "...with record numbers of legal immigration from India, Pakistan and Africa for various crap trade deals". Clearly linking immigration with non-existent trade deals.
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terry christian
terry christian@terrychristian·
You muppets voted tory and brexit to 'reduce immigration' and you've become poorer with record numbers of legal immigration from India, Pakistan and Africa for various crap trade deals. EU trade deals are transparent. All Tories did was distract you with 'Stop the boats. Mugs
Chris@TheGentleman789

@terrychristian So you'll make an excuse for Rachel, but try and incite a witchhunt against Darren? I wonder where you got this two-tier approach from? 😂

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@cochranereturns @terrychristian He never said we had. He just said we had signed crap trade deals. And the deals with Australiz and New Zealand were awful for the UK.
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Cochranereturns
Cochranereturns@cochranereturns·
@terrychristian The UK hasn’t signed any new trade deals with the 2 countries you listed nor the continent of Africa. Your link between migration & trade deals is simply not true.
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Jim Grace
Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@alexhallhall Democracy has been under attack from: 1. Libertarian Billionaires. 2. US Christo-fash. 3. Putin. 1 are tonight all texting Musk: "it's supposed to be a fkg secret, you twat". 2 put their whole 900 page plan in writing, the fools! 3 is losing in Ukraine. Democracy lives.
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Jim Grace
Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@DPJHodges He lost his mind when his son went trans about two or three years ago. Do you remember the Wise Woman's three solutions to Blackadder's problem in series 2, episode 1: 1) Kill Bob 2) Kill yourself, or 3) KILL EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! Substitute "hate" for "kill"...
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Jim Grace
Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@Sillyshib More importantly, Brexit sent Putin - and various US and British Billionaires - the message that Britain could be attacked with impunity; provided the weapons used were digital and psychological, not conventional, we would do NOTHING to defend ourselves or retalliate.
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Siob, Princess of Yorkshire #FBPE #FBR
Brexit is the door our country walked through that has taken us here. It gave deeply stupid people the idea that they could vote against immigration when they can’t
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@paulmasonnews Investigation of the "main nodes of incitement" - and particularly the Russian component - was totally banned by the last Government, because it would have exposed Brexit. Will Keir "Mr Brexit" Starmer allow the investigation to proceed now, knowing what it will reveal?
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Paul Mason
Paul Mason@paulmasonnews·
4/ ... what's still missing from law enforcement is a) centralised intelligence and b) action against the main nodes on the incitement network. DCMS should immediately enforce the Online Safety Act and start fining platforms...
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Paul Mason@paulmasonnews·
About tonight's fascist hit-list. It's been widely circulated but some far-right influencers are now putting it around that it's a "state provocation", and saying don't show up... 1/ There are counter-demos planned, and strong policing/security in the most likely targets - but...
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Jim Grace
Jim Grace@mac_puck·
Hstory has shown that when sovereign nation attacks sovereign nation, it can expect an immediate and extreme response (eg Falklands 1982). But Mogg senior's "sovereign individuals" can attack sovereign nations with impunity - what is the answer? Time to take the gloves off?
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
@Aiannucci Win an Olympic Gold medal - you will be British then. Or get a brave 4th place and you can be officially Scottish.
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Tim Walker
Tim Walker@ThatTimWalker·
🤔 Anyone else horrified by the riots — and how Musk is conducting himself — noticed that they’re suddenly losing followers?
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I just hope the US Security and Intelligence agencies get on top of it faster than ours in the UK - and maybe even prevent it happening. Our Security and Intelligence agencies were specifically PREVENTED from investigating the Brexit/Trump/Putin gang, by the last Gov. 7/7
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Some horrible crime will be committed - a mass shooting, or a political assassination, or whatever - and suddenly Social Media will be flooded with a lie that an illegal immigrant, or muslim did it. Then, with military precision, widespread rent-a-riots will break out. 6/
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Jim Grace@mac_puck·
newyorker.com/news/news-desk… In 2016, the brexit referendum was a petri dish for the US General Election. The same people - Cambridge Analytica, Thiel, Bannon , the Mercers & Putin - ran the same plays and won both times. What if the UK riots are a dry run for the US election? 1/
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