'Lawful' but awful!

🚨Khan's #ULEZ expansion may have been given the green light from judges on their high hill but it will be the poor who are hit the hardest.

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“At a time when people have been facing unprecedented costs, it is completely unreasonable to prioritise the tiny minority of those able to afford the unnecessary luxury of an electric vehicle.” Brian Gregory, chairman of the ABD

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ERG holds its regular Monday meeting later in Westminster.

Senior member tells me they'll go 'completely and utterly berserk' if there were any move towards a Swiss-style arrangement.

'For many of us, it's the defining issue of why we are in politics.'

'Liz has completed the journey that the whole nation needs to go on.'

Staunch Brexiteer @SteveBakerHW explains why Liz Truss has the backing of the hard Brexit wing of the Tories.

#StandUp4Brexit vote #LizForLeader 🗳

BBC staff who voted to leave the EU remain 'secret Brexiteers' to this day, terrified of their colleagues finding out their views, the House of Lords has heard.

#DefundTheBBC

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NIP Art 16 refers to “serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties that are liable to persist, or to diversion of trade,..” Does not specify international trade. Is akin to US “interstate commerce” wh is trade internal to US. In any case… (1of2)…

In 2019 Theresa May’s No 10 thought her leadership was safe for a year & that her #BRINO deal could be delivered. ‘They were wrong,’ reveals ⁦Christopher Howarth,⁩ ‘only three people knew they were wrong. I was one.’ Read to see what the trio then did & how. thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…

A great write-up. Thanks for the mention Christopher Howarth: “By MV3, the ERG ‘Spartans’ had lost the support of the entire conservative movement and press, save for some Telegraph hacks and the doughty Rebecca Ryan and Helen Mayer of #StandUp4Brexit ”
thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…

Well done everyone. We did it! 💥🥂🎉

So many media platforms on a shoe string challenged pro-Remain bias on Sky/BBC they need a mention
Brexit-Watch.org The Core #StandUp4Brexit Brexit Facts4EU.Org Lawyers For Britain @WestmonsterUK Global Vision

and of course Unlocked 🔑 🗽 🌸

And many more. Pls keep it up!👏🏻

Sharing the Greatest but Most Unsung Brexit Hero award 🥁...

ERG researcher Christopher Howarth - who equipped us all throughout the last few years

Strategist ___, now at The Critic - who provided outstanding advice and all he got was this lousy border down the Irish Sea

The treaty text has been released. A line of thermos flasks full of tea are now lined up. Long thread to follow over the course of the day but the texts themselves are here: gov.uk/government/pub…

If a trade deal is announced between the UK and the EU, the European Research Group will reconvene its Star Chamber to scrutinise and deliver an opinion on it.

Amid the expectation of an EU-UK agreement, ERG MPs will want to wait until we have seen a legal text and we understand what it means, if our opinion is to have any credibility. Conservatives #StandUp4Brexit As soon as UK Prime Minister make statement, we will expect to have text

“Boris Johnson has told us that he wants a deal that treats us as a sovereign ­country.

“If he can’t get a good deal, Lord Frost should tell Mr Barnier it’s no deal – and walk out.” Iain Duncan Smith MP
thesun.co.uk/news/13394415/…

1/4 I look forward to welcoming @michelbarnier and his team to London and to resuming face-to-face talks tomorrow. We are glad all are safe and well.

Sounds promising...'Can the PM guarantee that in any agreement with the EU, British sovereignty will be protected for the whole UK...?' Laurence Robertson asks at #PMQs

'Yes indeed. I can make that guarantee.. and our position on fish hasn’t changed.”

Here is the agreed statement from Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen
after their phone call today.

It instructs me and Michel Barnier
to work intensively in order to try to bridge the gaps between us.

That work begins as soon as we can next week.

gov.uk/government/new…

Here is the UK statement about the state of play in our negotiations with the EU after the ninth round of talks.

no10media.blog.gov.uk/2020/10/02/lor…

Given the EU's bad faith, it cannot bring to heel a sovereign Britain
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/…