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@althecat
Jul 9, 2018 • 19 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X
This points to No. 10 having made up its mind about the toxicity of @BorisJohnson. Which makes sense. His ability to fight proxy wars, betray colleagues, and barefacedly lie is hard to get past.
But the appointment of @DominicRaab suggests she just blinked. /2
This doesn't suggest the Brexit crew feel particularly confident about rolling May any time soon. /3
And now @realDonaldTrump is sticking his oar in. I can see this simultaneously steeling Brexiteer and Remainer resolve. / 4
The main thing I am going to miss now David Davis has gone is the parody.

In the latest series Ep 4 at 25.50 - the final skit - Davis resigns and moves to Panama. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b… /5
David Davis as Brexit Bulldog, on Dead Ringers compilation from 2017, which captures very accurately what it has been like having him as the UK Brexit Secretary for the past 2 years. /6
As we wait for the next #Brexiteer move, #BrexitShambles is trending highly on UK twitter, inspired by this glorious metaphor. /7
The Etonian tones of Jacob Rees Mogg toffsplaining why everybody who disagrees with him is wrong on LBC. If @BorisJohnson bottles it again (which seems likely), it does look as if Mogg will have a tilt at the leadership. /8
There is now fairly feverish interest in the whereabouts of @BorisJohnson, is he at the COBRA (National Security) meeting or not? According to some official sources he is but then there is this. /9
Meanwhile @theresa_may's most loyal lieutenant, the always reasonable Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is pouring oil on the troubled waters. Hope springs eternal. /10
Today BBC's @daily_politics is well worth a watch @bbclaurak @JPonpolitics and @Jo_Coburn explaining events and interrogating #Brexiteers who clearly appear to be split over what happens next. /11 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
David Davis's Under-Secretary for Brexit @SteveBakerHW's IV is particularly revealing. Calling for calm whilst attacking those who cannot fight back, the public servants.

His remarks about childishness seem particularly ironic. /12
After Baker calls for calm from fellow MPs, @Jo_Coburn asks @SteveBakerHW how his resignation is helpful in calming the situation. His answer is not convincing. By 11am he appears to have realised there is no time for the latest #Brexiteer tantrum. /13
Today's drama, following the weekend's "Shiny Turd" headlines have the hallmarks of a @BorisJohnson plot. An eye catching headline, absent any strategy or rationale, followed by a game of where's Boris as he hides out & figures out how to save his skin. /14 #BrexitShambles /14
After a pot of honey hiding out in his burrow, accompanied by some ruminating, @BorisJohnson has decided, for a change, not to cut and run. He's resigned. Game on. /14
The share market seems to be fairly happy to see him go - still betting on the last stand of the Brexiteers being a fizzer & soft or no Brexit following. The PM is due to speak in three minutes. #BrexitShambles /15
This, frankly, is what @theresa_may needs, but it could be wishful thinking from the #Brexiteer side of this scrap. So far Leadsome, Gove and Raab have publicly said they are not going and some lesser ministers have changed their minds.
/16
Things are moving remarkably fast. The assumption seems to be that @BorisJohnson will definitely mount a leadership challenge. However I suspect expecting two decisions in one day from a Bojo under pressure is a forlorn hope. /17
Starting a new Breaking #BrexitShambles thread here >> /18

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Everything about this @ABC news report is fishy. It was rushed into publication on Friday Night shortly after the #Unity4J vigil was started. The video in the header is more than a year old & only today did they add the audio of the IV with Assange's lawyer. /1
The story itself is full of blatant misinformation which might as well have been written by the CIA or State Dept, the rebuttal from Assange's lawyer - filmed last week - was added today to the already published story so clumsily that it breaks the layout. /2
Two video tweets have been added, the one above and this one, which has been tweeted three times. /3
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Jul 17, 2018
Obama is addressing the world.... right now....
And he is talking about how real power is exercised in the world. /2
Their decisions (to do bad things) are often done without malice, but too often these decisions are often made without reference to humanity, or to the consequences for ordinary people. /3
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Jul 17, 2018
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Trump demanded this summit. It was his plan, took place against advice – especially the bit where he agreed to meet in private with Putin. And it ended as monumental own goal for both Russia and Trump.
Yesterday Trump did to himself what nobody has been able to do, and nothing he has hitherto managed to do: he has made the GOP shy away from him. He also managed to frighten away a many of his Fox cheerleaders.
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Jul 15, 2018
This is a lie. And @CNN's "exchange of fire" is also inaccurate. Israel bombed Gaza. Gaza retaliated. And now Israel is bombing some more....
"Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced a cease-fire late Saturday night following regional and international mediation efforts after the most serious and widespread flare-up between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza since the 2014 war."  /14
Nested below are two tweets of the @CNN report, the earlier version from @CNNbrk the latest version of the Gaza escalation story now leads with the ceasefire. [The @haaretzcom and @CNN reports of todays events are both updates of earlier reports.] /15
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Jul 12, 2018
Trump's visit to the NATO summit over the past day has been a confusing affair. A typical Trumpian press conference held around midday today bears little relation to both reality, nor what happened at the summit. /1
After a series of bellicose tweets berating NATO members for not spending enough money on defence (many containing falsehoods) the summit began very badly with this on camera attack on Germany. /2
In response to Trump's repeated attack on NATO the US Senate last night EU time unanimously passed a resolution reaffirming the NATO relationship. /3
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