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Politics @washingtonpost. Formerly politics @SkyNews. Even more formerly @BBCNewsnight. Zach.PurserBrown@washpost.com
Aug 1, 2018 12 tweets 7 min read
BREAKING: In a major Freedom of Information project @SkyNews has obtained dozens of Brexit Impact studies conducted by local councils around the United Kingdom

The Brexit files show a picture of councils exasperated by central government and scrabbling to make contingency plans. SHETLAND: This study from Highlands & Islands shows the % if loss making farms under different scenarios. Not a great look for WTO - 86% of sheep farms making a loss. The study expresses concerns about falling land prices as well.
Jul 31, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: Sky News has obtained a NEW secret recording of @PeterWillsman at another NEC meeting revealing Corbyn asked for his advice on anti-semitism. “‘This is a chap who’s cracking up, he’s sending me texts from the Somme about Shami’s report’. So I had a little laugh" he says In the recording, made a few days after the attempted coup in 2016, he congratulates Corbyn for not cracking up in the face of hostility in the media and the PLP
Jul 31, 2018 18 tweets 8 min read
BREAKING: Dover Brexit Impact Document obtained by @SkyNewsPolitics shows plans for Lorry Park on the M20 for “many years” Dover clearly EXTREMELY nervous about traffic mitigation measures not working “there does not appear to be a Plan B”