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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”