Main problem with making fishing rights epitome of "taking back control" is that UK has severely weakened its best bargainin chip in negotiations. One thing EU really wants and UK can't just trade it for some bigger fish (pun intended) without incurring big political damage. #EFT
— Expected Futility Maximizer (@ExpFutility) January 27, 2020
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It's the Dunning-Kruger effect of #Brexit. Read the whole article: https://t.co/lJtaGh1oxy #EFT pic.twitter.com/MNqPLryMvN
— Expected Futility Maximizer (@ExpFutility) January 18, 2020
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In 2019, the UK sent £13.2b to the EU (and some of it came back directly to the UK). The total tax revenue of the UK was £811b (https://t.co/j6qn9MTogi). So the UK could not decide how to spend 1.6% of its tax revenue. Thank god that ends now! #EFT https://t.co/muvt7KthAr
— Expected Futility Maximizer (@ExpFutility) January 9, 2020
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On 7 and 8 Jan, Tory MPs voted against all amendments to the EU withdrawal agreement bill, including parliamentary approval of the future relationship, arrangements with the EU about unaccompanied children seeking asylum and the rights of workers and EU citizens. #EFT pic.twitter.com/1CcXs9h2mh
— Expected Futility Maximizer (@ExpFutility) January 9, 2020
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On 31 Jan, the UK will leave the EU because, apparently, that "had to get done". Yet it feels like forever since anyone made a half-way sensible, let alone convincing argument for why doing so it a good idea. All that is left seems to be gloating over the (Pyrrhic) victory. #EFT pic.twitter.com/ur8WyHNVV8
— Expected Futility Maximizer (@ExpFutility) January 5, 2020