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Aaron Rankin

4 years

“As we leave the European Union we now have more control over our destiny than we’ve ever had. As the UK re-engages with the rest of the world, we share in the new opportunities that brings” @News_Letter

Is there a case for the Union? Yes – and it’s stronger than ever

In his letter of August 26, Thomas Stewart posed the question: “Is there a case for the Union?”

www.newsletter.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

A priceless moment when @abcnews talks to a random member of the public in the queue to pay respects to Her Majesty & the person turns out to be the former Black Rod! When asked to explain the role he says “Well you have a Black Rod in Australia” 🤣

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2 years

Has anyone checked on the 🇪🇺 Single Market this morning to see if it’s still in one piece? I fear a pot plant from England may have wound up in Belfast without being inspected on the lorry over causing untold damage

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

Alexa, show me a definitive example of trolling.

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1 year

Apparently the UK signing a trade deal with Australia, which has opposite seasons to us remember, is selling out our farmers I don’t think journalists understand how farms work

How Boris Johnson sold out Britain’s farmers over dinner with the Australian PM

As the UK-Australia trade deal comes into force, those close to the negotiations reflect on their dramatic — and farcical — climax.

www.politico.eu

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Aaron Rankin

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2 years

With the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill due tomorrow it still amazes me that Brussels thought they could contribute the square root of sod all for 18 months & still be allowed a place at the table, which we own They had their chance to be part of the solution but they blew it

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

🇪🇺 says it will terminate relations 🇬🇧 if the latter exercises its rights under a mutually agreed treaty 🇪🇺 are also saying relations with 🇨🇭 may break down if they don’t submit their laws to Brussels Has it occurred to 🇪🇺 that maybe they’re the problem

EU’s Šefčovič warns of Brexit deal ‘collapse’ if UK exits Northern Ireland Protocol

European Commission vice president also urges Switzerland to show ‘political commitment’ and ‘a clear timetable’ in separate talks with EU.

www.politico.eu

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

There’s a pattern forming that some on here don’t want to see But somehow I’m sure they’ll find a way to say @trussliz caused all of this since Friday

TradingView

@tradingview

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Currency strength over the last year:

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

8 months

How does a closer relationship with the EU, a declining irrelevance, help growth in the UK? The Islington mindset is strong with this one if he can’t appreciate that our trade links with the growing parts of the world are our biggest asset

Keir Starmer pledges to seek major rewrite of Brexit deal

Labour leader tells FT his government would put closer trading relationship with Brussels at heart of growth policy

www.ft.com

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Aaron Rankin

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2 years

I guess “Brexit Hardliner” is Brussels for “Someone prepared to protect the interests of 🇬🇧 people”

EU commissioner warns UK against picking Brexit hardliner to replace Frost

A European Commissioner said on Sunday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's refusal to compromise on Brexit was "untenable" and called on him not to let Conservative Party "machinations"...

www.reuters.com

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2 years

Critical point from @trussliz in the House of Commons pointing out that the Northern Ireland Protocol “isn’t set in stone” That was the basis on which we agreed to it but 🇪🇺 then treated it as an unchangeable shibboleth before the ink was dry Yet they question our integrity

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

11 months

The thing is @campbellclaret we weren’t lied to & in fact your are the one lying…again Fundamentally Brexit achieved its ultimate objective, to make voters the ultimate arbiters of our destiny & you despise that #bbcqt

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

3 years since this priceless moment

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

If the EU put as much effort into vaccinating their own populace as they did in getting worked up about the UK delaying document requirements for packets of ham entering #NorthernIreland from GB then they’d be #COVID free by now 🙄

EU and Ireland join forces to harness pressure from US over Brexit

Maros Sefcovic and Simon Coveney will address Congress members in Washington on Wednesday over the Northern Ireland row

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

Forgetting for a moment that the EU itself is a serial breaker of international law (see the recent German Constitutional Court decision) & the fact we haven’t actually seen what the #InternalMarketBill says there are plenty of justifications in the WA /1

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill 3rd Reading Ayes: 267 Noes: 195 The total exclusion of Brussels from NI affairs is one step closer

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

So let me get this straight the EU want to ban food going to #NorthernIreland & #vaccine doses going to #Australia . What a lovely bunch, they’re openly hostile to both of my homelands 🙄

Antonello Guerrera

@antoguerrera

3 years

🚨🚨🔥 BOOOOOM 🔥 🚨🚨 EU COMMISSION HAS BLOCKED SHIPMENT OF OXFORD/ASTRAZENECA VACCINE TO AUSTRALIA THAT WAS PRODUCED IN ITALY EU COMMISSION UPHELD REQUEST BY ITALY TO BLOCK SHIPMENT BECAUSE OXFORD/ASTRAZENECA'S FAILURE TO HONOUR EU CONTRACTS -SOURCE (Reuters)

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

8 months

There you have it, straight from the bollard’s mouth Starmer now openly admits that he wants to tie the UK into the EU’s orthodoxy of ignorance He fails to realise that the EU regulates in their its interests, not ours & the purpose of their regulations is to raise market

Sam Coates Sky

@SamCoatesSky

8 months

Here’s the footage I obtained and we broke on @skynews

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

This certainly seems worthwhile but the PM should make 🇬🇧’s involvement conditional on the wholesale extrication 🇪🇺 from all matters relating to Northern Ireland We can’t guarantee European territorial integrity while they try to undermine ours

EU hands Britain post-Brexit olive branch – an offer to lead new security council

European leaders impressed with Westminster’s handling of Ukraine crisis set to propose leadership of new body and put tensions behind them

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

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1 year

What if Match of the Day gets better ratings without any presenters? All the football, none of the banal chat & infinitely cheaper to produce…

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

#OTD 6 years ago I was standing shirtless in my garden in Brisbane watching this moment on my laptop, jumping for joy & reaching for a fresh lager. We’ve been out 2 years & already done quite a lot but we’re only getting started!

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

As someone who brought @Conservatives to 9% in the polls he’d know about strategic mistakes

Gavin Barwell

@GavinBarwell

2 years

It should now be clear to the DUP that supporting Brexit was a huge strategic error for them and unionism in NI. It's reduced support for the Union. It's led to a border in the Irish Sea (because the ERG prefer that to the alternative - customs union + regulatory alignment)

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

From what I can gather the #NorthernIreland discourse today is: 🇬🇧 office in Belfast = an aggressive assault on the GFA, the peace process & an undermining of devolution 🇪🇺/🇮🇪 office in Belfast = perfectly fine & essential for the peace Don’t ask me how that makes sense

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Various Northern Ireland Politicians who spent years trying to overturn a referendum are now telling @J_Donaldson_MP to respect democracy You love to see it

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

“Here in the UK we spent early summer watching the havoc at Dover customs met with a wall of silence around Brexit” Probably because attributing Brexit as the main reason for that & other problems the UK faces now is an idiotically facile analysis

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

“Without the European Court of Justice jurisdiction, there is no access to the Single Market” Well that will be news to the 86% of countries in the world that aren’t in 🇪🇺 but also have access to the Single Market

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

86% of countries in the world aren’t in 🇪🇺 Seems to work pretty well for them

Dr. Jennifer Cassidy

@OxfordDiplomat

3 years

I’m no media consultant. But the phrase “Make Brexit Work” is never going to happen. Starmer needs to stop. There’s no universe where Brexit works. Try a catch phrase like: “I suppose we better get on with it” or “This sucks, what can we can do about it?”. Something believable.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

So the Americans call their offical jet Air Force One which began the question what should we call ours?

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Aaron Rankin

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1 year

It’s strange all these people frothing at the mouth about Boris Johnson saying the current Northern Ireland Protocol situation is his mess when the real culprit is their beloved Brussels It was 🇪🇺 who reneged on the agreed implementation👇

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Aaron Rankin

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2 years

I think we can now safely say that as far as 🇪🇺 is concerned olive oil is way more important than the Good Friday Agreement We’re through the looking glass here people!

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

I really wish the likes of @simoncoveney would outline exactly how unilateral action (which the Northern Ireland Protocol actually allows for) would “erode peace” when the current form 🇪🇺 is pushing is doing exactly that

NI protocol: Unilateral action by UK government 'could erode peace'

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney says the EU is flexible and wants compromise.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

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1 year

The EU like to think of themselves as a superpower but the reality is that their share of global GDP is steadily declining & they’re becoming increasingly uncompetitive in many sectors As Brussels makes itself an irrelevance the rest of the world moves on

The EU is acting hysterically – no wonder it has lost its superpower status

The EU's impotence against Joe Biden's protectionism shows its influence is waning

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

So the Millennium Dome has ended up like the rest of Tony Blair’s legacy

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

11 months

You do know Australia is as far away from Canada as it is the UK right? Ignoring that fact that the CPTPP now has a larger share of global GDP than the EU & is projected to grow to 25% of global GDP by 2050 while the EU will be lucky to be in double digits by then But hey

Deirdre Heenan

@deirdreheenan

11 months

Kemi Badenoch on #BBCLauraK crowing about signing the “momentous” CPTPP. A trade deal with countries on the other side of world, that will harm the planet and eventually add 0.08% to UK GDP. Leaving our nearest neighbour- the EU has cost us 4% Monumental act of self- harm.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

17 days

So I take it we’re all voting for Israel in Eurovision tonight to annoy all the lefty “river to the sea” jihad numpties

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

So 🇪🇺 Single Market will collapse by the morning I take it? That’s what Brussels said would happen if I was allowed to by hyacinth seeds from England or bring a dog in to Northern Ireland from Scotland

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

𝗛𝗼𝘄 🇬🇧 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 Jan 2020: 🇪🇺 invokes Art 16 to stop medicines going to NI 🇬🇧 Reaction: Guys we don’t think that’s a good idea 𝗛𝗼𝘄 🇪🇺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 Nov 2021: 🇬🇧 invokes Art 16 to ensure medicines get to NI 🇪🇺 Reaction: HOW DARE YOU WE’RE TEARING UP THE TCA!!!!

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Aaron Rankin

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2 years

Aw bless @simoncoveney isn’t coping well with the fact that 🇬🇧 gets to wholly decide what it’s immigration laws are & that they’re tailored to suit our concerns & not Dublin’s

BBC Newsline

@bbcnewsline

2 years

The Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has criticised plans by London to toughen UK post-Brexit immigration laws, which would mean non-Irish EU citizens having to complete a US-style waiver form before crossing the border into Northern Ireland. Jayne McCormack reports.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

After much consideration I am backing @trussliz to be our next Prime Minister Having heard her speak at the Northern Ireland Hustings last week it’s clear to me that she has what it takes to deliver for not just NI but the whole of the UK

Liz Truss Is The Only Choice To Lead Our Great Nation

aaronrankin.com

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

I see @Ianblackford_MP is decrying voter ID at #PMQs calling it “Trumpian” & a “first for the UK” He’s clearly never been to #NorthernIreland

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

I think you’ll find @trussliz has already stood up to Putin & other dictators throughout her tenure as Foreign Secretary You really have the memory of a goldfish!

Stephen Farry for North Down

@StephenFarryND

2 years

If Truss can't handle any tough interviews from the media, how on earth is she going to stand up to Putin and other dictators.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺 both signed the NI Protocol Alas 🇪🇺, rather than use it as a basis to mange goods movements as agreed, decided to cynically used it as a means to force 🇬🇧 into dynamic alignment I think you were too busy trying to overturn the referendum at the time to clock that detail

Peter Kyle

@peterkyle

2 years

And remind me who negotiated and signed it, then said it was a “fantastic moment” that would ‘bring an end to division’? 🤔

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

8 months

So despite the reset of UK-EU relations with the Windsor Framework, Brussels has shown that they will continue to take a petty & hostile approach A fine over less than perfect red diesel enforcement (they really don’t get here do they!) pertaining to regulations that only apply

EU Court of Justice

@EUCourtPress

8 months

#ECJ orders the #UnitedKingdom to pay a lump sum penalty of € 32 million for having failed to prohibit the use of marked #fuel in private pleasure boats within the time limit prescribed by @EU_Commission #UK 👉

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Sitrep in Brussels this Monday morning

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

Says the guy who forbids his own members from standing for election in #NorthernIreland . Pull the other one @Keir_Starmer .

NI is just an afterthought to Tories, says Labour's Sir Keir Starmer

Northern Ireland should not be of secondary consideration at Westminster, according to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

8 months

Well by any any metrics she didn’t GDP during the period wasn’t falling & was subsequently revised upwards The bond market spike was due to the LDI issue the regulators missed The exchange rate dip was in line with global trends (though exacerbated by media coverage) It was

Guido Fawkes

@GuidoFawkes

8 months

WATCH: Truss Blasts Critics in Fierce Pro-Growth Rallying Cry

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

11 months

Actually it was your attempt to undermine Brexit which created problems for the Good Friday Agreement The GFA guaranteed that people in Northern Ireland as a constituent nation would participate on a one man, one vote, equal basis as citizens of the United Kingdom on matters of

John, Lord Alderdice

@AlderdiceLord

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It was Brexit that created problems for the implementation of the Belfast Agreement, not the NI Protocol. Those who voted for Brexit were warned about the consequences but refused to face political reality.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

I’m old enough to remember when journalists would look up details like this before running their mouth That was so ever long ago…

David Frost

@DavidGHFrost

1 year

Best not to show your ignorance @jonsopel . When I became a minister I had been a Conservative special (aka political) adviser for most of the previous 5 years and a Tory peer for 6 months. I stopped being a permanent civil servant in 2013, after which I left govt for 3 years.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

It’s official, @trussliz will introduce legislation to change the Northern Ireland Protocol so the Good Friday Agreement is protected However it will contain a section to nullify the changes should 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 reach an agreement that meets the same objectives Over to you @vonderleyen

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

We sent you proposals 10 months ago & legal texts to that effect 8 months ago which you completely ignored Don’t talk to us about engaging on the Northern Ireland Protocol when you don’t even acknowledge our input while contributing absolutely nothing

Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺

@MarosSefcovic

2 years

🇪🇺🇬🇧 With political will, practical issues arising from the implementation of the Protocol in Northern Ireland can be resolved. Engaging with us on the flexibilities we offer would be a better course of action than unilateral one. We're ready to play our part, as from the outset.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

The whole point of the Northern Ireland Protocol was that it could only be temporary because the EU said they couldn’t agree a permanent solution until the TCA talks Then when the TCA talks began they refused to discuss the NI dimension Brussels bad faith at it’s best

GB News

@GBNEWS

1 year

‘The fact that the EU is sticking to the Protocol is extremely disappointing.’ David Jones MP, Deputy Chair of the European Research Group, tells Arlene Foster that the Northern Ireland Protocol was meant to be a ‘temporary’ measure, 💻 GB News YouTube:

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

I think the real story here that seems to be getting missed is that cognitive dissonance in Berlin reaches worryingly new heights

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Few problems there @simoncoveney 1️⃣ You can’t breach international law by taking unilateral action if the treaty you signed sanctions it 2️⃣ @MarosSefcovic said yesterday 🇪🇺 won’t negotiate so there’s no partnership to be had in the 1st place 3️⃣ You still ignore 🇬🇧 proposals

Simon Coveney

@simoncoveney

2 years

Spoke to @MarosSefcovic this evening. We are in agreement on U.K. Government threats of unilateral action & breach of Int. law. The way forward is partnership, dialogue & genuine negotiation, not threats and raising tension. Solutions exist, let’s work them out together! 🇪🇺🇬🇧

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Aaron Rankin

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@OFOCBrexit @DavidLammy I think the PM did just #BlockTheCoup there now. Well he certainly put a fly in the ointment of these jokers at any rate.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Having perused the Northern Ireland Census data it would appear that Protestants are becoming atheists at a faster rate than Catholics Quite how that means a United Ireland is round the corner as some on here are claiming is beyond me

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

What goodwill? The EU have ignored every proposal we’ve sent them & said: “Do exactly what we say on the #NorthernIreland Protocol & if we think you’ve been good we might just consider being a little bit flexible on a few things” Hardly constructive

Britain should reciprocate goodwill shown by EU on protocol – Martin

Northern Ireland protocol causing ‘big disaffection in the unionist community’, says British ambassador to Ireland

www.irishtimes.com

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

The irony that 🇪🇺 has dismissed practically all 🇬🇧 proposals on #NorthernIreland for the past 5 years is clearly lost on @simoncoveney

UK keeps dismissing EU Protocol proposals - Coveney

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that each time the European Union comes forward with new proposals over the Northern Ireland Protocol, "they are dismissed by the UK" before they are even...

www.rte.ie

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Who could have predicted that unwinding 13 years of Quantitative Easing would have been a bit messy?

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

If the EU is treating the Northern Ireland Protocol as permanent when it was meant to be temporary doesn’t that mean they’ve voided it? We agreed it as a temporary measure as that was all they claimed they could agree That means Brussels signed it in bad faith #bbctheview

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Lots of people losing it over the Illegal Migration Bill that prevents anyone arriving in 🇬🇧 illegally from claiming asylum Well in 🇦🇺 we did basically the same thing 10 years ago & boat arrivals dropped 97% in 12 months You can’t solve a problem if you don’t acknowledge it

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Well, quelle surprise!! EU-Australia trade deal negotiations have broken down Seems Brussels didn’t expect that excluding agri exports from a deal with a major agri exporter would lead the other side to say “What’s the point? Sod these time wasting parasites!”

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So restoring consumer choice & allowing Northern Ireland businesses to benefit from the same State Aid measures as their GB counterparts is “economic vandalism” according to @MichealMartinTD An odd conclusion to draw…

Brexit: Plans to ditch parts of NI Protocol are economic vandalism - Irish PM

The UK government has published plans to get rid of parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the EU.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

An Airbus A300 (the UK plane) is bigger than a Boeing 737-700 (the Aussie one) however perspective is literally lost on journalists trying to make surreptitious digs at our country 🤦‍♂️

Robert Peston

@Peston

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The huge plane on the left is the Australian PM’s. The little one on the right is the UK PM’s

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

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Well that’s curious The @allianceparty have deleted from their website the joint statement with @sinnfeinireland , @SDLPlive & @GreenPartyNI where they called for “rigorous implementation” of the Northern Ireland Protocol Why would that be? 🤔

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Aaron Rankin

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CPTPP is growing, the EU is declining If you cared about your constituents you would be rejoicing at this new deal But you dogmatically want to double down on decline because if it’s not the EU it’s not worth knowing about which is a terminally insular mindset for someone who

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@StephenFarryND

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The benefits of this are relatively small, and pale into significance to the damage from new trade barriers on the UK's trading relationship with its largest and nearest trading partner - the European Union.

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Aaron Rankin

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1 year

Northern Sinn Fein seem a little bit picky about the occasions in Northern Ireland where @MaryLouMcDonald absolutely has to be there It was fine her not being in the delegation to meet the PM last month but her not being invited to meet the Foreign Secretary is an outrage 🤨

Michelle O’Neill

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1 year

This is a time for inclusion, dialogue and engagement. There is serious and urgent work to be done. This is a time for mature and civil politics. There’s no room for bad faith and petulance from the British government.

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Aaron Rankin

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3 years

Say it with me. Enacting👏your👏treaty👏rights👏is not👏the👏same👏as👏reneging👏on👏a👏treaty. It would appear that to those in 🇪🇺 think that treaty rights are for me but not for thee. They should disabuse themselves of that notion or they won’t have a treaty for much longer.

Fabian Zuleeg

@FabianZuleeg

3 years

The UK Government is deliberately and recklessly threatening to renege on its legally-binding commitments. Those are not the actions of someone who is trying to find a solution to tricky problems but an attempt to bully & threaten to get its way. EU must be constructive but firm

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

While the behaviour of the EU today has been next level shambolic am I right in thinking that due to the unique Prussian/Soviet style governance structure of the EU that there’s no way @vonderleyen can be #impeached ?

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

8 months

It always annoys Remainers when you point out that the EU now has lower standards than the UK

Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

8 months

A reminder that it is wrong to call not obeying the EU "lowering standards" The EU has lowered standards to allow farm animals to eat the reclaimed carcasses of other farm animals (measures put in place to stop BSE) 👇

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

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BREAKING: Gordon the Gopher’s agent has just announced that the former TV presenter has officially pressed charges against Philip Schofield

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

So the EU invokes Article 16 of the #NorthernIreland Protocol to place controls on #Vaccine exports from the EU & NI Remember they only ever have our best interests at heart with their infinite benevolence despite this act of blatant #VaccineNationalism 🙄 Nothing to see here!

Douglas

@dijdowell

3 years

OK, I'm not usually on here any more, but I'm making an exception because this is very interesting: the EU's regulation on export controls for vaccines *does* include vaccines going to Northern Ireland, and the EU is invoking Article 16 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

How it started: How’s its going:

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

Open up the EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement XML file and run the macro: Replace( “Canada”, “United Kingdom” ) Print it to a PDF, email it to @BorisJohnson & job done. #Brexit

Jessica Simor KC

@JMPSimor

4 years

If you were the EU27, what would you do tomorrow?

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

The night Labour & Remain won the argument

Election Maps UK

@ElectionMapsUK

3 years

One year ago today...

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

I’m going to go out on a limb here but judging by the reaction to the Northern Ireland Census results it would appear that Twitter isn’t the best medium for detailed statistical analysis

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

When the EU insist that their laws must apply in Northern Ireland what they’re really saying is that @vonderleyen must have more say in the lives of those of us living here than The King ever has for our own good Quite the abhorrent notion when you think about it

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

4 years

I’m getting the impression that Mary Trump isn’t a huge fan of her uncle. #ElectionNight

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

This graph is being used disingenuously by @BBCNewsnight to suggest that the UK isn’t pulling it’s weight on asylum For context Iceland has a population of ~370,000 meaning they granted ~700 asylum applications in 2022, they also have a population density 99% lower than the UK

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

“The 🇪🇺 side is warning the 🇬🇧 that triggering Art 16 would be a hostile act at a time when there must be western solidarity” Someone tell 🇪🇺 that they’d be the ones breaking western unity by freaking out over 🇬🇧 enacting its mutually agreed treaty rights

Minsters Are Pushing Boris Johnson To Trigger Article 16 After Northern Irish Elections

There is a growing push at the top of government for the UK to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol soon after the 5th May elections, PoliticsHome understands.

www.politicshome.com

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

Today in the House of Commons @StephenFarryMP : Why aren’t you doing anything about the #ClimateEmergency ?! @BorisJohnson : Mate, where have you been? 🙄

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

1 year

This is a very important point made by @DavidGHFrost , we rejoined the rest of the world with Brexit We enabled our people to decide on trade, monetary, fiscal & immigration policy via national elections, something EU citizens can never do It’s precious & we must protect it

David Frost

@DavidGHFrost

1 year

As expected, all those who opposed our exit from the EU are out in force this morning trying to tell us it was a bad decision. Let's look at why they are wrong. 🧵 1/11

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Did 🇪🇺 really expect to keep contributing less than diddly squat to the Northern Ireland Protocol process forever & not get sidelined?

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

After a little over 14 hours queuing I finally got to say goodbye to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II It was long, physically & emotionally tough day but worth it to pay tribute to someone who has done so much for our country & the world

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Absolutely no progress whatsoever on the Northern Ireland Protocol talks 🇪🇺 really have to stop wasting our time, we’ve moved on & have bigger issues to face in the east right now @MarosSefcovic is contributing nothing to this process, is that due to intransigence or impotence?

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

The free movement of the Common Travel Area only ever applied to 🇬🇧 & 🇮🇪 citizens Everyone else required the relevant permissions to enter each of our respective territories But you knew that already…

Simon Coveney

@simoncoveney

2 years

This decision is regrettable & contrary to the approach that U.K. and Irish Governments have supported for many years to protect free movement on the Island of Ireland for everyone. Our concern on this has been communicated clearly but has been ignored.

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

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On @BBCNewsnight they have @moneillsf saying how the Northern Ireland Protocol is working (when most of it isn’t implemented) & that the Tories are the reason the NHS is in crisis (despite record funding & her having being Health Minister) Totally unchallenged by the way…

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

Yea that won’t backfire on 🇪🇺 in any way shape or form Member states are probably unanimous in support of their exports to 🇬🇧 being priced out of 5th largest economy in the world because technocrats in Brussels are getting pedantic about sausage paperwork

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

@DavidGHFrost @MichealMartinTD I initially thought this was a joke but it turns out to be what has actually happened

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

So how long before the EU declare war on the UK? They’ve done everything short of that so far.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Someone needs to go read what Brussels wants to happen with the Northern Ireland Protocol 1️⃣ Increased checks 2️⃣ Ending of Grace Periods 3️⃣ No resolution for the State Aid & VAT issues How @StephenFarryMP thinks this is better than the recent Bill is beyond me

Stephen Farry for North Down

@StephenFarryND

2 years

Yesterday's Protocol Bill was based around a number of false assumptions and disingenuous pretexts. Brexit poses the threat to the GFA. The Protocol offers a soft landing. It is far from perfect solution, but negotiations based on trust are only way forward.

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

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This fact being mentioned in such explicit & unambiguous terms, despite it being at the heart of the Good Friday Agreement, will irk quite a few on this website Though there are many in the halls of power in Brussels & Dublin who struggle to comprehend it too

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

10 months

RIP Rusty Shackleford Taken away from us by the Federal Government He’ll be very missed

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

The 🇪🇺 press are showing some surprise at @trussliz ’s statement on the Northern Ireland Protocol The policy is set from the very top & that position hasn’t changed but the hacks were hoping their innuendo about a 🇬🇧 softening would come true It hasn’t…

Brexit: Liz Truss threat to trigger article 16 a stale replay of Frost formula

Foreign secretary’s contradictions and ambiguities misread as tough new approach

www.irishtimes.com

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

A rather tired & formulaic statement from @MarosSefcovic on the #NorthernIreland Protocol talks Just repetition of the discredited spin that 🇪🇺 plans remove 80% of goods while casually leaving out that their offer is conditional on 🇬🇧’s dynamic alignment

Press corner

Highlights, press releases and speeches

ec.europa.eu

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

I see @allianceparty are trying to hope we all forget about their lockdown breaking jaunt to Dublin to shill for our subjugation Also denying that 🇪🇺 wants passenger luggage between GB-NI checked when it’s one of their recommendations on the NIP

Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

2 years

@SJAMcBride No, it isn't, Sam. Stick to reporting what people actually say rather than seeking to put words in our mouths.

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

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Important to remember that the dispute resolution portions of the TCA are based on WTO rules meaning 🇪🇺 can only retaliate in proportion to the demonstrable harm caused by the other party which they’d have to prove As GB-NI goods movements have no impact on 🇪🇺 they’d be stumped

Steven Swinford

@Steven_Swinford

2 years

Rishi Sunak is said to be concerned that EU will 'go heavy on us' by increasing tariffs & targeting British fishermen He is not seeking to block the new legislation - but he is seeking to inform colleagues about the potential economic consequences

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

First 🇦🇺 now 🇳🇿 😃 We should also soon be proceeding with a much more advanced FTA with 🇨🇦 than our current one #CANZUK is taking shape 🎉 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

3 years

The Prime Minister and @JacindaArdern have agreed a ground-breaking trade deal between the UK and New Zealand: 🚢 ending tariffs ✂️ cutting red tape 🚀 creating jobs and growth ➜ 🇬🇧🇳🇿

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

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I’m afraid @StephenFarryMP is the fraud here 🇪🇺 funding (ex 🚜 & 🎣 subsidies) only ever amounted to 1.5% of the Northern Ireland budget In the budget @RishiSunak increased funding to Stormont by 15% totalling £15bn/yr We’ve never had so much cash or the freedom to spend it

Stephen Farry for North Down

@StephenFarryND

2 years

‘Levelling Up’ is a fraud for NI. Doesn’t fully replace EU Structural Funds. Devolved structures marginalised. Less control for NI than when in EU. Means local budget cuts in key economic & social areas. Fragments, scarce resources for skills & inclusion.

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@Aaron_R_Rankin

2 years

Brussels has just announced the nascent steps towards energy rationing Proof if ever it was needed that a trade war over the Northern Ireland Protocol ain’t gonna happen Can’t afford to chest beat about petunia paperwork while you’re struggling to literally keep the lights on

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

3 years

Either the EU is ultra isolationist or are significantly less stringent at all their other border crossings. I fail to see how goods that represent ~1% the value of total EU imports comprise 20% of border processes & that’s at grace period rates.

David Young

@DavidYoungPA

3 years

NI Agric Dept perm sec Denis McMahon has told MLAs that the number of regulatory doc checks currently required by NI Protocol - with grace periods still in effect - equates to 20% of all similar checks across entire EU. Says NI carrying out more checks than any EU member state.

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Aaron Rankin

@Aaron_R_Rankin

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So over the course of 5 days 🇪🇺 has threatened 🇬🇧 3 times Why have @sinnfeinireland , @SDLPlive & @allianceparty not called for them to “tone down the rhetoric”? They’ve told 🇬🇧 do so even though 🇬🇧 is just saying it may have to enact its treaty rights to protect its people

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