Another visit to Brexit-land. It seems to have become a common misapprehension in UK discourse that the UK could in some way "reactivate" its previous EU treaty opt-outs because "the protocols are still in the treaties". A 🧵 to debunk this - to turn to an appropriately British phrase - codswallop:
So here it is, why Made in Europe and the general air of major power coercion are key to Andy Burnham's rejoin and free movement talk. A world about as far as possible away from the Brexit vision as it could be - and an incentive for the pro-EU side. rejoinrejoin.substack.com/p/made-in-eu...
Made in Europe is central to Burnham’s rejoin talk
Because if you aren’t the US, EU, or China, you’re increasingly the victim of coercion
rejoinrejoin.substack.com
Mean Girl asked to read the next passage in 10th grade Social Studies book out loud in front of the class because she got caught chewing gum
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoOMG she is brutally bad at this
