EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

game changer.

Yep all that.

Bear in mind however though that it's not just the fault of the EU as a whole... people keep voting for the local Tories, like the Dutch VVD, which means people put forward for EU positions are mates of the local Tories and nothing gets fixed.

Ironically, a side-effect of the single market competition rules of the EU are that hard to control companies like Apple and so on are facing opposition...tax evasion is now also under the magnifier.

The letter from May with helpful commentary;

https://www.freemovement.org.uk/theresa-mays-open-letter-said-meant/

That's quite funny (in a slightly sad/forlorn way).

"Dad, whats moggmentum?"

To be fair, I suspect having that tattoo on his bare chest is going to limit breeding opportunities.

i don't know - Jacob Rees Mogg has about a thousand kids and he's Jacob Rees Mogg.

Can't argue with that!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41672097

Usual lolfest in the comments "don't call brexit voters racist and uninformed" followed by lots of racist and uninformed comments...BBC comments are going the way of youtube comments ;)

Goldman Sachs are offski then

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/921000745553551360

Basically: Evil company leaves, but their tax money doesn't smell.

Dilemmas, dilemmas... ;)

They need us more than we need them #5,879: https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/europeans-pay-little-heed-to-british-warnings-on-brexit-1508363157

Brexit for Americans (which is actually quite a decent summary)

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/articles/brexit-explained/

The weird nipples are entirely unsurprising.

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the 6 groups of leavers and remainers.

Not sure where I fit...as I am an immigrant. As are the commonwealth people that could vote in the referendum, bit of a weird oversight they don't mention voting immigrants?

as I am an immigrant

All of us are immigrants. Some have arrived more recently than others, but the entire population of these Isles arrived via immigration at some point in their ancestry.

Don't know if this is one of those papers that the govt is refusing to release or not, but a pre referendum treasury paper summary:

https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/921068161692205057

Looks as bad as you'd have expected it to.

Yes, I think that is one of the papers that the government are refusing to release, along with another 57 'impact studies' that were done after the referendum. This is a case (coincidentally coordinated by Jolyon) that is seeking to get them made available.

Is that the Apr '16 report, published under George Osbourne's stewardship? Or are there now revised / new studies?

Brexiteers have discovered the blockchain hype, and it's going to save Brexit

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/10/21/blockchain-technology-can-set-us-free-brexit-time-warp/

(And, no, I can't read the article either, as it's paywalled)

Sounds like HMRC are on the case.

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450426393/HMRC-builds-blockchain-proof-of-concept-for-UK-border

Hmmm... That sounds suspiciously like every POC at work at the minute, for any problem / future business need...

'Blockchain!'

That's all nice and well and about at least 15 years late.

As you need to deal with the underlying structure, you can't polish a turd, and rolling it in API glitter won't be trivial.

It's good they are thinking about an overhaul, but like anything else, it's been talked about for years and years and not done/cocked up. Maybe it'll really happen now?

Sounds like the best POC ever.

New/unproven technology? Yes, of course.
Short timescale? Definitely.
Fixed deadline? For sure.