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... as sterling has reached 8 year lows versus € had a big impact on trade weighted sterling, because most of our trade is with Europe

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) 24 August 2017

Collapse of £ manifestly had more negative impact on consumers via real earnings than beneficial impact on manufacturers via competitiveness

— Alian5 (@LiberalWrittler) 25 August 2017

So far, in 2017, statistics show this unarguably correct...drag on consumption real -6 month lag post-ref, outweighing exporter boost so far https://t.co/LuVgLBfZmj

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) 25 August 2017

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The Monuments Must Go: An Open Letter From Great, Great Grandsons of Stonewall Jackson | Democracy Now!

Full text of letter from William and Warren Christian, the great, great grandsons of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and Members of the Monument Avenue Commission.

Dear Mayor Stoney and Members of the Monument Avenue Commission,

We are native Richmonders and also the great, great grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall...

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Mic.com: The History of Confederate Monuments

The truth behind most of the Confederate monuments being torn down tells an even larger story than you'd realize — @JackSmithIV explains. pic.twitter.com/Ppu2ojdO71

— Mic (@mic) 19 August 2017

The Brexit Blog: The German car industry and Brexit

The German car industry occupies a particular and peculiar place within the Brexiter imagination. Particular, because it is invariably cited to ‘prove’ that an excellent UK-EU trade deal is inevitable. French cheese and Italian Prosecco occasionally feature in pursuit of the same argument but less often, perhaps because Brexiters hope that referencing German cars will make some “Vorsprung Durch Technik” rub off on their threadbare case.

At all events, the centrality of German car makers to the case for Brexit was expressed repeatedly during the Referendum campaign by, for example, Peter Hargreaves, the biggest individual donor (£3.2M) to the Leave campaign...

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Collaboration Helps Consolidate European Movement UK - European Movement

The European Movement UK (EMUK) is consolidating its presence through formal collaboration with like-minded organisations. We now have an official partnership with Scientists for EU, Healthier IN the EU, and an affiliation agreement with Britain for Europe.

We are at a time when opposition to plans to exit the European Union is becoming more organised. Theresa May lost any mandate she thought she had for a hard Brexit after the General Election and now more and more people are uniting behind the belief that leaving the EU is a disastrous mistake and we need to steer the UK away from the cliff edge...

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