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EU Citizens in Britain

Call in question (00:00:59) of a EU citizen to Boris Johnson: “Do you regret luring people into a false sense of certainty that their EU citizens’ friends, family, neighbours will be secure in the case of Brexit?”

This morning @antoni_UK got a chance to ask @BorisJohnson a question that all of us EU citizens ask ourselves often: whether he regrets that, during the #EUref, he lured people into a false sense of certainty re: the rights of EU citizens. Johnson’s answer is shocking. 1/ pic.twitter.com/E4B3uNuJyD

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

Shocking? It’s Boris Johnson. The answer was evasive.
What else can one expect?

❌ It’s not automatic.
❌ It’s an application.
❌ It takes rights away from us.
❌ Applications can be rejected.
❌ If unsuccessful deportation is a possibility.
❌ If successful it gives us special ID numbers on a special register only for EU citizens for special checks. 3/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So for @BorisJohnson to simply say he doesn’t “agree” with @antoni_UK ... doesn’t see that there is a difference, and claims all will be fine ... Well, Mr Johnson: the facts are crystal clear and they tell a very different story. 4/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

Those facts include your own voting record on protecting the rights of us EU citizens. What made you vote for protecting them as a one-off right after the #EUref, to them consistently vote against the protection of our rights @BorisJohnson? 5/ pic.twitter.com/yjqQKOY5p8

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

In any case the points @BorisJohnson made in his reply are simply wrong. That’s it. As we know from an FOI request about #SettledStatus, the Home Office does plan to use it for immigration control, so there can be no doubt anymore that the aim is to control who of us can stay. 6/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So yes @BorisJohnson: you did lure people into a false sense of certainty about what would happen to their EU citizen neighbours, colleagues, friends and family. You also did that to us directly. Your answer simply isn’t good enough and in no way acceptable. Own your Brexit. 7/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So I second the concerns and questions @antoni_UK set out in his letter to you following the show this morning. https://t.co/yPXaWUwCOi 8/8

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

(You also may want to try https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1084857433577664520.html. However, at least when I tried to use it, some images were not displayed.)

The Boojum Tree

In Korea, the border between the North and South is militarized. You, Mr. President, would call it "beautiful". Such fenced biotops harbor valuable samples of rare flora and fauna which you won't find in the rest of the world. But only in your border the Boojum tree will grow. pic.twitter.com/nFQYvUbd0I

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 14, 2019

Great Thoughts from the President of the USA

For what has become of the great USA and it greatest leader of all times, this Warren beer tweet is a truly presidential statement. That's all you can expect in these times. And the Republican president likes strong women. They desparately ask for his comments and advice. pic.twitter.com/8SWSmeSF8V

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 14, 2019

Steve Bannon’s Grubby Fingerpints

Johnson talked up a 'deep state conspiracy' to thwart Brexit this morning. You can almost see Steve Bannon's grubby fingerpints on his shoulders.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 14, 2019

Huawei Is Obliged to China in the First Place

Huawei responded to recent criticism in a very carefully worded statement:

That leaves lots of space to damage anything besides business and networks. In a sense, one can take Huawei's statement as an declaration that Huawei wants to keep the option to damage the privacy of people. And they can do so without taking "requests from any government".

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 14, 2019

Technically, for a chip designer it is easy to integrate spyware on silicon into chips. As long as such backdoors are not opened by some signatures passing by in the datastreems processed by the chip, those spy modules would sleep like a mole. Therefore you cannot detect them by any external analysis or monitoring. You only can detect them by looking on the silicon itself. That can be done, but who would do that for all relevant chips? Such an analysis requires quite some effort and expensive equipment.

Huawei founder's protests mean nothing. Independent Chinese companies simply don't exist, says @METhorley. https://t.co/Kg0lgcA0H3

— The Conversation (@ConversationUK) January 17, 2019

To the CEO and to all other Huawei Chinese employees the Social Credit System (社会信用系统) has priority over any obligations to customers and business partners. Not only those who don’t cooperate with what the Chinese Communist Party expects from them are in trouble, but also their family members face difficulties. Keep this in mind when dealing with Chinese business partners. They are obliged to what their Nation expects from them in the first place.

Theresa May’s Shameless Video

Actually, it is shameless, not shameful (as it should be).

Absolutely shameful video. Your own Chancellor has publicly stated that Brexit will leave the economy worse. Enough with the lies.https://t.co/1R2Xsm719A

— Adri Bucher (@adri_bucher) January 14, 2019

Is Trump an Russian Intelligence Asset?

The headline is stunning, and does not at all overstate the story https://t.co/Tl24jU94gw

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2019

And Republicans in Congress know all this — but they're covering for him anyway. Remember this whenever they claim to be more patriotic than liberals — or patriots at all https://t.co/jMWrW3Tps7

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 13, 2019

“The Brexit that was promised cannot be delivered”: Alastair Campbell talks exclusively to The Slant https://t.co/O9QJSbkfDP

— Alastair PEOPLE’S VOTE Campbell (@campbellclaret) January 13, 2019

A further reason for upholding the noisy wall debate is: distraction. During the crowd is kept busy discussing the wall or fence or whatever, the GOP can silently rebuild the state.https://t.co/5TH8PRujfH

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 13, 2019

Rees-Mogg Wants to Carry On

“…if you are heavily invested in emerging markets with little or no protection of workers & wages; terrified of the incoming EU tax avoidance legislation, an advocate of disaster capitalism and/or poised to make a killing on a tanking pound.” Carry on. https://t.co/S83GLaoXpr

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2019