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Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 20:04:56 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Another Brexit fiasco.... British cheeses failed to get to the World Cheese Awards in Portugal as they failed to clear customer in time (now being from a non-EU country).
In the scale of the disasters of Brexit its not going to to be a big thing (although it will be for the frustrated cheese makers), but is emblematic of how myopic the Brexiters were about the impact of their successful plan to leave Europe....
#brexit #cheese #food
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/16/uk-cheeses-miss-out-on-international-prize-after-getting-stuck-in-customs
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  UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
  
  from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tom--morrissy-swan
  
  At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls
- Charlie Stross repeated this.
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  Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 21:44:57 JST Nicole Parsons
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  Brexit was incited by Russian disinformation & right wing elites weaponizing anti-migrant bigotry.
  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-immigrant-prejudice-major-factor-leave-vote-win-study-a7801676.html
  https://www.vox.com/2016/6/25/12029786/brexit-uk-eu-immigration-xenophobia
  https://tmg-uk.org/news/brexit-anti-immigrant-prejudice-and-voting-patterns
  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37193140
  As Heather McGhee's book "The Sum of Us" describes, bigots are willing to give up a lot to keep something as useful as bigotry alive.
  Give up the bigotry & Russia's "divide & conquer" lies loses its efficacy.
  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/21/russian-meddling-brexit-referendum-tories-russia-report-government
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum
  https://www.csis.org/blogs/brexit-bits-bobs-and-blogs/did-russia-influence-brexit
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    Was there Russian meddling in the Brexit referendum? The Tories just didn't care | Jonathan Lis
    
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    The Russia report confirms it: the government had reason to suspect a violation of our democratic processes, and ignored it, says Jonathan Lis of the British Influence thinktank
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    Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum
    
    Russian interference in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is a debated subject and remains unproven, though multiple sources argue evidence exists demonstrating that the Russian government attempted to influence British public opinion in favour of leaving the European Union. Investigations into this subject have been undertaken by the UK Electoral Commission, the UK Parliament's Culture Select Committee and Intelligence and Security Committee, and the United States Senate. "The Russia Report" published by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament in July 2020 did not specifically address the Brexit campaign, but it concluded that Russian interference in UK politics is commonplace. It also found substantial evidence that there had been interference in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Timeline Background After the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on the UK leaving the EU ("Brexit"), Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that Russia "might be happy" with a positive Brexit vote. The official Remain campaign accused the...
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    Did Russia Influence Brexit? | Brexit Bits, Bobs, and Blogs | CSIS
    
    A long-awaited parliamentary report in the United Kingdom asserts Russia may have influenced the Brexit referendum; more importantly, the UK government did little to find out and prevent it.

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