@profjacob.bsky.social this Lords Committee discussion on EU relations should be interesting. Good to see the UK parliament committees now on Bluesky.

@dphinnemore.bsky.social Baroness O’Loan was worried that both Cooperation Ireland and NICVA told LordsNISCom they rely on Katy Hayward to voluntarily involve them in Windsor Framework consultation because neither the UK or NI governments have anybody in NI managing the impact on the community

@colinmurray.bsky.social “Political Change across Britain and Ireland: Identities, Institutions and Futures launched by Minister Lawless
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@annajerzewska.bsky.social Windsor Framework Review - Lord Murphy former Northern Ireland Secretary tasked with reviewing how the Windsor Framework operates has said getting a resolution to the trading arrangements “will be easier said than done” but “not impossible”.
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Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee first ever evidence session is on the Windsor Framework with @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @clarerice.bsky.social and Roderick Crawford

@profjacob.bsky.social Lords EU Committee inquiry into the UK-EU reset tomorrow has very knowledgable experts providing testimony including @cbarnard.bsky.social

UK Business & Trade Sec tells @faisalislam.bsky.social a “full fat veterinary agreement, dynamic alignment with the EU” does not cross the UK red line. Keir Starmer has said “the UK cannot be a rule taker, the rules must be made in Westminster in the interests of the UK” seeming to exclude that.

@mijrahman.bsky.social to Lords EU Committee “The sense in Europe is the UK has still not squared its own circle, how do you make this (EU reset) part of your economic agenda in a meaningful way, in the light of the red lines you’ve articulated.”

@pimlicat.bsky.social Kemi Badenoch: “We announced we would leave the EU before we had a plan for growth outside the EU.”

@simonusherwood.bsky.social Northern Ireland Secretary of State has launched the Windsor Framework review required after the Assembly vote by a simple majority but without cross community consent to have its Articles 5-10 continue to apply to Northern Ireland

@anuragdeb.bsky.social in case the Equality Commission does not post here yet. They posted this on X but everybody is leaving there.

@profjacob.bsky.social Telegraph article is a day old now so fair to post it for your analysis

@profjacob.bsky.social has the UK ever said as clearly as Nick Thomas Symonds did yesterday in the Lords EU Committee that the EU relations “reset” was designed to get ahead of the TCA review?

@sturdyalex.bsky.social Andrew Bailey the Governor of the Bank of England saying Brexit has reduced economic growth