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Tony Blair says Brexit must be stopped to halt harm to UK
Associated Press ^ | Jul 15, 2017 8:08 AM EDT

Posted on 07/15/2017 4:47:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai

There’s a chance Britain won’t leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday, arguing that stopping Brexit is “necessary” to avoid severe economic damage.

In an article published by Blair’s Institute for Global Change, he wrote that EU leaders might be willing to “reform and meet us half way” to keep the U.K. in the bloc. He said that might include compromise on freedom of movement — a key EU principle that conflicts with Britain’s goal of placing limits on immigration. […]

Blair also told Sky News that “every day is bringing us fresh evidence” of Brexit’s harm to Britain, with economic growth slowing and the value of the pound down sharply since the June 2016 EU membership referendum. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blair; bliar; brexit; europeanunion; eussr; globalagenda; liberalagenda; socialmarketeconomy
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To: Fedora

Don’t forget that he was bucking to be the first “President of the European Union” (the media hype name of what is officially called “President of the European Council”) at one time. The job went to Herman Achille, Count van Rompuy (of Belgium) instead. The current holder of the position is Donald Tusk of Poland, the former left-wing prime minister.


21 posted on 07/15/2017 10:13:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
He also wanted to repackage the Socialist International as the "Centre-Left International" to make it more appealing to countries such as the U.S. where the word "socialism" is avoided, and he wanted to invite Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party to join (instead they just send delegates). Clinton in turn was pushing for Blair to be U.N. Secretary General.
22 posted on 07/15/2017 10:25:17 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Olog-hai

The NWO cockroaches coming out from under the rocks.....


23 posted on 07/16/2017 3:05:04 AM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wkikileaks via murdered ex-UK Amb, murdered he was, cover up it is)
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To: Olog-hai

Too bad the Clinton Foundation doesn’t support BREXIT, cause Tony would fall down a flight of stairs twice.


24 posted on 07/16/2017 3:06:11 AM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wkikileaks via murdered ex-UK Amb, murdered he was, cover up it is)
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