More news and political voices are drawing connections between Russian interference in Brexit and in the 2016 US Presidential Election. Arron Banks is appearing in news cycles on both sides of the Atlantic in connection with both events. Russia's GRU has been quite busy. So I, in the US, have begun paying more attention in my Trump-Russia News gleanings, to Brexit-related stories. I'm not sure what will become of investigations in the US and the UK, but connecting with British citizens around a common concern makes sense. This is my most recent addition related to US election and Brexit interference by Russia.

The Guardian: “Russian deal offered to Arron Banks in Brexit run-up…Labour MP Ben Bradshaw…said the government should establish an inquiry, similar to the investigation in the US led by the special prosecutor Robert Mueller.”

https://thisweekinthetrumprussiainvestigation.blogspot.com/2018/08/trump-russia-news-8-12-18.html

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The #EU needs to 'change its approach' to avoid a #nodealBrexit, according to #JeremyHunt. The foreign secretary called on #JeanClaudeJuncker's #EuropeanCommission to show a 'pragmatic approach' to negotiations. The government is understood to be ramping up warnings of a no-deal over the summer, after #TheresaMay faced criticism from some Conservative #Brexiteers for her Chequers proposal. Mrs May has insisted that 'no deal is better than a bad deal'.


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EU must 'change its approach' to avoid a no-deal Brexit, Jeremy Hunt says
https://news.sky.com/story/eu-must-change-its-approach-to-avoid-a-no-deal-brexit-jeremy-hunt-says-11472735

The risk of a #nodealBrexit has been increasing and the #EuropeanUnion commission needs to change its attitude if a deal is to be reached, according to British foreign minister #JeremyHunt. With less than eight months until #Britain quits the #EU, the government has yet to agree a divorce deal with Brussels and has stepped up planning for the possibility of leaving the bloc without any formal agreement.


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Risk of no-deal Brexit rising, 'everyone needs to prepare': British foreign minister
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-hunt/risk-of-no-deal-brexit-rising-everyone-needs-to-prepare-british-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1KZ1D0

FFS #UK Supermarkets with more power then the #government.
Supermarket giants have warned the Treasury that a no-deal #Brexit would force up the price of the average weekly food basket by as much as 12%.
Senior executives from some of the big four #supermarkets made the alarming prediction in briefings to the Treasury on the impact on food prices of a no-deal Brexit.
The biggest tariffs on imports from the EU could include #cheese, up by 44%, #beef, up by 40%, and #chicken, up 22%.
The warnings, which the Treasury is taking seriously, come as it is revealed that Britain’s monetary chiefs have ploughed the country’s foreign currency reserves into euros since the Brexit referendum, in what some are claiming is a vote of confidence in the stability of the single currency.
VIA: TheTimes

FFS #UK Supermarkets with more power then the #government.
Supermarket giants have warned the Treasury that a no-deal #Brexit would force up the price of the average weekly food basket by as much as 12%.
Senior executives from some of the big four #supermarkets made the alarming prediction in briefings to the Treasury on the impact on food prices of a no-deal Brexit.
The biggest tariffs on imports from the EU could include #cheese, up by 44%, #beef, up by 40%, and #chicken, up 22%.
The warnings, which the Treasury is taking seriously, come as it is revealed that Britain’s monetary chiefs have ploughed the country’s foreign currency reserves into euros since the Brexit referendum, in what some are claiming is a vote of confidence in the stability of the single currency.
VIA: TheTimes

Prime Minister Theresa May admits that, surrounded by red lines she is not allowed to cross, she can neither push ahead nor turn back

#Brexit #InternationalTrade