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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170109 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/01/170109.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Corbyn on #Brexit: UK can be better off out of the EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/09/jeremy-corbyn-uk-is-better-off-out-of-eu-with-managed-migration sad to see Corbyn whoring after the bigot vote here

Johnson: UK 'first in line' for free trade deal with US - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/09/boris-johnson-holds-warm-and-frank-talks-with-trump-aides one bound to lower food and animal welfare standards

‘Is this what the west is really like?’ How it felt to leave China for Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/xiaolu-guo-why-i-moved-from-beijing-to-london interesting perspective

"hundreds of pregnant horses hooked up to blood-draining machines" - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/horse_blood_loc/ wut? how sick can the farming industry get?

Tanzanian Farmers Face 12 Years In Prison For Selling #Seeds As They've Done For Generations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170103/05344436390/tanzanian-farmers-face-12-years-prison-selling-seeds-as-theyve-done-generations.shtml

#important: #EU Public consultation on Building European data economy - https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/public-consultation-building-european-data-economy chance to make your voice heard - take it

#Turkey Is Building Domestic Replacements For Gmail and Google - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170109/02315736440/turkey-is-building-domestic-replacements-gmail-google.shtml and so it goes on #tr

Future-proofing European Research Excellence - http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Future-Proofing-European-Research-Excellence-full-statement.pdf #copyright needs reforming to take account of digital world

don't forget UK consultation on Leveson Inquiry closes at 5pm today - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation can do online, only takes 5 minutes

#Poland, #Italy push to halve ambition of EU 2030 targets - http://www.transportenvironment.org/news/poland-italy-push-halve-ambition-eu-2030-targets shame on them

Hard #Brexit threatens global financial system, City chiefs tell MPs - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/10/hard-brexit-threatens-global-financial-system-city-chiefs-tell-mps "230,000 job losses in the financial sector"

#PLO threatens to revoke recognition of #Israel if US embassy moves to Jerusalem - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/israel-palestine-dispute-us-embsasy-jerusalem-oslo-peace trump destabilising middle east

The #Brexit resistance: ‘It’s getting bigger all the time’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/10/brexit-resistance-getting-bigger-pro-europe-eu-referendum-organising-groups politicians have betrayed us: so we must act on our own

Can we please stop branding compassion as 'liberal elitism?' - http://mashable.com/2017/01/10/compassion-branded-liberal-elitism/ shows how bad things have become: even caring taboo

The FSFE files FOI request for Horizon 2020 - http://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170110-01.html great idea

Alibaba offers Trump 1 million US jobs, builds bridge for Sino-US ties - http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2060747/trump-meets-alibabas-jack-ma-talking-jobs-and nice to see Ma duping the man who duped US

Trump’s attorney general pick claims ignorance on tech issues - https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/10/trumps-attorney-general-pick-claims-ignorance-on-tech-issues/ I'm sure this will be fine