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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/12/181206.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Africa cocoa industry failing on deforestation pledge – campaigners - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/07/africa-cocoa-industry-failing-deforestation-pledge-campaigners time to start boycotting chocolate makers that drive this

Trump to name former Fox anchor Heather Nauert as next UN ambassador - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/06/heather-nauert-un-ambassador-pick-trump “does not have prior political or policy-making experience.” - oh dear, poor #murica…

Spying On The #Uyghurs: A First-Person Account From A Han Chinese Student - https://www.taiwangazette.org/news/2018/12/4/spying-on-the-uyghurs-a-first-person-account-from-a-han-chinese-student illuminating stuff #xinjiang #china

nice: wind energy providing 30% of UK’s energy at the moment - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ #renewables

Kent council leader warns no-deal Brexit would spread chaos across country - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/07/kent-council-leader-says-no-deal-brexit-would-cause-chaos-dover “at a cost of almost £1.75bn a week to the economy” #brexitchaos

Hancock warns no deal Brexit could hold up trade through Dover for up to six months - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/dec/07/brexit-debate-latest-hancock-confirms-government-could-charter-plans-to-fly-medicines-into-uk-in-event-of-no-deal-politics-live?page=with:block-5c0a79b2e4b01d1e859e6c0e#block-5c0a79b2e4b01d1e859e6c0e I’m sure this is perfectly normal… #brexitchaos

revealed: the hidden global network behind Tommy Robinson - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/07/tommy-robinson-global-support-brexit-march “broad array of non-British groups and individuals, including US thinktanks, rightwing Australians and Russian trolls”

Labour MPs in leave areas want government ‘globalisation fund’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/07/labour-mps-leave-areas-fund-globalisation-fund-day-of-action sounds like a good idea to me… #peoplesvote

note the intriguing references to operating systems - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A8-2018-0444&format=XML&language=EN