David Gauke

@DavidGauke ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated No

Last Checked Jan. 24, 2021

Created

Wed Dec 30 18:17:29 +0000 2020

Likes

908

Retweets

Source

Twitter Web App

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

David Gauke @DavidGauke

.... then we're into a world of trade-offs and assessing costs and benefits not abstract principles. Let's hope the future relationship with the EU is characterised by a rational assessment of the costs & benefits of closer co-operation vs divergence. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2020

Preceded By

David Gauke @DavidGauke

PS The problem for the ERG is that the absolutist position on 'sovereignty' ('we can't be a party to an agreement that prevents us doing what we want') makes any agreement impossible. There's a case to be made for a looser relationship (fewer rights, few obligations) but ... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2020

Followed By

David Gauke @DavidGauke

@benhabib6 My point is that if we want to do things differently, we should make a rational choice based on costs & benefits. On that basis, I think it was a mistake to vote to leave the EU - but you won. What are your suggestions for where the benefits of divergence outweigh the costs? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2020