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Days to General Election: 15(Bloomberg) — Sign up here to get the Brexit Bulletin in your inbox every weekday.What’s Happening? The most eagerly awaited poll of the general election is imminent.We’re about to get a better sense of how real Boris Johnson’s double-digit lead in the opinion polls actually is. YouGov’s MRP poll will appear in the Times at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday.Traders will be watching carefully. Back in 2017, the equivalent poll correctly predicted that Theresa May would lose her majority when other surveys showed her well ahead. What makes MRP special is that it uses a far bigger sample than its rivals and some funky math to give a seat-by-seat prediction, as Bloomberg’s Robert Hutton explains here.Of course, it’s only one opinion poll. But it could influence the outcome: If it shows a race somewhere to be unexpectedly close, parties could change their target seats or people may be encouraged to vote tactically.With the Conservatives enjoying an average 12 point lead in the last five opinion polls, Johnson’s chances of getting his Brexit deal through the next Parliament looked to be secure. If MRP produces a surprise, all bets for what happens to Brexit are off.Today’s Must-ReadsBloomberg’s Sam Unsted explains why, for U.K. homebuilders, the election is really all about Brexit. A group of 14 trade policy academics, think-tank specialists and industry advisers have written to the Telegraph to warn that Johnson’s “arbitrary” Brexit deadline will damage the U.K. economy. The social care crisis is the time bomb Britain can’t afford to ignore, according to Bloomberg Opinion’s Therese Raphael.Brexit in BriefCorbyn Attack | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today accused Johnson’s Conservatives of seeking to sell out the U.K.’s National Health Service in secret trade talks with the U.S. Corbyn released a 451-page document which he said showed the U.S. seeking “total market access” to the U.K. and suggested a no-deal Brexit is the preferred U.S. option because “there would be all to play for.” Carmakers Plea | British automakers warned that the next U.K. government needs to deliver a “world-beating Brexit trade deal” to bolster their competitiveness and safeguard jobs following the nation’s exit from the EU.SNP Campaign | The Scottish National Party launched its manifesto at an event in Glasgow today — the last major party to do so — with a pledge to “protect Scotland from Boris Johnson” and a warning that there is “much worse to come” if Brexit goes ahead.Here Today, Cone Tomorrow | The U.K. government spent £200,000 putting out cones on the M20 to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, only to take them away again a day later, Politics Home reports.Want to keep up with Brexit?You can follow us @Brexit on Twitter, and listen to Bloomberg Westminster every weekday. It’s live at midday on Bloomberg Radio and is available as a podcast too. Share the Brexit Bulletin: Colleagues, friends and family can sign up here. For full EU coverage, try the Brussels Edition.For even more: Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access for our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close.To contact the authors of this story: Edward Evans in London at [email protected] Goodman in London at [email protected] contact the editor responsible for this story: Chris Kay at [email protected] more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the United Arab Emirates Wednesday, as efforts to end the nearly five-year war in Yemen gain momentum. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are close allies and key members of a military coalition backing the government …
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The ongoing political uncertainty in the U.K. is having an impact on the stock market. The upcoming general election Dec. 12 is expected to send further jitters across FX markets, which could impact the pound sterling and trigger sharp moves, accordin…
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Ruth George’s attacker grew angry, prosecutors said, when she ignored his remarks. “She was just trying to go home,” a fellow college student said.
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Mysterious 609-million-year-old balls of cells may be the oldest animal embryos — or something else entirely.
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An Egyptian court sentenced one of the country’s most high-profile militants to death Wednesday for his participation in scores of attacks on government targets. The military court said in a statement that it convicted Hisham el-Ashmawi, a former spec…
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Kentucky basketball has been hit by another injury. Bucknell graduate transfer Nate Sestina is expected to miss close to a month with a broken wrist.
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Angela Merkel launched a spirited defence of Nato on Wednesday in what was widely seen as a public rebuke to France’s Emmanuel Macron. The transatlantic alliance is more important to Europe’s security today than it was at the height of the stand-off with the Soviet Union, Mrs Merkel told the German parliament “More even than during the Cold War, it is in our own best interests to maintain Nato,” she told MPs. “Europe cannot defend itself.” Describing Nato as a “bulwark of freedom and peace,” Mrs Merkel said Germany is “particularly indebted to our American friends.” Her comments were clearly aimed at Mr Macron, who claimed earlier this month that the alliance is “brain dead” and said Europe can no longer rely on the US for its defence. They come after Mrs Merkel reportedly rowed with Mr Macron over his remarks and told him she was “tired of picking up the pieces” after him. Mrs Merkel’s latest comments came in a budget debate in the German parliament. The chancellor traditionally defends her government’s record in the debate, but despite heading an increasingly fragile coalition, Mrs Merkel chose to devote the first half of her speech to Nato. She pledged to increase German defence spending to 1.5 per cent of GDP by 2024 and to reach Nato’s target of 2 per cent by the 2030s. Germany has come under intense US pressure to meet the target as part of Donald Trump’s drive to make Europe pay more towards the cost of its own defence. Mrs Merkel’s relations with France’s Emmanuel Macron have been strained in recent months Credit: Regis Duvignau/REUTERS President Macron spoke out against the Trump administration’s attitude towards Nato in an interview with the Economist magazine earlier this month. “We are currently experiencing the brain death of Nato,” Mr Macron said, arguing that Europe is “on the edge of a precipice” and needs to start thinking of itself as a geopolitical power. Mrs Merkel was reportedly “furious” at the interview, and rowed with the French president over it on the sidelines of a dinner to mark the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, according to an uncomfirmed account in the New York Times. “I understand your desire for disruptive politics, but I’m tired of picking up the pieces,” the newspaper claimed Mrs Merkel told Mr Macron. “Over and over, I have to glue together the cups you have broken so that we can then sit down and have a cup of tea together.” It is no secret that Mrs Merkel does not share Mr Macron’s ambitions for a more federalist European Union, but relations between the two leaders have deteriorated in recent months. When Mr Macron first became French president, much was made of his good relations with Mrs Merkel, and there were hopes the two could restore the Franco-German alliance at the heart of the EU. But Mr Macron has reportedly grown impatient with Mrs Merkel blocking his initiatives for EU reform. Mrs Merkel also used her speech to parliament to call for her coalition with the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) to continue. The SPD, Mrs Merkel’s party’s coalition partner, is set to choose a new leader this weekend and there are calls within the party to pull out of the coalition, which would leave Mrs Merkel without a majority in parliament. We have a lot to do, a lot of work,” Mrs Merkel told MPs. “So we should continue this government. Count me in.”
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Fred Rogers’s widow, at 91, still acts as a spokeswoman for her husband’s legacy. But she had a long career as a concert pianist, performing duets around the country and recording two albums.
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The 6-foot-9 defensive lineman has erupted to co-lead the SEC in sacks. Does he have a pro future?
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday opened what has been billed as Russia’s first modern motorway, almost halving the driving time between the two biggest cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The “Neva” toll road, running 669 kilometres (416 miles…
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