Dominic Cummings

(NB! this character leaves this group and becomes part of the UK government group for the trade negotiations.)

Background: Formerly director of ‘Vote Leave’. Formerly campaign director for ‘Business for Sterling’, the campaign to keep the UK from joining the Euro.

Key features: Is a self-professed misfit who wants to completely overturn the structures of the state. Came up with the Leave campaign slogan ‘Take Back Control’ and the much criticized campaign bus claim “We send the EU £350m a week, let’s fund our NHS instead” Was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the film‘Brexit : The Uncivil war’ about the strategies and shadowy data mining practices of the Leave Take back control. campaign. (Vote Leave slogan) In the trade negotiations he is pushing the UK team to stick firmly to their red lines.

Affiliation: Border / Red Lines: He works for Boris Johnson, but is not a member of the Conservative Party and is more of a rogue agent. 1.As an independent coastal state, the UK Is against extremism in any shape or form and wants control over its waters, fishing areas and he views the EU as a site of rising centralization- negotiate EU access on an annual basis. fanatics. 2.The UK should be able to set its own rules for state aid and investment in struggling sectors. 3. Will not accept a ‘dynamic’ level playing field, where the UK continues to adapt to EU policy for common rules and standards. Is alleged to have said that he ‘did not care if Northern Ireland fell into the sea’

Alliances: Has burnt more bridges than he has built. Cummings has called the European Research Group a ’narcissist- delusional subset’ of the Conservative Party and ‘useful idiots’ for the Remain campaign. He has called Nigel Farage toxic, who in turn called Cummings ‘a horrible, nasty little man’. Remainers fear and loathe him and one journalist referred to him as a ‘gleeful arsonist’ inside government, who fans the flames, while the world is burning. has no patience for MPs who he considers lazy or intellectually inferior. Likewise, he is often dismissive of the media - jeres opgaver

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Som rådgivere og politikere, skal I forberede en opening statement og deltage i to forhandlinger om UKs udtræden af EU og det fremtidige handelsforhold. I gruppen er I alle fra samme parti / Leave position.

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Første runde er en række opening I tredje runde skal det fremtidige statements der præsenterer forhold mellem EU og UK forhandles gruppen og deres røde linjer i i en handelsaftale forhandlingerne Forhandlingslederne skal blive enige om hvil- Som forberedelse til præsentationerne skal I: ken slags adgang EU og UK skal have til hin- andens markeder og hvilke regler der skal gæl- - Sætte jer ind i jeres eget rollekort. de. Alle får et udkast til en Draft Agreement at - Forberede et opening statement (max et se, inden forhandlingerne går i gang. Alle får minut) der præsenterer gruppen generelt også en række forslag til amendments at se, og hvad den samlet set ønsker at få ud af som kan trække den endelige aftale i forskelli- forhandlingerne. ge retninger. - Den særlige rådgiver Dominic Cummings, Som forberedelse til forhandlingerne skal I: fremsætter opening statement. - Lægge en strategi for forhandlingerne i forhold til hvilke argumenter I vil fremføre og I anden runde skal ’hårdheden’ hvilke Amendments I vil indføre. af Brexit forhandles - Skriv en kort tale hvor I fremlægger jeres Forhandlingslederne skal blive enige om en af- synspunkter (et halvt minut). tale for, hvordan UK træder ud af EU. Alle får et - Forsøge at lave aftaler med andre grupper udkast til en Draft Agreement at se, inden for- så I kan danne alliancer i forhandlingerne. handlingerne går i gang. Alle får også en række - Kontakt journalister for at få dem til at skrive forslag til amendments at se, som kan trække om jeres synspunkter. den endelige aftale i forskellige retninger. - MEP Annunziata Rees-Mogg går til mødet, Som forberedelse til forhandlingerne skal I: holder talen og deltager i forhandlingerne. - Lægge en strategi for forhandlingerne i for- Presserådgiveren sidder lige bag ved minis hold til hvilke argumenter I vil fremføre og teren, klar til at give gode råd. hvilke Amendments I vil indføre. - Skriv en kort tale hvor I fremlægger jeres Afsluttende pressemøde synspunkter (et halvt minut). Medierne viser videointerviews fra dagens for- - Forsøge at lave aftaler med andre grupper handlinger. Herefter afholder presserådgivere så I kan danne alliancer i forhandlingerne fra de forskellige politiske grupper og medierne (især med DUP og the Brexit Party). et pressemøde. Hvor hver gruppe fremlægger - Kontakt journalister for at få dem til at skrive deres syn på forhandlingernes resultat. om jeres synspunkter. Som forberedelse til pressemødet skal I: - Partileder Nigel Fargae går til mødet, holder - Forfatte et kort statement (1 minut) der op- talen og deltager i forhandlingerne. Den sær- summerer jeres syn på resultatet. lige rådgiver sidder lige bag ved ministeren, - Presserådgiver June Mummery fremsætter klar til at give gode råd. jeres statement til pressemødet. Nigel Farage

Background: Former leader of UKIP and present leader of the Brexit Party (2019-) MEP

Key features: Known as someone who defies “political correctness” and is quick-witted in his addresses. Often takes the stance as the spokesperson for the worker/small man in the fight against the established system, when addressing the press.

Affiliation: Brexit Party: UK based Founded in 2019 by Nigel Farage – as a branch out from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The party gained massive support in the 2019 European Parliament elections with 31% of the vote. This is often ascribed partly to Farage’s high profile and engaging personality, which attracts votes. In April 2019, Farage said that there was “no difference between the Brexit party and UKIP in terms of policy, [but] in terms of personnel, there’s a vast difference”, criticizing UKIP’s connections to the far right. There’s not much point in having a United Kingdom if we’re governed from somewhere else. Border / Red Lines: We may as well become a satellite state of the EU because that’s The Brexit Party wants the result of the EU Ref- erendum to be upheld. The Brexit Party believes virtually what we are. the UK should leave the European Single Mar- ket and the EU Customs Union in a “clean- break” Brexit with no settlement. They seek a Free Trade Agreement with the EU (no tariffs while maintaining regulatory independence) - if the EU is not willing to do this, they will trade Alliances: on WTO terms. They want to keep the UK in- Supports the Eurosceptical part of UK politics tact and are against an Irish Sea border. (started his career in the Conservatives, joined UKIP and founded the Brexit Party). When Farage left UKIP, announcing that he had achieved what he wanted from a political career, and later founded the Brexit Party, UKIP leader Gerard Batten called Farage a “self-serving hypocrite” while Farage claimed that UKIP had become a “refuge for the far right”. During the 2019 snap-elections the Brexit Party withdrew their candidates from Conservative Party constituencies in order to boost/support a strong “Leave” vote. - jeres opgaver

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Background: MEP for the Brexit Party (from May 2019 - Dec 2020), and freelance journalist (focus on finance, economics and European politics), lead-writer for The Daily Telegraph and editor of the European Journal (Eurosceptic magazine). Member of the Conservative Party since childhood but joined the Brexit Party in 2019 as a result of rising dissatisfaction with Brexit negotiations among the UK public and politicians. She rejoined the Conservatives to support Boris Johnson in the 2019 General Election. The sister of prominent conservative Eurosceptic, Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Key features: In her addresses she often expresses her full confidence in the people of the UK and in their choices for UK politics. When she joined the Brexit Party she said of Theresa May: “The point at which our Prime Minister will not listen, not only to her membership, but will not listen to the people of her country ... I can’t sit by and let her do it,”. If our parliamentarians don’t Affiliation: come to their senses and deliver the Brexit that they promised, Brexit Party: UK based I fear for the future of our Founded in 2019 by Nigel Farage – as a branch out democracy. This fight is as much from the United Kingdom Independence Party about democracy as it is leaving (UKIP). the EU. The party gained massive support in the 2019 European Parliament elections with 31% of the vote. This is often ascribed partly to Farage’s high profile and engaging personality, which attracts votes. In April 2019, Farage said that there was “no difference Border / Red Lines: between the Brexit Party and UKIP in terms of The Brexit Party wants the result of theEU policy, [but] in terms of personnel, there’s a vast Referendum to be upheld. The Brexit Party difference”, criticizing UKIP’s connections to the far believes the UK should leave the European right. Single Market and the EU Customs Union in a “clean-break” Brexit with no settlement. They seek a Free Trade Agreement with the EU (no tariffs while maintaining regulatory independence) - if the EU is not willing to do this, they will trade on WTO terms. They want to keep the UK intact and are against an Irish Sea border.

Alliances: Other Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party, the European Parliament and the media. - jeres opgaver

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Background: MEP for the Brexit Party (May 2019 - Jan 2020) and the Brexit Party Fisheries Spokesperson. She is the managing director of BFP Eastern Ltd (fish market auctioneers) and has campaigned with the lobby group ‘Fishing for Leave’

Key features: Regularly attacks the EU’s ‘eco-friendly credentials’ as hypocritical, because they allow industrial scale super-trawling and fishing in UK waters. Wants the UK to have a sustainable approach to fishing outside the EU.

Affiliation: We must walk away from Brexit Brexit Party: UK based talks if the EU demands access to Founded in 2019 by Nigel Farage – as a branch out the UK’s fishing waters. from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The party gained massive support in the 2019 European Parliament elections with 31% of the vote. This is often ascribed partly to Farage’s high profile and engaging personality, which attracts votes. In Border / Red Lines: April 2019, Farage said that there was “no difference The Brexit Party wants the result of theEU between the Brexit Party and UKIP in terms of Referendum to be upheld. The Brexit Party policy, [but] in terms of personnel, there’s a vast believes the UK should leave the European difference”, criticizing UKIP’s connections to the far Single Market and the EU Customs Union right. in a “clean-break” Brexit with no settlement. They seek a Free Trade Agreement with the EU (no tariffs while maintaining regulatory independence) - if the EU is not willing to do so, they will trade on WTO terms. They want to keep the UK intact and are against an Irish Sea border.

Alliances: Other Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party, the European Parliament and the media. Fishing for Leave. - jeres opgaver

Rollespil om Grænsen for Brexit

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