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Read & tell your colleagues:
Please note: I'm a vindictive bastard.
Vote for the #BrexitDeal today and I (et al) will spend the rest of your careers reminding people that every bad consequence of it to their lives is because YOU could have given us a democratic way out, but chose Boris Johnson.
#BrexitVote
Vote for the #BrexitDeal today and I (et al) will spend the rest of your careers reminding people that every bad consequence of it to their lives is because YOU could have given us a democratic way out, but chose Boris Johnson.
#BrexitVote
You'll all be remembered as the people who failed democracy by treating a signed blank cheque as consent.
We signed 4 words in 2016: Leave the European Union.
That cheque was filled in into a 600-page treaty by two Prime Ministers the country never even consented to.
#BrexitVote
We signed 4 words in 2016: Leave the European Union.
That cheque was filled in into a 600-page treaty by two Prime Ministers the country never even consented to.
#BrexitVote
In new setback for Boris Johnson, MPs back move to delay Brexit deal until necessary legislation passed
#BrexitDebate
bbc.in/2BsY2Bj
#BrexitDebate
bbc.in/2BsY2Bj
Boris Johnson says the opportunity to have a meaningful Brexit vote "has been passed up"
UK PM says he's not "daunted or dismayed" by MPs backing Letwin amendment, saying he "will not negotiate a delay to Brexit"
bbc.in/2MvI6ER #BrexitVote
UK PM says he's not "daunted or dismayed" by MPs backing Letwin amendment, saying he "will not negotiate a delay to Brexit"
bbc.in/2MvI6ER #BrexitVote
“I welcome today’s vote – it's an emphatic decision by this House that has declined to back the prime minister’s deal today”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the PM must “now comply with the law”
Live updates: bbc.in/2ql4wzV
#BrexitDebate
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the PM must “now comply with the law”
Live updates: bbc.in/2ql4wzV
#BrexitDebate
#brexit
#BrexitVote
#fbpe
#NoDeal4TerroristRegime
Let's be clear
1. Magna Carta breaks if 2016 includes No Deal
2. The tories need a General Election because No Deal is unlawful.
No Deal is "Bullocks"
You should all understand this. Only 7 tweets are needed
#BrexitVote
#fbpe
#NoDeal4TerroristRegime
Let's be clear
1. Magna Carta breaks if 2016 includes No Deal
2. The tories need a General Election because No Deal is unlawful.
No Deal is "Bullocks"
You should all understand this. Only 7 tweets are needed
Magna Carta clause 12.
The limitation of the divine right of kings, or these days dictators & prevention of tyranny
The barons basically said to the king that, "you rule us because we say you do".
This in turn became the Consent of the Governed, the basis of our Democracy
The limitation of the divine right of kings, or these days dictators & prevention of tyranny
The barons basically said to the king that, "you rule us because we say you do".
This in turn became the Consent of the Governed, the basis of our Democracy
Consent is not open-ended, it cannot be given through omission, not can it be invented after the event, not can it be extrapolated from decisions which were not an option at the time.
Any of these factors would undermine the point of the clause, to limit divine arbitrary rule
Any of these factors would undermine the point of the clause, to limit divine arbitrary rule
Couple of points on latest "outrages"
1) vote Tory in a GE - Vote for some undefined fantasy position between no deal & a great deal
Vote Labour - Vote for some undefined position between a great deal & remain via a referendum
Vote Lib Dem - Vote for Remain
#Brexit
1) vote Tory in a GE - Vote for some undefined fantasy position between no deal & a great deal
Vote Labour - Vote for some undefined position between a great deal & remain via a referendum
Vote Lib Dem - Vote for Remain
#Brexit
2) if Lib Dems get a majority, it's a new, fresh democratic mandate for Remain that overrides the 2016 Ref
If Tories or Labour get a majority, it's not a mandate for anything that can be defined because they won based on an unknown - that great deal that hasn't been defined
If Tories or Labour get a majority, it's not a mandate for anything that can be defined because they won based on an unknown - that great deal that hasn't been defined
"Even if only 1/10 predictions happen you can't call it project fear.
When it's the secret assessment of the guys who invented project fear"
#ProjectFear
#Brexit
#LeaveOct31st
#Yellowhammer
When it's the secret assessment of the guys who invented project fear"
#ProjectFear
#Brexit
#LeaveOct31st
#Yellowhammer
That point in the movie when the kind old lady who's been saying,"it'll be ok dear" turns out to have skinned the hero's wife and is creeping up behind him with a knife dropping in blood".
Maybe time to talk?
#ProjectFear
#Brexit
#LeaveOct31st
#operationyellowhammer
Maybe time to talk?
#ProjectFear
#Brexit
#LeaveOct31st
#operationyellowhammer
The thing they fear, often a ghost, appears behind them, but at first the characters ignore the audience's warnings of danger. The characters soon circle the bench, followed by the ghost, as the audience cries "It's behind you!"
#itsbehindyou
#Brexit
#operationyellowhammer
#itsbehindyou
#Brexit
#operationyellowhammer
Rebel Bill passes first reading stage by 329 votes to 300. One more rebel? (1 better than last night.) Now follows a mass sprint to garland it in amendments. Speaker will then have to pick which ones he accepts and round the loop we go again. #BrexitVote
Perhaps clarified by the below. We'll know for sure whether she's our newest friend in a few minutes. If she is, please welcome her warmly.
Boris Johnson's majority now -45, it would seem.
Send this to every MP who's thinking of voting for the Brexit deal.
#BrexitVote
peoples-vote.uk/not_having_it
#BrexitVote
peoples-vote.uk/not_having_it
Have MPs become so binary in their thinking that they would vote for a Brexit which even under their own ideology is worse than staying in the EU, just because they can technically call it Brexit?
Let's start with Jacob Rees-Mogg.
He's changed his tune his tune. In 2016 he said leaving was better than staying. In November, he said the Brexit deal was worse than staying. Now he's saying the Brexit deal is better than staying.
He's changed his mind twice!
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
He's changed his tune his tune. In 2016 he said leaving was better than staying. In November, he said the Brexit deal was worse than staying. Now he's saying the Brexit deal is better than staying.
He's changed his mind twice!
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
I supported Leave for a variety of reasons. I didn't think the UK fit well into the EU. Didn't think our membership was sustainable. Believed it blighted our political debate. Thought consistent public scepticism & apathy to EU elections was part of this. These issues remain.
I thought EU membership brought out the worst in our politicians. They used it as a convenient scapegoat. They pretended to dislike policies implemented via the EU & used this to abdicate responsibility & avoid accountability.
I regret the outcome of tonight's #Brexitvote. It is disappointing that the UK government has been unable to ensure a majority for the Withdrawal Agreement agreed by both parties in November, even after multiple additional assurances from the EU. A solution must come from London.
The EU continues to stand by the Withdrawal Agreement, including the backstop, which serves to prevent a hard border in Ireland and preserve the integrity of the single market unless and until alternative arrangements can be found.
With only 17 days left until March 29th, the Dutch government will keep working tirelessly to make sure the damage for NL and Dutch citizens living and working in the UK is minimised in the now more likely case of a no-deal #Brexit.
A #Brexit extension is “almost inevitable”
- Nicola Sturgeon to me earlier @FRANCE24
Scottish First Minister wants Labour’s Corbyn to
“get off the Brexit fence & put his weight behind [...] something that would break the deadlock”
#Scotland #SNP #F24
- Nicola Sturgeon to me earlier @FRANCE24
Scottish First Minister wants Labour’s Corbyn to
“get off the Brexit fence & put his weight behind [...] something that would break the deadlock”
#Scotland #SNP #F24
2/ Sturgeon on Theresa May:
“she should change her approach... 1st thing she should do is request an extension to #Article50”
“My preference then would be...to go back to the people in another referendum- bcs people have so much more information now than in 2016”#Brexit #F24
“she should change her approach... 1st thing she should do is request an extension to #Article50”
“My preference then would be...to go back to the people in another referendum- bcs people have so much more information now than in 2016”#Brexit #F24
3/
Nicola Sturgeon accuses both Theresa May & Jeremy Corbyn of
“probably trying to run the clock down as much as [each other] in all this.”
#Brexit #Article50 #PeoplesVote #F24 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Nicola Sturgeon accuses both Theresa May & Jeremy Corbyn of
“probably trying to run the clock down as much as [each other] in all this.”
#Brexit #Article50 #PeoplesVote #F24 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#BrexitVote – the view from Europe (Thread)
Germany's Die Welt: “After the defeat, everything is possible again"
France's Le Monde: “The scale of the defeat, more stinging than the most alarming predictions, means that tinkering will not be sufficient to change MPs’ opinions, as the prime minister had hoped.”
Why we need to revoke article 50 now.
Politicians are too afraid to speak out against the EU referendum result because they’re scared they’ll be accused of undermining democracy ...
#BrexitVote
Politicians are too afraid to speak out against the EU referendum result because they’re scared they’ll be accused of undermining democracy ...
#BrexitVote
and sensible journalists are also mostly too afraid to speak out, lest they’re accused of being in a middle-class, out-of-touch establishment bubble – which of course most of them are.
But I’m not a politician or a journalist. So here’s the truth.
But I’m not a politician or a journalist. So here’s the truth.
The Brexit referendum result was NOT democratic.
The Brexit campaign was riddled with lies, dodgy 'dark' money and manipulation.
The so-called ‘facts’ used by the Leave campaign were laughably ridiculous fabrications.
The Brexit campaign was riddled with lies, dodgy 'dark' money and manipulation.
The so-called ‘facts’ used by the Leave campaign were laughably ridiculous fabrications.
I'm going to keep arguing like this and I'm not sorry.
I will point out that immigration culturally, economically and medically enriches our society. But I won't convince everyone in 4 months. So for those who only see it as a negative, I'll point out the EU's safeguards on that.
I will point out that immigration culturally, economically and medically enriches our society. But I won't convince everyone in 4 months. So for those who only see it as a negative, I'll point out the EU's safeguards on that.
There are those whose principles prevent them from taking a two-pronged approach and I respect that (even if one such person did call me "disgraceful" for my approach today) but for me I have one priority: Preventing something which would in fact do FAR more harm to EU citizens.
I was sat there on @BBCPolitics #PoliticsLive surrounded by politicians all treating Free Movement as a big problem completely unchallenged until I set them all straight. As I've done with Farage, and repeatedly across news and social media.
There is no left-wing justification for Brexit. This is a project about neoliberal deregulation. It is Thatcherism on steroids.
My full #MeaningfulVote speech to the Commons here: facebook.com/DavidLammyTott…
My full #MeaningfulVote speech to the Commons here: facebook.com/DavidLammyTott…
This country’s greatest moments came when we showed courage, not when we appeased.
Friends and colleagues tell me to appease Brexit voters. I say we must not patronise them with cowardice. Let’s tell them the truth. "You were sold a lie." #MeaningfulVote #BrexitVote
Friends and colleagues tell me to appease Brexit voters. I say we must not patronise them with cowardice. Let’s tell them the truth. "You were sold a lie." #MeaningfulVote #BrexitVote
This is the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of the Brexit debate. Most MPs now recognise it in private, but do not say it in public:
Brexit is a con. A trick. A swindle. A fraud.
A deception that will hurt most those people it promised to help.
Brexit is a con. A trick. A swindle. A fraud.
A deception that will hurt most those people it promised to help.
UK PM says there is "widespread and deep concern" over Irish border backstop and confirms delay to key Brexit vote bbc.in/2EkzZrK
"On one issue, the Northern Ireland backstop, there remains widespread and deep concern"
The moment UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced the Brexit vote was being postponed
#BrexitVote latest: bbc.in/2EmV70E
The moment UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced the Brexit vote was being postponed
#BrexitVote latest: bbc.in/2EmV70E
UK PM Theresa May says she will continue talks with EU leaders after #BrexitVote deferred, but insists her deal honours result of referendum bbc.in/2EmV70E
