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May 27, 2019, 9 tweets

1) 4 authentic successful, coherent pro Remain voices
#EUelections2019

In some ways this is the best outcome for Remain & #FinalSay, because the Labour/Tory #Brexit conspiracy is broken & LDs, Greens, SNP & PC can emerge with an unambiguous message - no #Brexit is a good Brexit

2) Remain has had since day 1 a single overriding barrier - the media, especially the BBC, have overwhelmingly favoured Farage, the Tories & Labour, and all 3 are on the same #Brexit side, that Brexit could be pain free, cost free, jobs first if it was just done properly

3) are all Farage's supporters no deal zealots? Of course not, they largely believe, like the Tories, that stropping off will force the EU27 to a deal.

Labour believes that kind words and the power of magic grandpa will do the same thing

"I can do #Brexit better than you can"

4) Corbyn's primary impact has been to support the normalisation of "free Brexit" - there's been no interest in the media to represent properly the "Brexit, all Brexits, are just rubbish" viewpoint

5) How could Labour or the Tories possibly provide an alternative narrative to Farage when they are all essentially on the same "Brexit is acheivable" side?

But now it's clear Labour & the Tories don't really represent anyone in this #Brexit debate

6) and there's 4 authentic, coherent, pro remain, pro #PeoplesVote parties who can all show success and a mandate for their unambiguous position against Farage in the media, and can be bold about it, because they represent *more* of the UK than Farage & the ERG

7) if you are LD, PC, SNP, Green you have a pro Remain mandate, so say it loud & be confident, you represent the majority who haven't gone away. Demand presence on the BBC & complain loudly when you don't get it. Shout down the "just get on with it/biggest vote ever" rent a gobs

8) if you are Labour and still saying "we respect the referendum/we must unite the country/we need a GE"... honestly, STFU, you've done enough damage by normalising Brexit stupidity - leave the field for people with something honest to say

9) and if you are the @bbc, Corbyn and his shadowy "spokesmen/Labour sources" speak for no one, not even for Labour. Don't bother fielding them on panels,meet your duty of balance by giving a platform to the real opposition of LD, Green, PC & SNP. They've more than earned it
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