1/ We are absolutely sick to death of people saying "the 17.4 million people wanted this, the 17.4 million wanted that." We are part of that 17.4 million and we didn't vote for a chaotic no-deal brexit. #brexit
2/ no doubt some brexit voters (a small percentage) wanted no deal, but others were promised a bespoke UK deal or something akin to 🇳🇴 or 🇨🇦. There was no WTO4UK campaign that we recall.
3/ if you discount from the 17.4 million all those who wanted various forms of a deal, there isn't even a majority for a no deal brexit. That isn't to say that the UK shouldn't leave, but that information should inform the type of new relationship we have.
4/ People like Farage and Banks have turned brexit into a totemic prize in a wider culture war, symbolic of ultimate victory. The mythical 'true brexit' (which only they can truly define) is always just around the corner.
5/ Now you have almost the entire Conservative Party repeating (almost verbatim) lines from Farage and the Brexit Party, a party that has NO MPs, no Peers and as soon as any brexit is passed, no MEPs. It's a Paper Tiger! 🐅
6/ Just extend article 50 and ask people what type of brexit they want. Give them four or five choices they have to rank in order of preference. If they don't fill it in properly, the voting slip is invalid. Go back to Brussels with a fresh negotiation mandate. /End
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