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Brexit has had such a wonderful effect on our society.
Conservative MEP David C Bannerman has just likened Remainers to ISIS Jihadis, and wants us tried for treason.
And given that this is a Conservative politician wanting Remainers prosecuted for treason, just days after the Conservatives relaxed their position on the death penalty, the words of David C Bannerman just make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
And, while I'm really not sure there is a 1372 act, David C Bannerman, the 1351 act states that treason is punishable by death... so there's that.
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OK Just started watching #BrexitTheUncivilWar. You guys better not ruin the end result for me!
I can already feel people complaining 'How dare they portray Nigel Farage as a rich boy playing games with the lives of the working class he claims to represent'
#BrexitTheUncivilWar
Is Benedict Cumberbatch putting on a Welsh accent?
#BrexitTheUncivilWar.
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Your doctors, nurses, midwives and GPs are all telling you Brexit is bad for your health.
Which do you love more? Brexit or the NHS?
#NHSLongTermPlan
If you love the NHS more, how do we best protect it?
We can protect it as an EU member. Brexit makes it vulnerable to people like Trump.
#NHSLongTermPlan
But they're saying more money is coming to the NHS. Do the numbers add up?
#NHSLongTermPlan
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I don't have a party to run / election to win, so maybe it's rich of me to stand on principle; maybe I'm naive, but...
I'm not willing to pretend that a good Brexit deal is possible just because I'm scared people (who I should have won over on Brexit) might think I'm ruining it.
I get why some might choose that due to their own strategic priorities. But if we go down the path of "keep trying Brexit until every last person is convinced it can't work":
a) We risk crashing out.
b) People would blame the EU not Brexit #HowWeGotInThisMess
c) It's dishonest
🔻The Tories want to endanger the Belfast Agreement which the EU won't allow. And even this Brexit will be rejected.
🔻Labour's Brexit must meet the 6 tests. That means Single Market & Customs Union. Parliament would never approve that for the same reasons we're stuck now.
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Buongiorno, rieccoci con la newsletter quotidiana sulla #Brexit. Ieri è stata un'altra bruttissima giornata per Theresa May (ora vi spiego perché) che potrebbe avere delle conseguenze nei prossimi giorni (vi spiego pure questo). C'è oramai chi parla apertamente di "guerra civile"
1. A evocare la "guerra civile" non sono due tabloid o giornalacci, ma addirittura due giornali "istituzionali" come il Times e il Guardian. Il primo, con Max Hastings, parla anche di "ferite della nuova guerra civile britannica che forse non verranno mai sanate".
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2. Ovviamente si parla in senso figurato ma dà il senso dello psicodramma nazionale in cui è piombato il Regno Unito. Altri giornali usano toni altrettanto forti: “May ha perso il controllo”, “catastrofe”, “umiliazione storica”. È la sindrome da strapiombo che si avvicina
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1) let's speculate - What if Corbyn had whipped his MPs *against* Article 50 instead of for it 18 months ago?

We know the Tories are making a shambles of #brexit, and we know this was widely predicted

Where would Corbyn & Labour be now?

#peoplesmarch

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bri…
2) this whipping against A50 from Corbyn could have been pitched as "we support the result, but we cannot agree to risking jobs & prosperity. As soon as an outline plan is revealed (even in secret) we will support Article 50 trigger, but not before"
3) this has the benefit of being a very simple, clear, defensible position.

Labour could even have said "show us the plan behind closed doors to avoid 'revealing our hand'"

Now, that isn't to say it wouldn't be spun as #Brexit blocking, of course it would
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As a remainer I have to admit there are benefits to #Brexit which I never ever knew about thread
#Britannia is a land of enormous social mobility all you have to do to join societies elite is disagree with #Brexit no educational qualifications business success or position in society are necessary
Being a member of the liberal elite #Brexit has given me a lifestyle of big houses expensive food and frequent foreign holidays I never knew I was living
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The Airbus #Brexit risk assessment (linked) as such is not very surprising. But it explains why the process is going so badly (short thread) airbus.com/content/dam/ch…
Airbus’ statement has been greeted with a variety of reactions. Among the negatives: The Telegraph accuses it of “Project Fear”, people have alluded it is spreading EU propaganda, have pointed to EU Member States as owners...
... and among the more hilarious reactions: a conservative MEP proposed nationalisation (you read that right, a Tory going full Venezuela) and an MP wants assurances from the government that Brexit won’t have negative effects (how should they do that?)
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1) Leavers & Remainers this is what it comes down to.
There are significant numbers of people who will not be bothered by this and will not let this news shake their conviction in #Brexit

The rest of us have a choice, to let people like this set the agenda for the UK, or not
2) #Brexit *is* a victory for dark money, division, racism & intolerance. It's a victory for the self interested who want to weaken our institutions.
Any politician who knows this & doesn't speak against it is a coward or a cynic.
Anyone who says "but what can we do?" enables it
3) everyone has a choice. Everyone can vote for a pro remain party in the local elections. Everyone can send a message.

Or you can vote Labour or Tory because you're tribal & enable & empower this nasty, dark part of our society
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1) Labour & #Brexit - thread
Quick analysis of this article by @Peston
It talks about a recent private meeting led by McDonnell and is, hopefully a sign that Labour may engage on fighting hard #brexit

But...it doesn't put Labour in a good light

2) firstly, this comment
This illustrates 2 things:
I) after months of people saying that EU membership doesn't limit Labour plans McDonnell has, only now, when #Brexit is at risk, gotten round to proving this for himself - what on earth has he been doing in the meantime?
3) ii) Labour Leadership launched this Manifesto without first checking if it was compatible with even a soft Brexit, therefore they have clearly been supporting hard #Brexit all this time, under the assumption it was needed for their plans, despite the pain it would cause
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