Thread by @tony_nog

1) @UKLabour - please think again - your leadership is not what you voted for

thread here following John McDonnell's appalling statement this morning where he said in effect it doesn't matter if Banks carried out illegal activity

https://twitter.com/tony_nog/status/1059051945976053760?s=20

@UKLabour 2) I'm not here to beg you to join the LDs or the Greens, but I am here to beg you to do *something*, because I'd argue "fighting from within" Labour isn't working fast enough.

And I admit I am focused on #Brexit, but I also want good, solid, *moral* government afterwards

@UKLabour 3) #Brexit, right now, let's be honest, should be on its a**e
- there's investigations into illegal funding
- the Gov. are a mess
- the leaders are deeply compromised
- 700k marched for a #PeoplesVote
- public opinion is turning

@UKLabour 4) yet at every stage, Corbyn & McDonnell reinforce & prop up #brexit
- Corbyn issues a press release saying "....as we leave the EU" the day after 700k marched
- he offers a lifeline saying "we'll support a sensible Brexit" even though no such Brexit can exist

@UKLabour 5) and today, in the week it is announced that half the country still believe the £350 m lie, and criminal investigations into funding are started, McDonnell goes on camera to say "it doesn't matter if there's illegality, because campaigns don't matter"

theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/ki…

@UKLabour 6) it *cannot be stressed* enough how dishonest this statement is, from a man who has championed "grass roots social media" campaigning

McDonnell is also echoing the right wing line - "doesn't matter if Russian money was involved, campaign didn't matter"

https://twitter.com/tony_nog/status/1059051945976053760

@UKLabour 7) but it isn't just #Brexit.
Supporting disproportionate tax cuts for 40% tax payers is just morally wrong, we all know it

So is supporting the pension triple lock - 2.5% guaranteed rise for *all* pensioners, regardless of means

@UKLabour 8) even action on Student tuition fees largely benefits eventual higher earners, as middle earners don't have to pay back the loans anyway

Meanwhile, the benefit cuts would continue, Labour Leadership says little on this

theguardian.com/politics/2017/…

@UKLabour 9) ultimately - what kind of party do you want to be in?
You know the membership don't want #Brexit.
You know that the "northern leave voters" story is a scam
You know in your heart that JC&JMcD will do everything in their power to push Brexit

theguardian.com/politics/2018/…

@UKLabour 10) you know there's the public power grabbing face of Labour Leadership looking to land grab pensioner & middle class votes, and keep UKIPpers on side, and the hidden *Socialism in one state" drawbridge up thinking that is driving the real Leadership #Brexit agenda

@UKLabour 11) and you tried, you pulled off a herculean effort to get 150 CLPs to push for a #PeoplesVote - but you know, if you're honest, it's like that never happened now as far as JC&JMcD are concerned.

This isn't a new kind of politics, it's straightforward authoritarianism

@UKLabour 12) at this point, May will likely get a damaging fudge on #Brexit, which will be seen as a Victory
JC&JMcD want brexit, so won't oppose (cannot really, as it will be close to their policy)

The Tories will consolidate, there'll be no GE, and Labour will continue on the sidelines

@UKLabour 13) Meanwhile division & hate will have it's victory, and the gradual chipping away of our rights, benefits, the NHS will begin. And Corbyn's Labour will be a blip, a powerless anomaly which faded away because Corbyn has no leadership ability to stop it.

@UKLabour 14) this is not what you voted for when you voted for Corbyn.
This is not what Labour stands for.
This betrayal of UK Labour voters is far, far worse than the worst imaginings of the "anti new Labour" movement

@UKLabour 15) Labour MPs, Labour members - fighting from within is admirable, but it's not working fast enough.

I would never have believed the party machinery could have crushed the Labour #PeoplesVote movement on policy, but it has

@UKLabour 16) nothing will deflect the McDonnell's of this world, and the only thing that will shift Corbyn is attacks on his ego.

He loves being popular with the members. If you will not depose him you must find some way of hitting him where it hurts

That might mean leaving Labour

@UKLabour 17) and if you say "splitter, that guarantees a Tory Government!"...I've got news for you, Corbyn's stance has *already* guaranteed that. He only gets into power if the Tories collapse, and they won't - they are very good at keeping power

@UKLabour 18) there likely is no Corbyn government coming, but even if there was - would you really want one? A compromised, pro brexit, fundamentally dishonest administration that pretends illegal ref campaigning doesn't matter?

What really are you voting for?

@UKLabour 19) this is a plea to Labour members & MPs - do you really want to be in a Party where the leadership are so keen on #Brexit that they would say illegal campaigning doesn't matter because no-one paid attention?

Because that's what Labour has come to
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