#PeoplesVote - to resolve Brexit & turn back division. Thread. 1/
A three-way vote, giving ranked choices (1st, 2nd)
- May deal Brexit
- No deal Brexit
- Remain
To show Parliament what people think now we know the options 2/
- May deal Brexit
- No deal Brexit
- Remain
To show Parliament what people think now we know the options 2/
With the 2nd choices from the least popular option redistributed, there will be a (reluctant) majority for one option. 3/
Unless no deal wins - & is accepted by Parliament - the substantial minority of ultra-nationalists - Tories & UKIP - will be furious and even more divisive.
But we don’t end division by appeasing them. 4/
But we don’t end division by appeasing them. 4/
Ultra-nationalism believes that UK is much stronger than it really is. It’s terrified of reality.
They’ve been emboldened by Conservative leadership rhetorical pandering to extremists.
But their roots lie much deeper. Brexit is the product of their beliefs, not its cause. 5/
They’ve been emboldened by Conservative leadership rhetorical pandering to extremists.
But their roots lie much deeper. Brexit is the product of their beliefs, not its cause. 5/
Leave made the ultras think they have 52% support. A #PeoplesVote will tell us all whether that’s true.
It’s the chance of a generation - a century even - for the mass of voters of Britain to reject a crucial British ultra-nationalist wish. 6/
It’s the chance of a generation - a century even - for the mass of voters of Britain to reject a crucial British ultra-nationalist wish. 6/
Just as EUref gave nationalists hope & the sense of being “most”, a #PeoplesVote will - I believe - reject them and their *divisive* beliefs and rhetoric.
It will help show everyone - incl politicians - how weak nationalism is now.
Thanks to their failed Brexit. //
It will help show everyone - incl politicians - how weak nationalism is now.
Thanks to their failed Brexit. //
