Thread by @tony_nog

#newsnight
1) hard deal #brexit supporters, they're lying to you, again

There's still a hard core of no deal Brexit supporters on Twitter who repeat "leave means leave", "WTO rules" and, most importantly, "just walk away"

The problem is, Mogg and Co aren't offering that

2) yes, of course it *sounds* like they're offering no deal and yes, Mogg will say with confidence "you have to be prepared to walk away to get a good deal"
But he's not, none of them are, they all still want a deal

They're lying to you again, and here's why

3) yesterday morning a brexiter said "well obviously you have to pay to prepare for no deal to show you are serious, and if we then get a deal we won't have to pay for the preparations"

Yes, she said that.

4) in other words we don't have to pay for the preparations we need to get a good deal because getting that good deal means we don't need the preparations
???????

5) you have other brexiters saying "well we can walk away with no deal & then negotiate during the transition period"

You only get a transition period if you get a deal. No deal, no transition

6) and finally you have "managed no deal", which is the most ridiculous of all.
We walk away with no deal, but in a managed fashion, ie, via a deal to manage any disruption

7) Brexiters are lying, again.
They don't care what damage is caused, they just want Brexit. But because they have no real answers to the scary stuff they just make stuff up & throw in anything in that looks like a solution

8) Brexiters make the noises about "just walking away" but even they are not prepared to do so. They still want a managed exit & a transition period

9) it's just another set of lies, like the lies over "future tech" for the NI border or the £350 M. They're not prepared to walk away at all. They all still want to believe that if we stamp our feet hard enough we'll get a deal from the EU
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