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.@Femi_Sorry and @Anna_Soubry are the UK I love. The rest are not my country. This is nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with decency
What has happened to us? I make a comment that no one deserves to be abused by an angry mob and about the importance of treating each other with respect. And the typical response here is I am showing pro-Remain bias. This is nuts and worrying.
What happened in the words of @Anna_Soubry: “police refused to intervene and when asked (unknown by a BBC producer) refused to escort me back to HoC. The thugs tried to block the entrance and we had to ask the police to let us in. Utterly appalling. What sane person...
“would want to get involved in politics?” Do you disagree?
And 50 MPs have tonight written to the Met Commissioner Cressida Dick asking for greater protection from an “ugly element of individuals with strong far right and extreme right connections - which your officers are well aware of...” which “have increasingly engaged...
“in intimidatory and potentially criminal acts targeting Members of Parliament, journalists, activists and members of the public”
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And here is the reason why @hilarybennmp has withdrawn his amendment to the meaningful-vote motion. It is the presentation of a bill by @NickBoles that - if he succeeds in seizing control of the business of the Commons for a day, after...
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Here is the @AWMurrison amendment that is the loyalist Brexiters’ attempt to keep @theresa_may’s deal alive. It would given only conditional approval to her plan, stipulating that the deal would only come into force if the EU changes the Withdrawal Agreement...
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Solve this and you largely solve Brexit. 1/Thread
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