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It's the same logic they use against God. "If God is all-powerful and bad things happen, he can't be good".
But austerity was a UK political choice pressured by a financial crash. Not the EU.
Decades of neglecting non-metropolitan areas in the UK. Again, UK political choice.
The "This bad thing happened while we were in the EU, therefore the EU is either bad or unhelpful" is one of the dumbest arguments out there.
Those bad things also weren't stopped by the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere etc... but I'm pretty sure removing it wouldn't help.
Oh and because I mentioned God, I should probably clarify...
When I was a Christian my answer to that was: If there was literally zero suffering in the world and we knew we'd be totally OK no matter what, not even boredom, nobody would do anything; we literally wouldn't move.
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The more I think about #HS2 the angrier I get. It'll be for people who work in London earning enough to afford an HS2 commute.

At a time when our country is in chaos due to a backlash against the neglect of the rest of the country, HS2 simply cements our London-centricism.
Sorry I saw this at Birmingham Central Station and it reminded me of what @graceblakeley said on #bbcqt. (Purely anecdotal I know but it does symbolise the problem.)
P.S. My complaint isn't that HS2 is being built. My complaint is that it's being built before we've addressed the fact that Northern and Welsh transport is decades behind greater London.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg's response to someone explaining how Brexit has hurt the business she built, as well as 1000s of others around the UK, is truly shocking. #BBCqt
My mistake. Jacob Rees-Mogg was referring to Ineos, the multinational global corporation. It's their interests he's choosing over those of the woman in that video, and all her employees. #BBCqt
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But you might be thinking: "Yeah, but surely that total disregard for how Brexit is hurting ordinary people isn't shared by those who've actually been running Brexit, like @DominicRaab"
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The leader of Sinn Fein (the Northern Irish Party on the other side to the DUP) just explained why a No Deal will probably break up the United Kingdom.

@MaryLouMcDonald
Now if you don't see why the Irish Border (or the English border as united-Irelanders would call it) is such a major issue in Brexit and why Olly Robbins basically ruled out No Deal today...
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