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Jonathan Lis
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Right, so if you want to know what the hell is happening - with the world at large but specifically Brexit - I’ll be on Al Jazeera for the next 750 hours (approx) wading through the national agony with the ever-brilliant @laurielee67
First course in a moment: assessing just how calamitous this defeat is going to be and trying to figure out what the hell May was ever thinking
Back on Al Jazeera in a second to digest the scale of the shitshow
On Al Jazeera in a minute from freezing College Green, then again at 11 from the Shard, to discuss all May’s innate character flaws without actually branding her a lying racist live on international TV
Right, last go at savaging the PM for the night in a minute on Al Jazeera
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Jonathan Lis
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It’s vital we understand what was just voted on. Read the motion extremely carefully: because next week the government could once again try to shaft us with the Commons’ inadvertent consent.
1. The government will seek an extension. Great.

2. It will seek an extension till June to ratify the deal. Fine. Same old blackmail to get the deal through. So what if Commons rejects deal?

3. No commitments whatsoever.
Again, read the motion. It states that the European Council would demand a long extension. It *does not* state the government would ever seek that. May could claim she’d fulfilled her side of bargain - seeking some form of extension - but not the one EU was prepared to offer.
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Jonathan Lis
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In case you don’t have time to read the Telegraph today, the Remainers have... *checks notes* declared war on democracy by... *checks notes* opposing food and medicine shortages
The only thing getting me through the day right now is the unending hilarity of well-off people who demand a voluntary social and economic crash taking the moral high ground
Like, maybe if you want to get self-righteous about political philosophy and democratic principle you might also reconsider supporting insulin shortages?
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A crucial point. Motion merely notes we’d *need* a long extension & participation in European elections. It *doesn’t* state May would ask for it. She’s literally privileging no-deal over putting MEPs up for election- and that means there are no more words to describe her disgrace
Genuinely can’t believe this is happening. May has just suffered worst defeat in modern history, twice, and doesn’t budge one iota from her position. Her fundamentalist authoritarian nihilism will live in infamy
Historians will ask why so much was wasted by so many people for so little gain. There’ll be just two answers. The first: so UK could delude itself it was a major world player & sign meaningless trade agreements. The second, far more important: because our PM disliked foreigners.
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