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Alex Andreou
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Never suggest to a righteous Corbyn supporter that perhaps they may enjoy privilege they're not even aware of. It does not go down well.
Blocked now, of course. Here is the conversation.
The fact is, this attitude is prevalent, not only among Labour supporters, but within Labour leadership. There are many who think the chaos caused by Brexit will be some sort of opportunity for a purer form of socialism than is available while in the EU.
I understand the instinct. I think it is hugely misguided, but I understand it. As a migrant, however, I cannot possibly continue to belong to the same party as people who see the destruction of my rights as acceptable collateral damage to their revolution.
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George Eustice MP on @BBCr4today "the EU would not even negotiate a trade deal with the UK until after we have left". An outright lie. EU proposed (and UK accepted) a sequential negotiation - withdrawal settled before future relationship. This was meant to start December 2017.
This is SUCH a plain and public fact, discussed at such length on @BBCr4today at the time, by the very same interviewers, it is simply astounding that an assertion like this can be left unchallenged. It is a failure of basic journalism.

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@Jo_Coburn, @BBCVickiYoung, @BBCNormanS, @adamboultonSKY, @krishgm, @faisalislam This is likely to be trotted out all day today. I've heard it twice already. Please don't let it be put on record unchallenged. xx
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“You have to leave no-deal on the table. It’s only the threat of no-deal that will bring the EU back to the negotiations”, says David Davis. Here’s a thread explaining why this is utter bunkum and why, in fact, keeping no-deal on the table is hugely counterproductive. 1/9
For no-deal to be an effective threat, one central condition must be met: it must be a CREDIBLE threat. And no-deal simply is not. UK preparations are just not advanced enough. Hell, preparations are not even advanced enough to leave WITH a deal, let alone without. 2/9
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Alex Andreou
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Here’s the problem with May’s concept of #Brexit in a single extract from her speech. “Brexit does not belong to Parliament. It belongs to the whole country. It belongs to the people who voted for it and want to see it implemented, so we can move on to a more prosperous future.”
Only the people who voted for Brexit are NOT the whole county. The 16 million who voted Remain are also the country. The people who abstained are also the country. The youth who was deemed ineligible is also the country. The migrants who were disenfranchised are also the country.
This is why “Remoaners” like me have not “accepted” Brexit and will never accept it. This is why the UK, with three weeks to go, still cannot tell the EU whatbit wants with any clarity. This is why May’s approach commands no support - and no respect - in the House of Commons.
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You Mark Curtis & the Corbyn cult are IMO dangerous idiots if you downplay this.
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