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Jo Swinson
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Excited to welcome @Anna_Soubry to Lib Dem conference tonight for @IPPRNorth fringe event - we've certainly both got lots to say about how we disrupt & change our broken politics.

Ahead of that, Anna & @ChukaUmunna write for @libdemvoice.
#ChangePolitics
libdemvoice.org/chuka-umunna-a…
We’ll be live streaming from my FB page – tune in from 20:15 tonight: facebook.com/joswinson/
Had a blast with @Anna_Soubry in York last night and you can catch up on all the fun here: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
And I am so looking forward to having a cup of tea with @heidiallen75 on Tuesday at 6pm - join us live on Facebook and ask us your questions! m.facebook.com/joswinson
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Jo Swinson
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Looks like absolute scenes in Parliament yet again. Key amendment to secure time for Monday debate just being voted on. Big conflab at the clerks table instead of result being announced. Too close? Disputed figures? Andrea Leadsom now reading Erskine May...
@ParlyApp Now all the huddles are behind the Speaker's Chair. Notable that apart from @amandamilling it's mainly men. Speaker in animated conversations. The official HoC photos are going to be quite something. Now point of order asking what on earth going on.
Speaker says the two (Tory & Lab) Chief Whips have been asked to discuss the situation briefly. It's the 'usual channels' in real-time and with TV cameras...
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Jo Swinson
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Voted again tonight FOR a public vote on any Brexit deal, and to #RevokeArticle50 to prevent No Deal.

Voted AGAINST Customs Union and Common Market 2.0 - neither would give the long extension of A50 we need for a #PeoplesVote Ballot paper for Commons indicative votes with an EU flag in the box for a People's Vote
Of course the more sensible way to organise these votes in Parliament would have been to use single transferable vote / alternative vote, so preferences between options could be expressed... Icon saying Single Transferable Vote
FOR-AGAINST

Customs Union 273-276
Common Market 2.0 261-282
Confirmatory Referendum 280-292
Revoke to Avoid No Deal 191-292

HoC can surely find a majority if it combines one of these Brexits with a People's Vote.

On Wed, combination option is what HoC should vote on.
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Jo Swinson
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HoC Brexit indicative votes: FOR-AGAINST

160-400 No Deal
188-283 Common Market 2.0
65-377 EFTA & EEA
264-272 Customs Union
237-307 Labour's 'plan'
184-293 Revoke A50
268-295 Public vote
139-422 WTO terms
Theresa May's deal has - on both attempts - secured significantly less support than a #PeoplesVote achieved tonight.

But the Government groundhog day rhetoric continues...

The public deserves better than this #BrexitShambles - we should #PutItToThePeople Handwritten tallies of votes for different options
Let's just analyse those figures.

#PeoplesVote secured the biggest vote in favour - 268 votes

Obviously I'm not a fan of first past the post, but it did beat all the other options.

In an ironic twist, the vote share on this was 48% - 52%...

#ExitFromBrexit #BrexitShambles
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1) @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse @POTUS
#QAnon No. 3241...
Link 2 #POTUS' Tweet ==> #AdamSchiff "[knowingly] & unlawfully lying & leaking, should be forced 2resign from #Congress!"

He's been one of the "Gang of 8", & having pushed falsifications, must go!
2) #QAnon No. 3242...
Link 2 @RepDougCollins Tweet ==> Release of #NellieOhr transcripts.

Links 2 #DougCollins' Congressional home page ==>
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Link 2 testimony ==>
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Form this doc we fin numerous points of note.
3) Among them, #Q notes age 17 which has #NellieOhr confirming she works for the #C_A as an independent contractor.
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Paul Brand
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BREAK: Results of indicative votes Y/N:
🔹No Deal 160 - 400
🔹Common Market 2.0 188 - 283
🔹EFTA/EEA 65 - 377
🔹Customs Union 264 - 272
🔹Labour Plan 237 - 307
🔹Revoke A50 184 - 293
🔹2nd Ref 268 - 295 ⭐️
🔹WTO 139 - 422

NOTHING has a majority! 2nd ref got largest vote.
After a rollercoaster day, this is helpful for PM. Shows that there is not a majority for anything, but two of these options (customs union, second ref) got bigger support than her own deal.
It is worth noting just how far a second referendum has come in past two years. At first a fringe idea, confined to Lib Dem conference and a few other forums, it now persuades large chunks of the Labour benches and it would seem Tory benches too after tonight.
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Ian Dunt
@IanDunt
Vince Cable about to make the leaders speech at Lib Dem conference bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/b…
He looks knackered.
"Brexit is not inevitable. It can and it must be stopped." Pleasant to hear a party leader say that.
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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb
What’s the point of voting to “moderate the extremes” if the moderate party rules out taking office? newstatesman.com/liberal-democr…
What’s the point in Lib Dem conference debating policy motions if the party’s stated aim for the next parliament is to flop about on the backbenches blocking things occasionally? newstatesman.com/liberal-democr…
The intriguing thesis among some Lib Dem activists is that you can block people through confidence and supply, cos the 2017 parliament has shown us it’s that you can’t get away with shady things if you control the executive but have no majority: newstatesman.com/liberal-democr…
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Margot Bloomstein
@mbloomstein
As we talk about conference codes of conduct and creating more inclusive events and diverse stages—no more #manels!—I want to share a recent conference experience about an upcoming event at which I’ll be speaking and teaching. (thread)
Next week the @Fluxible UX conference is in Kitchener-Waterloo, near Toronto. Now in its 7th year, it promises “an inclusive, cooperative environment where everyone is welcomed, open dialogue is encouraged, and all perspectives are appreciated.” Let’s unpack that vision! (2/?)
The @Fluxible organizers realize that if “everyone is welcome” and “all perspectives are appreciated,” representation on stage matters. So, they put together a speaker lineup diverse in age, gender, ethnicity, industry, expertise, seniority, geography, and other qualities. (3/?)
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Joe Murphy
@JoeMurphyLondon
POLL of LONDON

Lab - 51% (down from 54 in February),
Con - 29 (+1)
Lib Dem 11 (nc)
Greens 4 (nc)
Ukip 2 (f***ed)

Stunning study by @yougov for @philipjcowley and @QMUL
exclusively in tonight's @EveningStandard
@YouGov @philipjcowley @QMUL @EveningStandard Big Story: Labour set to fall short of wiunning Wandsworth & Westminster

Labour are miles ahead .... but note the fallback in Inner London

INNER LONDON:
Labour 59 (down 8 from Feb)
Cons 22 (up 5)

That's likely to cost them the two big prizes, says @philipjcowley at @QMUL
Labour should win Barnet - a big win if that happens - and it would be the first time it turns red since Maggie Thatcher's old borough was created in 1964.
h/t @philipjcowley
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