Thread by @fascinatorfun

May's manner, her approach to diplomacy, is so shameful that it is hurting the world's impression of what constitutes the British personality. She is making us look scheming and inept
You can get away with being one of those things. Being both is dreadful. politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/04/…

2/. “We are now stuck in the extraordinary situation of watching our negotiating partner force a more advantageous situation on us against our stated will. This is admittedly for their own reasons.”

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“They have no intention of holding emergency summits every month to extend the timetable again each time May fails. So they prefer a 1-year extension which can be cancelled whenever a deal is agreed.”

As was always the case under A50(3)
She just isn’t honest enough to say so

4/. “What a stain on our national reputation for us to be treating a democratic institution with such little respect. And this, of course, is being instigated by Brexiters whose entire argument rested on the absence of democracy in Europe.”

5/. “That democracy always existed and now we smear and sabotage it for our own grubby self-interest without even a flicker of recognition about the hypocrisy and shamefulness it involves.”

6/. Here he captures my mood with precision.

If @IanDunt doesn’t win an important award for political commentary then something is wrong with the award system.

Consistently well researched and informative

Simplifies complex legal and regulatory information

Observes with great acuity, wit and sharpness

Always good values