Thread by @rolandmcs

Maastricht-era euroscepticism is dead.

So are its preferred EFTA-style exit routes.

Hannanism has been trumped by Bannonism. /1

https://twitter.com/rolandmcs/status/1100014007208038400?s=19

The residual rump of EFTA/EEA Leavers have sadly become useful idiots for the rest of Leave.

Abused constantly for being closet Remainers, traitors and included in the 17.4m "who all voted for No Deal", they none the less continue to provide cover for the rest of Leave. /2

And yet EFTA/EEA Leavers generally see how moronic the rest of Leave is. They should be telling the rest of Leave to F*** Off.

Stop validating by association what the rest of Leave are doing in your (17.4m) names. Pull the rug from under them. /3

Sadly, EFTA/EEA people are simultaneously useful idiots for Remain.

Like it or not, support for this EFTA/EEA path now comes with a de facto or de jure customs union.... so-called Common Market 2.0 - a solution that doesn't pass the test of usefulness. /4

CM2.0 fails to satisfy Leavers that it delivers on their 2016 mandate (despite being meant to do so) and it also doesn't satisfy Remainers.

It's a fix that doesn't fix anything. /5

One can't help wondering if EFTA/EEA has become a repository for avoiding hard choices e.g.:

• Avoiding going against "the will of the people"

• Recognising that the other 'real' Leave choices are shit.

Painful or Pointless. /6

I know you think you are defending a high-minded compromise 'bridging' position. But in reality, you are just being used (and thoroughly abused) in a bigger game.

Time to choose. Are you a 'proper' Leaver? Or has the time come to give up on this botched Brexit? /end