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John Bull
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Agreed.

There was perhaps a brief period, in the shock after the referendum result where the PM, with careful handling, could have secured an uneasy soft-Brexit consensus.

What we got instead was 'citizens of nowhere'

We needed a deft PM, we got a daft one. THAT'S May's legacy
You don't build consensus by shouting 'traitor' or 'will of the people' at those who disagree with you.

All you do is make them realise you're NEVER going to see their views as valid.

(the reverse is true as well, and why people should never say 'ALL Brexiters are...' etc)
Theresa May ENABLED the demonisation of a set of people who were just as worried about building a better future, and just as proud of being British as those who voted Leave.

She doubled down on legitimising the politics of othering.

It failed. THAT'S her legacy. And it's shit.
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John Bull
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There are some big old bruiser cats in our neighbourhood, so I've been teaching #notmycat to fight like the Vietcong.

I think it's important for military historians to realise we have transferable skills.
It's important to be flexible on the battlefield though so I've made sure he's capable of digging in too.
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John Bull
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So Nigel Farage is stuck on his campaign bus in Kent surrounded by people holding milkshakes. And Theresa May is hiding in the toilet to avoid her Ministers telling her to resign.

This is NOT how I saw today going.
The bus thing is now being denied BUT OH MY GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S TRUE ANYMORE
Or is it actually true, the Sun is claiming the bus driver as a source but it's the Sun so aaaaaargh
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John Bull
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Okay, a quick serous thread on why "you can't laugh at politicians you don't like being milkshaked without being a hypocrite" is utter bollocks.
It is possible to find something both:

1) A sorry reflection on the state of public discourse in Britain
2) Fucking hilarious

This is called nuance. Indeed one might argue that the inability of the extreme right AND left to accept that nuance exists is part of the problem here.
More importantly, the milkshake situation exists PRECISELY BECAUSE the hard right have utterly ABANDONED the norms of political discourse

They have lied, repeatedly, about immigration, Brexit and social welfare, and revelled in the fact that they have faced no consequence for it
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