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Labour's head of Brexit, Keir Starmer, announced that we were at the stage of campaigning for a public vote IN JANUARY.
Every time Labour spokespeople say it's not yet time to campaign for a public vote, they're telling us that NOBODY SHOULD TRUST LABOUR!
There is a term for people who tell you they're being faithful to you, then while being manifestly disloyal, tell you that YOU'RE the one being unreasonable... It's what the Labour Party is currently doing to its members and half the country.
Prove me wrong. START CAMPAIGNING!
The message is so simple:
▪️We oppose No Deal (That's in your manifesto. EASY)
▪️The Tory Deal leaves us less sovereign than EU members. (Brexit voters agree. EASY)
▪️Public vote is the only way to save UK sovereignty.
▪️Let's put this to bed so Labour can deliver real change
"In this time of national crisis, Labour has a responsibility not just to oppose, but to offer a constructive path forward".
That means it's not enough to just oppose No Deal and vote for a public vote when it comes. Labour must actively support an alternative path.
So CAMPAIGN!!
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Labour is NOT getting access to the Single Market post Brexit.
The deal isn't happening. No Deal obviously loses that access. And PM Boris Johnson will not be negotiating for Single Market access.
So anyone in Labour not pushing for a Peoples Vote is de-facto supporting No Deal.
Now that means all of ⬇️⬇️⬇️THIS⬇️⬇️⬇️ will be on YOUR personal shoulders.
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Remainers, please...
We cannot treat every Brexit-voter like they're the synthetic love-child of Farage & Tommy Robinson. A couple of people I saw today treated a typical "posh Tory brexiteer" as if he was actual Hitler. We only fix the UK through CONSTRUCTIVE national dialogue.
I may have revealed my view of "posh Brexiteers" with that tweet. As far as I'm concerned, middle class remainers who just want status quo and middle class Brexiteers who are happy to let the struggling struggle more for their vision of sovereignty... Bad as each other.
Because half of the comments seem to be along the lines of "Too late Femi. You're responsible for this" I suppose I should probably leave this here.
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Now imagine having this conversation 5 times in the space of 2 hours with different people.
Now, I don't drink, but...
In a few minutes I'm going to start work on the footage from a conversation that makes the one above look extremely civil.
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