Thread by @adampayne26

Nick Boles tells @ifgevents that his former Tory party is "putting it bluntly, now a party of old, rich people... Most of them have a full pension pot and literally no connection with the world of work... They are driving the politics of our governing party" #IfGBrexit

@ifgevents Boles says the idea that the Brexit impasse is due to the House of Commons finding it hard to compromise is a "frankly pathetic" and "most appallingly lame" excuse. He blames the failure of cross-party efforts on a lack of leadership by Theresa May #IfGBrexit

@ifgevents Boles says the Tory party is "overdue a very long time in the wilderness while it works out what it believes in" #IfGBrexit

@ifgevents Boles says MPs who want to stop no-deal are likely to strike at the beginning of Sept and beginning of Oct

However, he admits it is currently "not entirely clear what that route [to stopping no-deal] is" #IfGBrexit

@ifgevents Nick Boles tells me he'd "be amazed" if more MPs didn't quit the Tories and Labour to become independent in the near future #IfGBrexit
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@ifgevents Boles: "Boris is going to be a prisoner just as much - if not more - than Theresa May was" #IfGBrexit @ifgevents

@ifgevents Boles says he is reaching a point where he thinks some people "need to experience no-deal Brexit" for there to be a significant shift in public opinion

"When things start to get dicey, maybe people will start to listen" #IfGBrexit