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Otto English
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My latest piece on the Brexit party's bizarre MP selection process. Turns out they're mighty angry with me asking awkward questions. So under no circumstances share.
bylinetimes.com/2019/07/19/wev…
My thanks to the Brexit party insiders who came forward
Won't be leaving this story until the Brexit party live link inviting applications is taken down.
Seems to have touched a chord. I had to leave out the thoughts of an octogenarian BP member who has now launched a one man battle against the party. Hoping to share those at some point
Meanwhile .... fucking hell
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FARAGE: We had a choice of one candidate how is that democracy?

LUKE: Who voted for you as the Brexit party leader? How many votes were cast for you as leader?

AWKWARD SILENCE

FARAGE: Well I founded it....

Absolute gold.
Farage absolutely kippered there. Incredible work
Farage did not found the Brexit Party. Catherine Blaiklock did. He can't even get his excuses right.
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Otto English
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So I've been sent the link and it's 100% true - the NSDAP (Nazi party) did in 1926 turn its back on the Speaker of the Reichstag...... Nice role models Mr Farage
They are turning their backs on the Speaker and Fritz Löwenthal a Jewish member of the German Communist party in the Reichstag in 1930 not 1926 - the stock photo is wrongly annotated - but the point remains
I many ways worse of course because there's the added disgusting anti-semitism
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Celebrity Doctor David Bull MEP of the Brexit party has filled up my timeline today. David is eager for us to leave the EU but in 2016 he thought quite differently...writing this letter warning of impact on NHS
So why has David changed his mind? Well who knows. All I can speculate is this - in 2018 Dr Bull joined Pagefield the PR/image management company....
Pagefield is run by Mark Gallagher a well known and active Brexiter
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Jon Worth
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Pretty much all the 'analysis' of the Tory leadership election and how it relates to #Brexit is wrong.
This is actually not all a waste of time.

Politics takes the path of least resistance.

Vote a deal, go for No Deal, rescind, call a General Election or hold a 2nd referendum are all *hard*.

Get rid of the leader is the easiest. Like a struggling ⚽️ team sacking its manager.
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1) some of our new #Brexit Party MEPs @jaglancy @BrexitAlex @MartinDaubney & @Fox_Claire have been talking about "defending democracy"

So on that note I'd like to ask them
a) are you actually a party member?
b) is it true I can't join BxP, only "subscribe", like Netflix?
@jaglancy @BrexitAlex @MartinDaubney @Fox_Claire 2)
c) is it true that I therefore can't vote on BxP policy?
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This idea of "consulting subscribers to build the manifesto"
f) how will that work democratically?
g) How do you count "consultations"?
h) who does the counting?
i) who decides the "will of the subscribers"?
j) are you comfortable describing this as a "democratic process"?
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@SakuraNoSeirei
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Nigel Adams, Minister for Wales, and Governement whip has resigned the #Cabinet over #TheresaMay's way forward.

1/n
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Mujtaba Rahman
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Latest piece. With short #Brexit thread
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J.N. PAQUET ✒
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This!
As @theresa_may tells @HouseofCommons it's 'highly likely' Moscow ordered the attack on former Russian spy in Salisbury & most MPs show support to HMG to take strong action against Russia together with West & EU...
Remember this from @Nigel_Farage?
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