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If we stay in the EU, we can eat Xmas food at Xmastime. If #ChaosBrexit happens, “This could leave British shoppers having to turn to the likes of turkey, stuffing and pigs-in-blankets as regular fresh food supplies run low.” H/t @MrSandy_P /52
If we stay in the EU, cancer patients can continue to have treatment with certain radioactive isotopes. These are as unstable as a Slytherin Tory cabinet minister and cannot be stockpiled. H/t @Dr_PhilippaW /53
If we stay in the EU, we can spend £100m between now and Hallowe’en – more than 2x what Proctor & Gable will spend in that time says @kacidama – on sexy shit such as the NHS, transport, education, jobs, housing and cool Hallowe’en costumes.
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Telegraph article mentioned in preceding tweet: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/… /54.2
If we stay in the EU, we can regain common understanding that intolerance & abusive behaviour are unacceptable. Robert Vidler targeted six MPs w/ voicemails & abusive calls: “If you f*** up Brexit we will cut your f***** throat" H/t to @fascinatorfun: /55
If we stay in the EU, schools can stay open with enough food for students’ meals. “Schools may have to close, exams could be disrupted... according to a secret gov’t analysis of the risks of a no-deal Brexit obtained by the Observer.” theguardian.com/politics/2019/… h/t @gavinesler /56
If we stay in the EU, we can keep strong employment protections. New int’l trade secretary Liz Truss “met with hard right pressure groups in Washington DC last year to learn about the benefits of Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda”. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/08/04/liz… h/t @trevorw1953 /57
If we stay in the EU, UK citizens travelling or living in other EU member states will continue to receive access to emergency medical treatment under the same conditions as for nationals anywhere in the EU using their EHICs. /58
If we stay in the EU, young British people too can travel via using a #DiscoverEU pass to “...explore Europe ...mainly by rail, learn from other cultures, make new friendships, and explore _their European identity_”. H/t @smilinglaura for posting /59
If we stay in the EU, we can set policies and elect leaders we – and the rest of the world – can respect. “Watching the long descent of Westminster into something resembling hell has been an exhausting experience.” H/t @LibJackieDem for post
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...John Oliver’s exposé of Johnson on US television: “Johnson’s bumbling persona is a carefully calculated act... It would be bad enough if Boris were just a liar. But he’s also been more than willing to tap into outright bigotry to get ahead.” /60.2
If we stay in the EU, no generation vs generation. ‘A huge majority of older Leave voters say significant damage to the British economy is a “price worth paying” ‘ for Brexit; half over-65s ’would accept a member of their own family losing their job’ independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… /61
If we stay in the EU, we can have real – not imaginary – cash for the NHS. Thread: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1158041… H/t @sallygainsbury And we can stop the damn lying. /62
@sallygainsbury If we stay in the EU, we can protect UK farmers from devastating tariffs, as previously stated by environment secretary Michael Gove: h/t @JMPSimor – altho' he is now saying the diametric opposite ie no deal is fine. And we can stop the damn lying. /63
@sallygainsbury @JMPSimor If we stay in the EU we can avoid recession – which is already "impending" notwithstanding we haven't left yet – and not throw good money after the bad £66m we've already spent on Brexit. And we can stop the damn lying. /64
If we stay in the EU, we can prevent the betrayal of all those who voted Leave but have since – on the basis of all the evidence that Brexit is political, economic, cultural, medical and social suicide – changed their minds. #RemainerNow @RemainerNow /65
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to benefit from extraordinarily good trading arrangements we have with our European neighbours rather than suffering terrible WTO ones or begging the US for concessions. How is begging the US “taking back control”? /66
If we stay in the EU, it’ll keep fighting for:
“• Rich people not to avoid tax;
• Corporations not to smash up our environment;
• People to have the right to love, live and work anywhere; &
• Democracy to be strengthened,
all for 36 pence a day” /67
“• Rich people not to avoid tax;
• Corporations not to smash up our environment;
• People to have the right to love, live and work anywhere; &
• Democracy to be strengthened,
all for 36 pence a day” /67
If we stay in the EU we can continue to modify “Kingdom” with “United”. Otherwise we’re risking disintegrating the union, with Scotland likely first to go. heraldscotland.com/news/17819772.… /68
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to be protected from price fixing etc rather than have to suspend competition law to ensure we have a secure food supply. @IanDunt says it best here – thread: /69
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid having to mitigate the effects of #ChaosBrexit by spending billions of pounds, suspending laws & stockpiling food, medicine and other essentials. @mrjamesob says it best here: /70
If we stay in the EU, it will be because some of our politicians showed mettle and moral fibre by standing up to a coup by BeauJeau the Unready and his Slytherin cabinet. @JolyonMaugham says it best here: /71
If we stay in the EU, around 170,000 companies – responsible for 25% of our trade with the EU – will not need to register with HMRC to continue trading with trade partners on the Continent; our EU membership is registration enough. @tomboadle thread: /72
If we stay in the EU we can avoid “in a reasonable worst case scenario” ie 5,000 lorries a day stuck either side of the Channel which would fill up the space for queuing in a fortnight. @faisalislam says it best – thread: /73
If we stay in the EU, InterRail passes will continue to cover the UK. So young people today can continue to have the benefits enjoyed by my and subsequent generations. @seatsixtyone says it best: /74
If we stay in the EU, we wouldn’t need politicians to take our own government to court to try to stop said government from driving the UK into the worst self-harm a nation has ever contemplated in living memory. @heidiallen75 says it best: #Pollyanna /75
If we stay in the EU, 45K dairy cows may be spared from slaughter as contingency plan because their milk will be too expensive to process if we have a #ChaosBrexit meaning NI won’t be able to mix milk fr N & S. @sturdyAlex explains. Gov’t denies. /76
If we stay in the EU we’ll retain the benefits of a shared security system. “The UK’s safety & security would suffer from a no-deal Brexit & no amount of planning and preparation can erase the risk,” says UK’s head of counter-terrorism. H/t @sturdyAlex /77
If we stay in the EU, that would prevent the food shortages & price rises predicted by a bunch of big supermarkets to Reuters. UK appears in no wise ready for #ChaosBrexit other than stockpiling pasta, loo roll & bottled water. That’s a bland diet. @sturdyAlex elucidates: /78
If we stay in the EU, we can have peaceful lives not martial law. “The civil service are ‘prepping’ for all possibilities including putting troops on the streets of UK cities to stop rioting over food shortages”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed metro.co.uk/2019/01/27/mar… /79
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the cherry tomatoes
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
stockpiling
for Brexit
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
h/t William Carlos Williams – poems we can write #IfWeStayInTheEU
independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-… /80
I have eaten
the cherry tomatoes
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
stockpiling
for Brexit
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
h/t William Carlos Williams – poems we can write #IfWeStayInTheEU
independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-… /80
If we stay in the EU, we can (for example) feed children from low-income families instead of squandering public funds on bribing the DUP, mopping up Chris Grayling’s fuck-ups, tax cuts for the rich and @ChaosBrexit. Thx @davidschneider & @pimlicat
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If we stay in the EU, we can stay in the EU! C’mon, peeps: Croissants! Caffè macchiato! Finocchiona! Burrata! Pastéis de Nata! Trahanas! Courgette flowers stuffed w/ feta! Franciacorta! Baguette! Cortado! Percebes (Orcs’ toenails, below)! Bacalau! Chiperones! Sachertorte! /82 
If we stay in the EU, we will keep freedom of movement. “Make new friends, learn & experience new things. Broaden my thinking. Change who I am & how I see things, says @jwahjwah /83
If we stay in the EU, we will continue to attract world class scientists to the UK’s industries and universities. Otherwise we risk losing them to more tolerant countries where they can benefit from EU research funds. @mikegalsworthy & pals say it best /84
If we stay in the EU, we can prioritise jobs & livelihoods. “This isn't forecasts we're looking at today. These [are] the real performance of the British economy, real jobs, real livelihoods, being put at risk by govt“ @wesstreeting thread: /86
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to find international solutions to global challenges “by working in partnership with others: Peace ❘ Security ❘ Prosperity ❘ Human rights ❘ Climate change #ThisIsTheEU 🇪🇺”. @OldBobCyprus says it best:
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If we stay in the EU, we can continue to legislate in the European Parliament & to negotiate with our fellow EU members as equals, rather than be dictated to in post-Brexit negos where WE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AWAY ALL OUR BARGAINING POWER. @LibJackieDem /88
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid:
• Food & medication shortages
• Collapse of UK manufacturing & farming
• Collapse of £
• NI peace in danger
• Many job losses
• Security weakened
• Kent = lorry park
• Everyone poorer except Brexit elite
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• Food & medication shortages
• Collapse of UK manufacturing & farming
• Collapse of £
• NI peace in danger
• Many job losses
• Security weakened
• Kent = lorry park
• Everyone poorer except Brexit elite
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If we stay in the EU, the Government could spend “whatever it takes” to:
• end foodbanks
• eliminate poverty
• decent homes for everyone
• outstanding schools & colleges
• social care
• dignity/quality of life for disabled
• end homelessness
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• end foodbanks
• eliminate poverty
• decent homes for everyone
• outstanding schools & colleges
• social care
• dignity/quality of life for disabled
• end homelessness
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If we stay in the EU, British people won’t die from medication shortages. “Health Secretary Matt Hancock... publicly refused to rule out that people could die due to medicine shortages if Britain crashes out of the EU with “no deal”. /91
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid:
"Two of six oil refineries could close"
"Food prices will rise...into next decade"
"Courts face being overwhelmed"
"No checks on Irish border... unsustainable, new agreement with Brussels needed"
etc Ta @gavinsblog
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"Two of six oil refineries could close"
"Food prices will rise...into next decade"
"Courts face being overwhelmed"
"No checks on Irish border... unsustainable, new agreement with Brussels needed"
etc Ta @gavinsblog
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If we stay in the EU, we can ‘ensure that goods that are "identified by the Government as being critical to the preservation of human and animal welfare and/or national security" ‘ continue to come into the UK as usual and not waste £300m... /93a
arranging for ‘trucks loaded with food & medicines to be flown into Britain on cargo planes’ as part of #SlytherinCabinet's ‘plan to beat queues at Dover after’ a #ChaosBrexit. DoT organising planes to air-lift vital supplies in case of #ChaosBrexit. Thx @christopherhope /93b
If we stay in the EU, businesses won’t be damaged so we won’t need to waste taxpayers’ money propping them up after #ChaosBrexit as per the watch list drawn up by minister in charge of exit prep Michael Gove’s "Operation Kingfisher". Thx @juliehinukeu /94
If we stay in the EU, we can retain UK's position as "scientific superpower". Chair of Wellcome Trust – which provides ~£1bn a year to support research – says “damage has already been done” by threat of no deal, “with loss of researchers and influence” bbc.co.uk/news/business-… /95
If we stay in the EU, we can retain all the gains in equality & gender parity women have made in the EU. ECHR worries ”Brexit could mean future equality & human rights protections under the EU are not binding in UK law & existing ones may be removed” theguardian.com/law/2018/jul/2… /96
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to enjoy citizens of other member states coming here to be nurses, baristas, hoteliers, entrepreneurs, students and scientists – and the RECIPROCAL right for all British citizens in the other 27 member states. /97
If we stay in the EU, our Parliament can re-focus on all the shit that _really_ matters: NHS, schools, ending poverty and homelessness,, stopping automatic parental rights being given to men who have fathered a child through rape... chng.it/LZvbCSFPW2 /98a
making non-fatal strangulation a specific offense, mitigating the effects of GFC & austerity, being part of the European Parliament ECJ & ECHR so we continue to influence the direction & development of the EU... etc and stop dealing with Brexshit. chng.it/zHF2cDvVN5 /98b
If we stay in the EU, we can hope those visitors from other EU countries who have stopped visiting London will come back. This figure fell by 750K – 3/4 of a million! or 9% – in 2018, “in a ‘Brexit boycott’ that will alarm tourism bosses”. standard.co.uk/news/london/vi… /99
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid massive job losses, which will result from the already shrinking economy. statista.com/chart/18962/to… Congratulations @pimlicat you won the prize for choosing the 100th tweet!!! Three gold stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ /100
If we stay in the EU, the £ will recover and our money will go further when we travel on the Continent. “After much turmoil, the pound is now at a 23-month low against the euro meaning that £1 is now only worth €1.09.” Thx @HenryCPorter manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/c… /101
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to save the lives of people with cancer and other life threatening illnesses, and improve the lives of those with chronic illnesses. We are in no wise prepared. Please consider signing @WendyNowak’s petition /102
If we stay in the EU we can prevent businesses from closing down or moving to the Continent & taking loads of jobs with them. Sony, Dyson, Flybmi, Nissan, Honda, Ford, Moneygram, Philips, P&O, Airbus, Barclays, Hitachi, JPMorgan, Citibank, etc etc /103
If we stay in the EU we can STOP: (a) wasting time, energy & money on #ChaosBrexit prep; and (b) ALL THE LYING. Lying by any other name – "it's not correct" – IS STILL LYING. Sorry to shout; @Emmabarnett
deals with IDS much more politely yet firmly: /104
deals with IDS much more politely yet firmly: /104
@Emmabarnett If we stay in the EU, we can preserve the Good Friday Agreement. @shockproofbeats says, Brexiters want a nonsense: "borders that are stronger, more impenetrable and back under Britain’s Control™ while also being open, invisible and frictionless" /105
If we stay in the EU, dual nationality families can stay together without anguish and heartache. @edpetrie writes, "My [French] wife cried a lot for 2 days. She loved our tolerant country and felt that over half the population now wanted her gone." /106
If we stay in the EU, UK businesses can carry on operating smoothly and profitably both here and all across Europe. Thanks @donnyc1975 for posting #PollyannaProject /107
If we stay in the EU we can stick with our own / European high food standards rather than accepting chlorinated chicken, antibiotic beef and GM crops. Thx @VeeCee30 /108
If we stay in the EU we can protect against damage to the hard won peace along the Irish border which ended the Troubles and has held for 21 years today. @pimlicat says it best: /109
If we stay in the EU, we’ll continue to participate in its quest for peace: the EU “has been an integration project directed at preserving peace among its Member States – a fundamental objective that it has succeeded in achieving for over 60 years” /110
If we stay in the EU, we can save loads of farm animals from unnecessary slaughter – and save the taxpayer having to buy up their carcasses to prop up demand, using £500m from the #MagicToryMoneyTree. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-… /111
If we stay in the EU, we can have:
• NHS
• Farms
• Motor industry
• Meds
• Fewer food banks
• Fewer job losses
• Cheaper holidays
• Stronger pound
• Not be US vassal state
• Keep FoM, rights & protections esp. employment, parental
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• NHS
• Farms
• Motor industry
• Meds
• Fewer food banks
• Fewer job losses
• Cheaper holidays
• Stronger pound
• Not be US vassal state
• Keep FoM, rights & protections esp. employment, parental
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If we stay in the EU our agriculture will thrive rather than experience “agricultural Armageddon” in which “half of Britain’s farms would go out of business”, says a report fr @farmers4pv – @pollytoynbee writes about the anticipated devastation:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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If we stay in the EU, there’s a coherent plan for a stable economic future. Unlike what Johnson proposes. “The minute Brexiters have to write down their ‘plan’, expose it to scrutiny & explain the detail, the whole thing will fall apart.” @mrjamesob /114
If we stay in the EU, we’ll continue to be able to purchase food, fuel & medications and have no delays at ports & borders nor a hard border with Ireland. What a contrast to what a story in the Sunday Times predicts if a no deal #ChaosBrexit happens /115.1
If we stay in the EU, for instance, I’ll continue to get my three meds that come from Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. The Dutch one has to be refrigerated and will not keep so can’t be stockpiled. Really, really hope we stay in the EU. /115.2
If we stay in the EU, we can eat pork free of ractopamine. “Because of safety concerns, about 160 nations ban or restrict the use of this drug during pig production, including all countries in the EU, Russia and China” but it’s in 60-80% of US pork: /116
If we stay in the EU we won’t risk _in the government’s own words_ “severe extended delays” to meds as 75% of these enter UK “via the main Channel crossing”, or return of hard Irish border, or shortages & price rises for food & petrol, or... other. /117
If we stay in the EU we can keep our European friends, family, valued colleagues, NHS employees, baristas, those in hospitality, actors... etc etc close. If not, well, I’ll let @davidschneider explain:
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@davidschneider If we stay in the EU, multinational families can live peacefully where they like. @IAmMardikins was born & lives in Sweden & is technically (but not officially) Swedish, also English & Irish. "I have more than one country. That's part of my identity." /119
@davidschneider @IAmMardikins If we stay in the EU, the UK will continue to have a sufficient balance of trade to keep being able to afford to trade with other countries. Otherwise... well, I'll let @tfoale explain it to you in this thread:
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If we stay in the EU we can continue to have the same environmental and employment protections we currently enjoy. Whereas if we leave these will “diverge” from European standards as the Tories confirm they intend to strip away such protections.
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If we stay in the EU, we can redeploy precious time, energy and money rather than squandering it on Brexit. If we have a no deal @ChaosBrexit or indeed any other kind, we will spend the next decade – at least – negotiating our way out of the economic doghouse. /122
@ChaosBrexit Let's stay in the EU to retain our values. Peter Reid: "I didn’t make some lofty economic argument... I just reminded [my mum] of the people she was aligning herself with. People who do not represent us... share the same values as us... speak for us." tiny.cc/brexshit /123
If we stay in the EU, our fuel refineries will remain viable. @faisalislam: ‘Under current gov’t [Brexit] plans they face a "danger to viability" fr cheaper imports’ while exports to EU are hit with tariffs – both economic & national security threats. /124
If we stay in the EU we can keep having a soft border with Ireland. @pmdfoster: a trucker at the Polish border told him, “I was listening to people [in Belfast] talking about the border... I thought they didn’t really understand what a border means.” /125
If we stay in the EU we can reclaim the meaning of words like “democracy” and “ethics”. @davidschneider explains it best: /126
If we stay in the EU we can save £££ – Brexit has cost £1K pp since 2016 (EU membership costs ~£63pp/year & worth £3K/year/family), reignite foreign investment into the UK & regain the 3% GDP we’ve lost. Oh, & have better sex lives, thx @RosChappell. /127
@RosChappell If we stay in the EU, we can keep our beloved NHS. "Nobody voted to kill the NHS, yet with" prospect of no deal @ChaosBrexit & ending FOM, gov't "might as well start planning its funeral" incl the loss of "the 65,000 EU citizens who work for the NHS". /128
If we stay in the EU, our economy will continue to flourish, whereas if we leave our economy will be damaged, perhaps irreparably. “most independent economists and the Bank of England forecast [Brexit] will have negative consequences for the economy.” ft.com/content/40c604… /129
If we stay in the EU, we remain a strong, independent nation that’s part of a powerful trade bloc, not the vassal state of the US headed up by a lying, racist bully. /130
If we stay in the EU, we keep F of Movement so won’t threaten the life, love & livelihood of @ChefConsultant “award-winning chef who cooked at the 2012 Olympics” & lived UK 15yrs was “refused the right to remain indefinitely in the UK after Brexit” inews.co.uk/news/uk/settle… /131
If we stay in the EU it will benefit our foreign interests, while 25 former senior UK ambassadors warn, in a letter to The Times, that a no-deal Brexit would be “biggest unilateral abandonment” of such foreign interests in modern history. @OliverKamm /132
If we stay in the EU we can prevent US firms from running our NHS into the ground. “Ministers should allow US healthcare companies to compete with the NHS to run hospitals as part of a free-trade pact after Brexit.” #SaveOurNHS Thx @Femi_Sorry /133
If we stay in the EU, we won’t have police deployed along the NI-Irish border. Ministers have drawn up plans to deploy police officers fr Scotland & England to the Northern Ireland border if sectarian violence spirals post-Brexit thetimes.co.uk/article/englis… /134
If we stay in the EU, no need to stockpile food, meds, loo roll... which currently 25% of voters are doing: theguardian.com/politics/2019/… /135
If we stay in the EU, we will maintain our international standing as a reputable and responsible nation which complies with its obligations under laws, treaties and the like news.sky.com/story/brexit-b… /136
If we stay in the EU, we’ll continue to receive imports of insulin and other key medications from other member states without disruption theargus.co.uk/news/17858761.… /137
If we stay in the EU, the south of the UK won’t use the north of the UK as a rubbish dump, which bizarrely seems to be the plan if Brexit happens independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… /138
If we stay in the EU, we will be doing what the majority of people in the UK now think is the right thing. See for instance: /139
If we stay in the EU, we can stop the UK being flogged off to the higher overseas bidder #SellingEnglandByThePound theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/… /140
If we stay in the EU, we can begin to bridge some of the divides of the referendum. “People from across the political spectrum are united in their outrage at the blatant contempt Johnson has shown for the mother of parliaments.” independent.co.uk/voices/boris-j… /141
If we stay in the EU, we can recoup the lost foreign direct investment we’ve begun to lose due to Brexit, which @chrisgiles_ reports “has cut UK productivity by between 2 and 5 %, according to Bank of England research.” /142
If we stay in the EU, the EU citizens undergoing terrifying & unnecessary settled status applications can stay w/ their families & carry on w/ their lives. “Where do I go? It is really, really scary,” says Italian Anna Amato, who’s been here 40 years. /143
If we stay in the EU, we won’t face potential food shortages, the extent of which gov’t has no clue. @BethRigby eg ‘people will get "the food they need". So, not the food they want? Shortages in some supplies or spike in prices on some food stuffs?’ /144
If we stay in the EU, UK expats in other member states won’t have their pensions frozen: “government would continue paying the annual increases” – higher of wage growth, inflation or 2.5% – “for 3 years“ afterwards “but gave no guarantees after that” ft.com/content/633456… /145
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to travel freely around Europe. If not, travel to the Continent will be... nightmarish. Travellers “will face restrictions on journeys of just a few hours to the EU if Britain crashes out of the bloc on Oct. 31.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/… /146
If we stay in the EU, we can use the money being wasted by govt on Brexit preparations and no deal propaganda on schools and the NHS. Govt website “Utterly, woefully useless. Full of x 'may' happen so check with y (who isn't likely to know either).” /147
If we stay in the EU, delays to lorries arr. at Dover will still be 2 mins. If not, that delay could be two days, some vehicles would cancel deliveries & govt says this “could lead to shortages of goods on shelves and medical supplies in hospitals”. news.sky.com/story/brexit-c… /148
If we stay in the EU, we‘ll show the UK is tolerant & welcoming of diversity, not parochial & xenophobic. The week after now PM wrote a column referring to veiled Muslim women as “letterboxes” & “bank robbers”, anti-Muslim incidents increased by 375%. theguardian.com/politics/2019/… /149
If we stay in the EU, our manufacturing activity would recover. “UK manufacturing output crashed to a seven-year low in August as Brexit doubts intensify and a wider economic slowdown hurts firms, according to IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index.” cityam.com/uk-manufacturi… /150
If we stay in the EU, we can save loadsa money to spend on NHS, schools, etc “Brexit has cost Britain £800 million a week since the referendum and a disorderly no-deal... could force an emergency interest rate cut,” said a Bank of England policymaker. thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit… /151
If we stay in the EU, this will continue to bring us – “beyond economic success –
🔅a shared cultural identity
🔅geo-political solidarity
🔅freedom of movement
🔅a broadened worldview
🔅... “
Thx @BritaHirsch
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🔅a shared cultural identity
🔅geo-political solidarity
🔅freedom of movement
🔅a broadened worldview
🔅... “
Thx @BritaHirsch
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If we stay in the EU, we can retain & reclaim our core values as a nation. “what makes Johnson and his fellow Leave charlatans so dangerous” is “they erode still further the very cultural foundations of our democracy. More damaging than any ‘coup’?”
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If we stay in the EU we can remain safe from threats of "fuel shortages", "troops", "rationing". “It's as if the British government has declared war on Britain. Why isn't any of this mentioned in the government's £100m Brexit ‘information’ campaign?”
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If we stay in the EU, we can avert medication shortages. My pharmacist told me today, in his whole career, he’s never seen so many medications out of stock. And that’s just in the run-up to Brexit – imagine if it actually happened. #DeathByBrexit #NoToDeathByBrexit
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And “1000s of people warning they could die if a no-deal Brexit triggers medicine shortages. Last week health unions warned crashing out of the EU w/o a deal could ‘devastate’ the NHS & disrupt the supply of life-saving medicines for up to 6 months.”
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And “No-deal Brexit could hit cancer trials that save children’s lives. UK researchers fear being blocked from EU-wide testing of treatments for diseases including rare childhood cancers.”
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If we stay in the EU, the car industry (incl. jobs & foreign investment) might stay. If not, "UK electric car supplier Yasa... will be forced to put [new] site in Europe... because its European customers will not be happy to pay the cost of tariffs." ft.com/content/6f34d5… /156
If we stay in the EU, we'd avoid recession. KPMG says no-deal Brexit wd "have a significant short-term economic impact on the UK, plunging the country into recession, causing a rise in unemployment and prompting an estimated 6% slide in house prices". ft.com/content/f60905… /157
If we stay in the EU, UK companies can stop including warnings in their annual reports "that a no-deal Brexit would be disastrous for them". No. of companies doing this "more than doubled in the past six months", according to Companies House filings. ft.com/content/9811b7… /158
If we stay in the EU, Axminster Carpets (carpets Buckingham Palace) can be saved. Due to current "challenging" market outlook, "sustained uncertainty relating to Brexit" & "lack of consumer-spending confidence" they're seeking voluntary redudancies. devonlive.com/news/devon-new… /159
If we stay in the EU, Toyota will keep building cars in the UK. If not, "Japan’s Toyota will not build cars at its British factory the day after Britain leaves the European Union as part of plans to handle any disruption from a potentially disorderly Brexit". /160
If we stay in the EU, maybe we can still save Isle of Skye Chocolate. Now, "the island-based chocolate maker has ceased trading with its owners blaming the uncertainties and costs linked to Brexit" as the cost of materials has risen 20% due to the drop in the value of the £ /161
If we stay in the EU, British cancer patients can continue to have chemo with the best radioactive isotopes for their disease. “Messing up the nuclear med delivery meant people across the whole region would miss essential chemotherapy treatments” 162
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid “a profound act of long term national diminishment –squandering our leadership in Europe and through it much of our influence in the wider world”.
@mdouganlpool explains it best: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1172558… /163a
@mdouganlpool explains it best: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1172558… /163a
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid “one of the largest & most far-reaching decisions, by any population in modern history, to disenfranchise itself from a vast range of rights and freedoms, protections and safeguards”. @mdouganlpool explains it best: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1172558… /163b
If we stay in the EU, we can avoid “making a mockery of the UK as a mature & responsible democracy” thus setting a “precedent of rewarding systematic political dishonesty“ w/ “self-inflicted damage to our reputation & standing” says
@mdouganlpool: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1172558… /163c
@mdouganlpool: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1172558… /163c
If we stay in the EU, we can continue to have all the rights and privileges currently accorded to us as part of a member state. /164
If we stay in the EU, we’ll retain “respect for & confidence in our MPs, courts & the rule of law; the capacity of our unwritten constitution to resolve an important argument about our governance without resort to coercion”. Leave & risk losing ‘em. itv.com/news/2019-09-1… /165
If we stay in the EU, it’ll be because we don’t have a government that seeks to implement policies for which it has no mandate by proroguing Parliament, and a prime minister who doesn’t compare him- or herself to a Marvel superhero. @MarkRuffalo says: /166
If we stay in the EU we can start counteracting the growing influence of far-right extremism. The UK head of counter-terrorism says this comprises “the fastest-growing terror threat in the UK“, linked to seven of the 22 plots foiled since March 2017.
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If we stay in the EU, we can go back to having a non-adversarial relationship with Ireland rather than “Bareknuckle Steve threatens Ireland with a medicine shortage in the event of a 'no deal'! What next? We gonna starve the Irish out?” – @pmdfoster /168
