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Anyone who says the issues in Northern Ireland are being exaggerated because they're so far in the past that Brexit couldn't possibly aggravate them... is either lying or hasn't spent a single second on the streets of Belfast...

Imagine walking by this every day...
THINK for ONE SECOND!

Decades of bloodshed because some people wanted Northern Ireland to be fully integrated into a united Ireland and others wanted it to be part of the UK.

How do you solve that?

Put the UK and Ireland in the same supranational system.

What does Brexit do?
Here are just some of the ways Brexit breaks the Good Friday Agreement.
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Femi
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Every time I made a point, Lucy Harris said I was confusing her.

52% voted for an unspecified Brexit in 2016.
Lucy admitted that there are versions of Brexit the majority don't want.
54% voted for Parties whose manifestos ruled out No Deal.
So No Deal is anti-democratic.
SIMPLE!
I asked Lucy Harris whether most Brexit voters like the deal.
That's a yes or no question. And the answer is no.
I asked whether that proves that there are versions of Brexit that the majority don't want.
Lucy Harris tried to argue that the Withdrawal Agreement isn't Brexit.
So I had to remind her what Article 50 actually says.
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Femi
@Femi_Sorry
Had such an ironic chat with a Brexiteer yesterday.
😡 Stop trying to stop a general election you fascist!
👨🏿‍🦱An election just risks repeating the 2017 election where a majority vote for anti-no-deal parties but no-deal parties get more seats
😡Let people vote!
👨🏿‍🦱We already voted!
It is ****** CRAZY that some Brexiteers are calling for the THIRD general election in 4 years, while also telling us that letting people vote on the end product of the Brexit process is undemocratic.
It's almost as if they're fully aware that Democracy is a continuous process which requires updated mandates from the people when circumstances change.....
But only when it suits them.
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Peter Foster
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⚡️🔥💥Northern Ireland service exports will take hit - even in a Canada-style deal, new research shows.

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Brexit is the backstop; the backstop is #Brexit.

After 3 days in Belfast, talking to all sides, here's what I've learned - on the business and the politics of this deal. And its viability.

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telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
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- all-UK in a temporary customs Union
- Northern Ireland only in Single Market for goods, via devolution
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