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Fionna O'Leary, Rees Mogg Can Call me Sir #FBPE
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“Conservative rebels said they felt “liberated” walking through the lobbies facing imminent deselection as they backed moves to stop no-deal Brexit, with several emphasising that the government’s threats had been the catalyst for their decisions.” theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
“Ed Vaizey, the former culture minister who had kept his intentions secret until the vote, said he felt liberated by his decision to rebel. “When you hear those speeches in the House of Commons by Antoinette Sandbach and Ken Clarke, you just know you are on the right side,”
“Rory Stewart, the former international development secretary, also joked as he won GQ’s politician of the year that it came on the night he had ceased to be a politician.”

We have spoiled children in Government.

No wisdom.

No foresight

No kindness.
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Fionna O'Leary, Rees Mogg Can Call me Sir #FBPE
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What a line up of libertarians Johnson has pulled into Number 10. Eg

“Danny Kruger, who stood down as a Tory candidate in 2005 ..after causing controversy by saying he thought there should be a “period of creative destruction in the public services”. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Or Munira Mirza, who heads Johnson’s policy unit after serving as his deputy mayor for arts for eight years. Her appointment to such a senior job in charge of all policy was unexpected given her lack of experience in Westminster politics.

⬇️ @Otto_English @JRogan3000
Not to mention so many of the Vote Leave staffers. Matthew Elliot, Chloe Westley, Lee Cain, now director of communications; Rob Oxley, the prime minister’s press secretary; and Oliver Lewis, a policy expert.
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Fionna O'Leary, Rees Mogg Can Call me Sir #FBPE
@fascinatorfun
The unpublished Cambridge Analytica Interview - ⁦@carolecadwalla⁩

November 2016. Nix uses the present tense to say they are mainly working in the USA AND UK.

Collects data right down to what you put in your shopping basket.

Not from Facebook medium.com/@hnsgr/the-unp…
So who were Cambridge Analytica working with in the U.K. in November 2016? @brexit_sham

The Foreign Office? Who else? We know AiQ had teamed up with Hanbury Strategy by June 2017

Also interesting how he describes the “profit” they bring in digitally.
“most people didn’t understand that Trump got 280 $290 million of small dollar donations. , almost all of this was driven through digital..and it was all data-driven and highly targeted. And when we’re talking about people donating anywhere from $5 to $20, “
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Fionna O'Leary, Rees Mogg Can Call me Sir #FBPE
@fascinatorfun
“If there have been worse performances from a prime minister at the dispatch box in the last five years, no one could remember them. Much more of this and letters will be piling up in the 1922 Committee demanding the return of Theresa May.”

theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
2/. “Long before the end of his 90-minute appearance, most of his Tory MPs had left. Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold.”
3/. “The PPI claims hotline for duff prime ministers would soon be in meltdown.”

@JohnJCrace on absolutely cracking excoriating form here.
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tony nog #FBPE
@tony_nog
1) the fate of the country on #Brexit relies on one man doing the right thing

What this informed article tells us is that the sure fire way of stopping no deal is a specific vote of no confidence followed by an alternative government within 14 days

prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/how-c…
2) not to be overdramatic but all other routes are risky and could be blocked. But constitutionally the primary defence against a rogue government remains in place, vote no confidence, bring Johnson down, form a new government around an alternative PM and pass legislation
3) So there is only one actual blocker - Corbyn. Either insufficient MPs believe he can command the confidence of the house or insufficient (Tory mostly but not exclusively) would support him.

But if he is forced out, insufficient left Labour MPs would support anyone else
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Jon Worth
@jonworth
If there is to be a way to stop No Deal Brexit by legislative means next week, it is Conservative MPs putting the future of the UK (and its representative democracy) above their own futures that are going to have to do it

Here follows a thread of Tories saying the right things!
Antoinette Sandbach
@Sandbach

"prorogation [...] an affront to democratic accountability"
Dr Phillip Lee
@DrPhillipLeeMP

"Conservative MPs need to stand up and be counted next week [..] it put up or shut up time"
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Jon Worth
@jonworth
The last 48 hours in matters #Brexit...

AAAAGGGGHHHHHHH

Endless screaming
On the UK side it is all shit. All of it.
We knew Johnson would be shit. And he is a shit. And he even goes and puts his feet on Macron's table and manspreads.

And doesn't listen to Merkel properly, and makes a sort of commitment out of 30 days.
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tony nog #FBPE
@tony_nog
1) Corbyn as caretaker PM? Seriously?

Yes, we want to stop no deal #Brexit, yes we'll go to any lengths, but the solution must be realistic, and it's leader must have some integrity

Corbyn as a caretaker PM is a non starter, and it's surprising so many have been taken in
2) Firstly, Corbyn is simply untrustworthy on #Brexit. Have we all forgotten the 2 steps forward 3 steps back fence sitting? The comments from front benchers undermined within hours by a "Labour spokesman"?

Nothing Corbyn says on Brexit can be taken at face value
3) he is a leaver, this is his priority, so the very idea of a committed but dishonest brexiter leading an anti #Brexit government is too ludicrous to even contemplate. Every day of his premiership would be one of forked tongue non commitments to help shepherd Brexit
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Bruno Waterfield
@BrunoBrussels
#Brexit
EU now see G7 as moment “there will be noise” on Brexit as Johnson holds talks with Juncker/Macron/Merkel/Conte
From Frost meeting last week it was clear UK does not have a plan for new talks
“No deal appears to be UK government’s central scenario,” said senior official
One ambassador said, “there is no desire to negotiate at all,”
UK asking for new EU mandate
“Will [EU] change the mandate? No. Change to what? What is the UK mandate ? There is not one,” said senior official
Frost also admitted that even without the backstop, the ERG could well block a deal
“Even if EU gave up the backstop there is no alternative”
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Lord Snoutintrough #FBPE
@Rowland72James
So #brexit today. The EU confirms hard border in Ireland will result from no deal. Asian industrialist and brexist James Dyson withdraws from UK but interestingly brexit is really cutting across labour tory divide
We hear that many more labour Mps may refuse to back a 2nd Ref than previously thought you may think this is a convenient obstacle but my friend in the Labour Party told me this months ago BUT against this there may be more tories who will back #PeoplesVote than expected
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