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"Are you saying Welsh farmers/ Northern factory-workers voted wrong?"

There's nothing "wrong" with a farmer / car factory-worker voting for a Brexit that keeps their no-tariff frictionless exports to their main market.

It's POLITICIANS forcing a totally different Brexit on them
Now if you're thinking "but they were wrong to trust those politicians", were you, as a remainer, an expert in EU law in 2016? Statistically, no, you weren't. You just trusted a different set of politicians to Leave voters...

Let's be clear:
It is a civic right to be able to trust one's elected politicians.

These are the people who literally make our laws. That makes them our legal representatives. For example, if a lawyer lied to their client about their legal position, YOU WOULDN'T BLAME THE CLIENT!

#Brexit
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I'm not saying Leave voters who said Brexit wouldn't harm EU-UK trade, secretly wanted No-Deal and were just lying.

But if you stay silent when you discover what you said wasn't true i.e. let #NoDealBrexit happen, that's just as bad as lying. The country will never forgive you.
You're going to have to looking your kids in the eye, kids who didn't vote for this, as they're forced to live in the only economy on Earth that doesn't have a single free trade deal with anyone within 2000 miles... BECAUSE OF YOUR VOTE.

Family dinners are going to be so lovely!
OR

You could do the logical, patriotic and democratic thing and recognise that the sovereignty-restoring, EU-UK trade-protecting, smooth Brexit you voted for isn't represented by either Deal or #NoDealBrexit, and campaign alongside your compatriots to make MPs call a referendum.
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Femi
@Femi_Sorry
The whole point of democracy is giving people a say on what affects them.

(e.g Brits lose the right to vote after 15 years abroad)

That's why it's DISGRACEFUL that EU27 citizens, who are the most affected by Brexit, more so than Brits, didn't get a vote.
I mentioned that I met Ginie(in this video) & now several pro-Brexit accounts are trying to use spin conspiracies about her.
I'm disgusted with every single one of them.

Supporting something which risks ruining someone's life then attacking them for reaching out for help?🤮
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Femi
@Femi_Sorry
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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tony nog #FBPE
@tony_nog
1) Brexit party "democracy"
Just spoke to my partner who is pretty switched on and she didn't know that Farage was #Brexit Party leader for life, and has designed the Brexit Party Ltd so that he cannot, ever be voted out

If she doesn't know, 85% of the country doesn't know
2) #Brexit Party are coming out of the woodwork again shouting about "democracy"
@LibDems, @theSNP, @UKLabour, @peoplesvote_uk please consider getting on this

No members
No manifesto
No way to vote on Policy
No way to vote Farage out
All by design
Least democratic org in the UK
3) you can shut down these agitators easily
"Why should I take lessons in democracy from a party with a leader for life?"
"How do I join the Brexit party?Oh I can't can i,I can only give you money?"
"There were other parties in Europe had a leader for life, it didn't end well"
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Peter Foster
@pmdfoster
Some facts and figures on this - the value of UK lamb exports to the EU, the value of the 'new opportunities' in Japan, and the gap between the two 1/thread. #Brexit #NoDealBrexit
First UK lamb exports to the EU....and specifically Welsh lamb...this from BBC /2

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…
And this from FarmingUK, which puts UK 2017 exports at £384m and rising consistently...from £302 million in 2015 and £327 million in 2016. /3
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tony nog #FBPE
@tony_nog
1) What do you think Leave looks like?
I have the utmost respect for @jessphillips but I see her and other MPs this morning saying "no, these thugs don't represent *my* Leave voters"

I'm sorry, they do, this is what Leave & #Brexit looks like
#RevokeArticle50
2) I'm sure there's many people who think they are taking a principled stand on #Brexit - but really, what did they think would happen?

You start with "legitimate concerns on immigration", move to "EU bullies" & wartime comparisons, and turn a blind eye to people like these
3) you end up with a sitting MP agreeing with protesters that "they (MPs) have betrayed you" and going along with simplistic "you voted to leave, what's the problem" arguments whilst voting against a #Brexit deal that would let us leave

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tony nog #FBPE
@tony_nog
1) Thread: "We knew what we were voting for" & #Brexit
This shouldn't really need saying but no, we didn't, we couldn't, because of the dishonest campaign ran by the Vote Leavers
History has been rewritten but the following are some edited highlights
#Lab18 #LabourConference2018
2) Firstly, what did Vote Leave promise?

Well Gove said there'd just be a few "Bumps in the Road" in a pre ref debate
strongerin.co.uk/bumps_in_the_r…
3) Leadsom stated that in her expert opinion as a former city worker that there'd be no impact on the British economy
buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/an…
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Jon Worth
@jonworth
This @politicoeurope piece and infographic by @kbolongaro about the #Brexit and the ham and cheese sandwich has been widely retweeted.

Do read the whole piece - don't just rely on the infographic.

politico.eu/article/brexit…

1/15
But let's just say for a minute that, spurred on by national sandwich sentiment post a No Deal Brexit, the UK did want to make itself more self-sustaining in its food production, what could it do?

2/15
First some stats: Defra has useful stats on UK food import dependency here: gov.uk/government/sta…

The first Excel table shows how import dependency for food has been growing (the UK now imports 40% of its food), and the second Excel download lists value by food type.

3/15
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Katy Hayward
@hayward_katy
*Brexit at the Border: Voices from local communities in the Central Border Region of Ireland/Northern Ireland*
An initiative by @QUBelfast & @europe_icban to gather data on the immediate & anticipated effects of #Brexit for those living on the #Border
qub.ac.uk/brexit/Brexitf…
1/10
Here are some of the key findings from the report in slide form.
First an overview of the study itself:
Rich qualitative data (online survey & focus groups) gathered across the Central Border Region. Detailed examples & viewpoints heard from people on both sides of #border.
2/10
Respondents to the survey came from across the 8 local authority areas of the Central Border Region, moreorless equally from both sides of the border. 50/50 male/female. 80% 31-65 yrs.
There were far fewer Leave-voting respondents so they got extra attention in our analysis.
3/10
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