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The No.10 nonsense over the Merkel call signals that we've entered the next stage of their pantomime narrative politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/10/…
There is a clear dual governance strategy: Objective reality on one side and the No.10 narrative on the other. They have almost no contact.
It's therefore crucial that reporters cover it by emphasising that the narrative exists and comparing it with objective reality. Anything else makes you complicit.
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It's clearly wrong to say that all the noises coming from Europe are theatre. If there weren't proposals that could potentially work for them, they wouldn't be doing this.
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I'm increasingly convinced by this argument (we discuss it at length in new @RemainiacsCast episode out tomorrow). Holding a referendum before an election makes it easier to lose.
@RemainiacsCast There's strong counter argument (made by @sturdyAlex in podcast & also Blair yday, but Alex obvs more influential): holding election first turns it into a de-facto no-deal vs People's Vote referendum, but with all the imbalances of FPTP and other issues affecting result.
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