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I see a man with a mandate from 160,000 members of the Conservative Party is still describing the will of Parliament with a mandate from 46 million as an "abomination".

Who exactly is "taking back control"? Johnson and his hedge funder backers?
Parenthetically, this 'explanation' is palpable nonsense even on its own terms. The Charlatan carried on insisting, and on multiple occasions, we would leave on 31 October, long after Parliament passed the Benn Act.

How do tell when Boris Johnson is lying? His lips are moving.
"A bill passed by the House of Lords yesterday would compel Boris Johnson to ask for an extension.

But in a message sent to Conservative members last night, Mr Johnson said that is something he would 'never do'." news.sky.com/story/boris-jo…
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Jo Maugham QC
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There's a need for great care when arguing for the need to protect 'safe spaces'. To contend 'X, member of group, is a criminal and so you should fear all in that group' is to adopt a trope favoured by bigots down the ages. 1/3
The Equality Act (and the very provision Jean cites) talks of "proportionate" measures to achieve "legitimate" aims. This languages recognises the need carefully to balance conflicting rights and dignities. Trans men and women, like cis men and women are entitled to respect. 2/3
How real is the risk? What is necessary to safeguard against it? How might these safeguards be operated to protect the rights and dignities of all? These questions are more likely to generate policy responses that achieve that balance than broad assertion. 3/3
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Imagine this. The Tories won. It's 2020. We've left the EU and are negotiating new trade deals with the EU and US. We desperately need both. Trump says, bluntly: "no trade deal unless the NHS is on the table."

How long will the Tories wait? More than one solitary second?
The Conservative Party is led by Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson is a confirmed, persistent, pathological, recidivist, habitual, amoral liar. How could anyone in their right mind, for even one second, lend an ounce of credence to anything he or his Ministers say?
Man who told you we'd leave on 31 October "No ifs, no buts" promises he won't privatise the NHS. Mate, if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.
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2 September, Boris Johnson: “I want everybody to know – there are no circumstances in which I will ask Brussels to delay. We are leaving on 31 October, no ifs or buts.”
3 September, Boris Johnson: “everyone knows that, if this Government are in charge and I go to Brussels, I will go for a deal and I believe I will get a deal, and we will leave anyway—even if we do not, we will leave anyway on 31 October"
3 September, Boris Johnson: “there are no circumstances in which I will ask Brussels to delay.”
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