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We're having our 3rd general election in 4 years and the second general election on Brexit, because [*checks notes*] asking people a similar question twice is undemocratic.
#PeoplesVote
"Implement it first"
A) We elect parties for 5-yr terms. So neither the 2015 nor 2017 elections were fully implemented.
B) Brexit is a 2-yr process at least. So that's like "We voted to build a bridge. So what if people see the bridge will be crap and want to stop construction!"
Boris Johnson is literally having an early general election because he didn't like the result of the last one.
#GE2019
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Labour Brexit policy.
1️⃣: Ask the EU for single market and Customs union membership.
2️⃣: Referendum between that and Remain.

1️⃣ either won't happen or will be time limited by SNP/Dem MPs.
2️⃣ DUP & Brexit Party are anti Johnson's deal. MOST Leavers would oppose Corbyn's. i.e <50%
Would I prefer an immediate referendum? Probably as a referendum on Johnson's deal would be better received.
But there's a strong argument to say a decision on whether Northern Ireland should leave the UK's regulatory juridiction belongs solely to the people of Northern Ireland.
My point? Can't believe I'm saying this: But I say this as the committed Remainer all of you know I am...
Stop attacking Labour's Brexit policy.
It's not perfect. But the referendum pledge is enough.
Letting Boris Johnson get in because you don't trust Corbyn on Brexit is silly.
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Me: What sort of Brexit do you want
Them: Just want out from their control.
Me: But Johnson's deal includes "comprehensive deep regulatory cooperation" which mean following EU laws with no say.
Them: But it's the right direction.
Me: It's the opposite of what you just said!
As a I always say. Most Leavers aren't like this. But when I meet this type... We literally got to a point where I said "but that means less control" and she said "fine".
I've just left the family event as a direct consequence.
Our country is on a knife edge and that mentality may just push us over the edge into years of negotiations... And given that the negotiations so far have gone great and certainly haven't been a historic national humiliation from which we may never recover... more years of that?!
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Scandal after scandal after scandal. 🙄🙄
Remember as a kid when you assumed the leaders of a country would be the best people in that country?!
With all the resignations due to attacks, bullying and scandals, I can really see what @frankieboyle was talking about...
But at the same time, it should make you accept that you're not going to get the A-Team government in the election but #GE19 isn't about the MPs.
It's about whether we spend the next 5-10 years tackling regional inequality and climate change, or negotiating with the EU and Trump.
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UK General Election now well under way–what did journalists learn from 2017 election and #Brexit referendum, and what has been done to address problems like lack of diversity, lack of reporters outside London, over-reliance on inside sources and polls? Thread with some reads 1/12
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Good morning and welcome to another #Brexit thread

I'll be attempting to cover the events that are happening both in the Commons and in the Lords today so this is going to be a long one

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So first things first, hello to all my new followers and here's a quick breakdown of what's happening today, and a quick precis of how business in each House is carried out and why really arcane things seem to happen that bear little-to-no relationship to reality

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What's expected for today?

In the Lords the Opposition and Crossbench peers have laid a motion that will allow them the time to scrutinise the Bill that's about to be debated in the Commons. They want to debate this Bill on Friday at the latest. More on that later

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KT #Ode2Joy Parker🐬
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Today is possibly .@theresa_may's last day as PM, if .@BorisJohnson can command a majority (which is in some doubt...)

So it's a great opportunity to look back at some of the *highlights* of Mrs May's premiership in memes👇
13 JUL 2016: May was appointed as PM and named her Cabinet shortly thereafter, surprising many by giving 3 of the top #Brexit-related jobs to arch-brexiters Boris Johnson, David Davis & Liam Fox. Sheer folly, or genius in making them own what they'd sold? Sadly, the former😢
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5 OCT 2016: With such a narrow result, the country could be forgiven for expecting May to propose a consensual solution, as Norway PM Erna Solberg had done in a similar situation. Most Remainers would've accepted #Norway.

May's #CitizensOfNowhere speech crushed all hope.
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One of the bizarre things I hear is that you can't have a #PeoplesVote that respects the first referendum. Of course, you can. You simply ask a new question rather than repeating the old one i.e. a #PeoplesVote of May's Deal vs No Deal would do that.
X : Can't people change?
Me : Democracy is about asking people new questions and respecting their choice i.e. a general election asks "who do you want to govern now?" It's always a new question. Democracy is not about asking the same question until you get the answer you want ...
... hence we never repeat an "election" even if we didn't like the result but we do have "new" elections. We ask the new question i.e. who governs "now"?

Having a #PeoplesVote (personally I don't like referendums) needs a "new" question not a repetition of what has been asked.
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