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Nov 13, 2019 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
I don’t think this is a complete explanation but it is a perfectly reasonable one.

At least it is deserving of reading and some quiet reflection.
It is true that Labour were invited to join an electoral arrangement and refused.

It is also true that Labour’s official policy is to renegotiate Brexit and to offer it in a referendum with zero commitment to campaigning for Remain. Just “an option”.
If that level of uncertainty is unacceptable to you, bearing in mind that the strong evidence from polling is that people have had enough and will accept a bad Brexit rather than delay, are you sure you want to vote for further delay and uncertainty?

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Shutting out Russia from SWIFT would not be a surgical strike

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Feb 22
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There was a 2014 agreement on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine Image
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