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Right now: We follow AND influence EU law.
On 31 January: The Tory deal means we follow EU law, but with zero influence.
So the moment Big Ben bongs, it will be celebrating a LOSS of British sovereignty. 👍🏿

This really upset Mark Francois, so he just started shouting "You lost!"
I didn't bother to counter Mark Francois' argument that we'll only be less sovereign for the transition because we'll negotiate an international trade deal in just a few months.
Mainly because I shouldn't have to.
Thanks @susannareid100 ❤️
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@susannareid100 The beauty of not sleeping a wink last night is that I had time to plan this all out in my head. I even gave him the option: I asked him whether it was about uniting the country or celebrating something and I had detailed counterarguments for both. #ChooseYourOwnAdventure.
@susannareid100 That said... 24 hour sleep deprivation followed by being double-teamed by Mark Francois and Piers Morgan probably violates the Geneva Convention so it may not be that healthy.
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The same crap analysis from Brexit is being used with racism.
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I don't want to talk about racism in politics.
It'd be easier for me if I didn't.
But my privilege means I won't be the one denied a poverty-preventing job; or the one whose route home becomes a gauntlet; or the one harassed by Stop&Search.
So I don't have the right to be silent.
Privilege is baked into a lot of the issues we're facing today and nobody has put it better than @gottgensjess.
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Do FTSE 100 CEOs work 117 times harder than everyone else? Because they're paid as if they do.
My eye started physically twitching when that wage inequality was called "irrelevant" on @ThePledge.
@ThePledge The point is simple:
Earning £3.5 million instead of £2 million doesn't make you better at your job.
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