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A tweet from @APHClarkson earlier reminded me of this March 2016 blog post "The EU referendum will not improve UK-EU relations, so federalists and progressives outside the UK should advocate Brexit"
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Looking back, and based on what happens, it stands up pretty well. It also references @JORISLUIJENDIJK who was thinking the same sort of way at the time, and I'm pretty sure his views have not shifted much
Yes, I understand why pro-EU people in the UK are hopping mad. And it's no fun to be an EU citizen in the UK either. But seen from the point of view of the EU institutions, having the UK outside for some while might be no bad thing

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Jon Worth
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I log into Twitter and I see people people trying to attach moral judgments to Boris Johnson, in light of Sabisky stuff.
Johnson is / is not a racist!
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Johnson is the very definition of amoral - he *does not know* the difference between right and wrong, and he does not have consistent moral views.
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1️⃣ We want to leave the EU so as we can set our own standards
2️⃣ But trust us, we will not change our standards to undercut your standards
3️⃣ But we do not respect that the standards were set by you, EU
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This #Thueringen issue is going to play v badly for both FDP and CDU, and well for the AfD
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