Thread by @atatimelikethis

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I recognise this same behaviour in #Brexit. #Brexiters needed an enemy so #Remainers became the enemy.

And the more ridiculous and divorced from 2016 Brexit that their ideas became so the more Remainers pointed that out...

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...and the more #Brexiters dug into even worse outcomes driving further lies.

A mutual assured destruction of UK plc.

Could it have been resolved differently?

Well, I can think of many ways that #Brexit could have been an objective project managed on its merits. But...

3/4...none were possible after the lies of 2016.

I think three things could have saved us.

1. Leadership.
a) a good PM would have kicked Brexit into review
b) a good opposition would have built a strong case against.

2. Free Press
If we had one Brexit would have been buried.

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3. A formal constitution.
A whole series of abuses of our constitution enabled brexit - from advisory votes to no super majorities, vote rigging, lack of manifesto, lies about where sovereignty resides, a coup et al.

My question: 1 is dead, 2 is corrupt. So how do we do 3?