At 05:00 today, desperately hoping to find someone in podcast world who thinks, even vaguely, as I do that the #RussiaReport exposed a fundamental & dangerous set of flaws in our democratic processes & security, for the first time in months I listened to the Remainiacs.
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1/8
Having enjoyed their output in the days when stopping Brexit was a thing, I thought if there's anywhere that my anger & certain belief that we must know which elections were affected, & as far as possible, to what extent, would be represented it would be among a group..
2/8
2/8
Of people who always knew the critical damage that Brexit would do to this country, and its security, and the importance, above all things, that integrity, truth, & the rule of law should play in our democracy.
But no.
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But no.
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Instead, Remainiacs has turned from a fun place to find support & amusement among 'friends' with a shared vision for the country, based on what is right, into talking shop with no real objective, that can't even bring itself to demand an inquiry into Russian meddling in..
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4/8
UK elections and referendums - they even backed Starmer being too "terrified" to bring up the question of the Brexit vote at PMQs (or anywhere else).
If a group called Remainiacs aren't even willing to support an inquiry into what they themselves say was, & continues to be..
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If a group called Remainiacs aren't even willing to support an inquiry into what they themselves say was, & continues to be..
5/8
a major attack on the UK that has undermined democracy & raised question marks over the result of every electoral result since at least 2014, then I just don't see the point of them anymore.
I can listen to comfortably off people who won't be hurt by Brexit, justifying...
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I can listen to comfortably off people who won't be hurt by Brexit, justifying...
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govt policy & explaining why Starmer thinks it's tactically right to never mention Brexit again any day of the fkn week on the BBC or read it in The Times.
I look to the Remainiacs to live up to their name and what I assumed, like me, they see as immutable truths - that...
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I look to the Remainiacs to live up to their name and what I assumed, like me, they see as immutable truths - that...
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if we stop caring about what's objectively right, if we no longer care if elections are stolen, and politicians are not held accountable for their lies and corruption, then we have lost far more than a Brexit referendum, and we already know where that path can lead.
Ends.
Ends.
