Thread by @WomaninHavana

There might have been a Brexit without setting fire to everything. At each critical stage, May and Johnson have chosen to take the sharpest non-conciliatory red lines.

This govt *chose* not to extend the transition period in the middle of a global pandemic.

So here we are.

None of this charade is in the national interest - whether you voted Leave or Remain.

None of this uncertainty & disruption begins to represent the 2016 or 2019 promises of this Leave govt.

This is the hijacking of our collective future by a fanatical and incompetent minority.

So much wasted time & resource. To fix a problem created by internal dynamics of the Conservative party.

We could have faced the many real challenges - of climate, health or equality - confronting us.

But those leading created a new problem to distract & drain for a long time.

In the years since the referendum, we have not been permitted to have a grown-up national debate about what Brexit would be.

The failures in accountability & transparency, for which May & Johnson are responsible, match their attempts to sideline Parliament, dissent & expertise.

We have been failed by those in power. Our collective future is defined by their individual interests.

The national interest - whether for business, the young who didn’t vote for this, Britons in EU, EU citizens here etc - has been thrown under, yes, a bus.

Remember the bus?