Thread by @JuliaHB1

A helpful message for Remoaners and #FBPE folk:

One of the strangest things about our Brexit battles is the willingness of those on your Remoan side (ie. not the vast majority of Remainers who accepted the 2016 democratic vote) to dismiss the views of Brexiteers because...

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You claim we are stupid, poorly educated & ignorant of the facts.
Not a day goes by when you Remoaners don't tweet about how stupid & ill-informed I am.
You're entitled to think whatever they want, of course, but I'm not sure it's the winning argument they seem to think it is.
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I happen to have 3 grade A A-levels (from non-selective state schools, before you ask), a 2:1 from Oxford University, but I also know plenty of people who left school at 16 who are brilliantly clever and well-informed. Yet you think every Brexiteer is stupid regardless.
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I also happen to have 25+ years of experience as a newspaper and broadcast journalist, 10 years as a political editor of a national newspaper, and I spend 3+ hours every weekday interviewing senior politicians and leading experts in every field.
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You can love me or hate me, you can agree or disagree with me, you can criticise and mock - that's all absolutely fine!

But claiming I can't give my views on Brexit because I'm stupid, uneducated or ignorant just makes YOU look silly, not me.

You're welcome. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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