Thread by @redalphababe

So many parts of this totally outstanding. But mainly it reminded me why we started organising in earnest in our communities in 2018 and got behind a second referendum. We recognised that the push from government was from the start always going to lead to this precipice. 1/

https://twitter.com/monicabeharding/status/1337685600145731587

There was never a soft Brexit option and as we learned more and more about the nitty gritty it was a totally pointless option anyway. The strings were being pulled by the ERG, the tail was wagging the dog. 2/

There were too many politicians in parliament unwilling to tell the truth to their constituents, and that is what we tried to do. To get our local MPs to tell the truth by trying to shine a light on the truth within our constituencies. 3/

We came across a lot of MPs in the country who we knew agreed completely with us but they failed to face that the game they were taking part in was dangerous and heading for disaster. They failed to do what it took in sufficient numbers. 4/

Without more courage of conviction showing itself across all benches in the Houses of Parliament we were always rolling a boulder uphill. Brexit was a political game and in the end it was the political players who conceived of it, drove it and failed to face or stop it. 5/

Without a democratic process we understood that MPs were always going to balk at questioning the 2016 referendum result. But even offering our full grassroots support, with a few noble exceptions the MPs couldn’t even find the courage to put in motion what was right. /end

P.s. as someone who is British but also an outsider the observation about Britons believing they are better than anyone else is spot on though it’s by no means unique to Britain, you see it in other countries too. I think it’s natural. But what is despicable is when 1/2

politicians use that tribalism to build their personal power bases or enrich themselves instead of doing their public duty and taking care of their constituents. 2/2

Pps

The lack of Parliamentary courage and care for the country has lead us to this atrociously insane set of headlines.

https://twitter.com/fascinatorfun/status/1337711743380959233