Thread by @nickreeves9876

I will never forgive the Brexit elite for robbing us of Freedom of Movement. They lied, cheated, broke the law, poured out torrents of hate against migrants, and sought to subvert Parliamentary sovereignty. They are no better than common thieves, and they belong in jail.

We should never forget the torrent of hate and lies against migrants. This wasn't news, it wasn't democratic comment, it was fascist hate propaganda spewed out by rags owned by tax-dodging billionaires.

We should never forget the attempt to use the fascist notion of the "Will of the People" to shout down the core democratic right to oppose, and to demonise opponents as "enemies of the people". This was a direct echo of Goebbels' response to a Nazi referendum victory.

Brexit was won not by democratic argument, but by the relentless outpouring of fascist propaganda themes including blatant lies, rabid nationalism, xenophobia, scapegoating of minorities, anti-intellectualism and the totalitarian "Will of the People".

Here's Professor Timothy Snyder explaining how the political right on both sides of the Atlantic were helping themselves to the Nazi propaganda manual, using simple emotive slogans to divide the population into friends and enemies.