Well, the Johnson Brexit’s going well, isn’t it?

In 1956 the UK & France jointly contrived to humiliate themselves, ending up being forced into line by the US.

The geniuses the UK now has in charge are destroying its security, prosperity & well-being all on their own. /1.
Before you - you know who you are - start with “but we’re in the right” & “be patriotic”, hear this:

(a) Grow up.

(b) Who knows who’s “in the right”? But, sure as eggs are eggs, you don’t have the faintest idea.

(c) Wrecking the country is the opposite of patriotic. /2.
(d) Regardless of who’s “in the right”, this destabilising nonsense wouldn’t be happening without the Johnson Brexit.

An oven-ready turkey. And an unfolding national disaster.

You know it. I know it. @DavidGHFrost, @trussliz & @BorisJohnson know it. /3.
It’s just that only one of us admits it. And points it out.

The Johnson Brexit’s dangerous, deranged & damaging.

It isn’t democratic. But even if it were, it can be reversed by democratic means.

And since the Johnson Brexit’s deeply unpatriotic, it’s vital it should be./4. End

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The UK hills are alive with the sound of silence.

@BorisJohnson’s Brexit’s a disaster. Claiming it’s “done” & not mentioning it won’t win a @UKLabour majority. Nor will opposing it. What’s the point of the opposition?

A long🧵/1.
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That’s even if a free & fair election is held.

Given the gerrymandering has already started, that seems unlikely in itself. /2.
Courting the “Red Wall”, winning among disillusioned southern Tories … None of it will work. Unless Labour pulls off an extraordinary victory in Scotland. Which looks extraordinarily unlikely. To put it kindly.

So, what indeed is the point of Keir Starmer & the opposition? /3.
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That’s deeply troubling. And unsustainable.

A 🧵. /1.
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Dear MPs,

Some thoughts about sewage, credibility & integrity.

92 of your Conservative colleagues didn’t follow the government whip in voting down the Lords amendment on sewage in water.

If you did, that was your choice. /1.
But be aware: many people are angry with you. They don’t like the way you voted. That’s their choice.

By all means try to explain your vote. You’re on very shaky ground, in my opinion. And that of 92 of your Party colleagues. But have a go. If you want. /2.
Please, though, do not exploit the alleged terrorist assassination of one of your respected colleagues to attempt to shut down polite, robust, or even angry, opposition to your vote on raw sewage dumping.

Or any other vote, for that matter.

Have some self-respect. /3.
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The Johnson Brexit’s an oven-ready turkey.

If you:

▫️use lies to win power

▫️hammer UK security, prosperity & well-being

▫️double down when called out

don’t whine when you & your defining policy are blamed. For everything.

#YouBrexitYouOwnIt

A🧵/1.
You Brexit, You Own It

The Johnson Brexit worsens the water quality crisis.

If you …

▫️use lies to win power

▫️hammer the UK’s security, prosperity & well-being

▫️double down when called out

… don’t whine when you & your defining policy are blamed.

For everything. /2.
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If you…

▫️use lies to win power

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▫️double down when called out

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“EU Rule of Law Crisis”

What’s going on?

1. Poland’s government is dismantling democracy, taking over the courts & ripping up its legally binding EU treaty commitments.

2. Germany’s highest court has ruled in one, technical judgement that the ECJ exceeded its powers.

A 🧵/1.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the highest instance in the EU for the interpretation of legal obligations arising from the EU treaties, including relevant legislation. /2.
By acceding to the EU treaties the member states legally bind themselves to respect the ECJ’s judgements &, of course, the treaties themselves & relevant legislation. There are no two ways about it. /3.
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The surprise & consternation expressed by many that @BorisJohnson & @DavidGHFrost are insisting on the role of the ECJ being eliminated from all aspects of Northern Ireland is odd.

Everyone has known this is the UK position, since at least December 2019.

What’s up?

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