I really suggest people in the UK take a look at replies here. To the folk who think this isn't the ambition of Raab et al I suggest you haven't paid enough attention
Now it turns out rightly viewing the NI agreement pause as all the opposed groups, think tanks and media CXOs squirrelling the reactions data away and then furiously workshopping the best way to cover for Sunak tanking credibility of lines on hard Brexit
The LGBTQ people as a threat to our children pitch partners the work to defund schools and also work to pass laws to reduce all our rights. This movement is not going to lead to a better country
I am a reasonably well read person who likes words, has a poshish accent and a decent acquaintance with some related law. I did what Raab did until I learnt the difference between risk to ego and ambition Vs risk to reputation and integrity
Actually, scrap that (and REUL). It's often necessary to tailor and time messages, but I couldn't do what Raab has done, hyping benefit, concealing impact. I don't want to 'do my own research' I want clarity and honesty
Just as we vote for parties and may well vote for a different one if the party turns out to be a disaster for the country, it is our democratic right to adjust our position based on evidence
It is the very fundament of our democratic system. Coercion and deceit to reinforce tribal loyalties is the opposite. How were we sold on the change and what has been done with control? 🧵
Which iteration of the hope for return to sanity are we on now? There is a survival instinct that makes attitudes a lag indicator. I for one have a slightly less terrified feeling now our sitting PM is not advocating ECHR withdrawal. But the hate promoted is still out there
So is a shredded standard of living, a crumbling NHS, ailing social care, utility bills that are set to increase 20%. People who have to run up expensive debt every month fuelling a retail debt bubble and prospect of careless deregulation and anti-union, anti-protest legislation
I am delighted Sunak pulled back from threatening to nix any chance of NI having their govt return to Stormont and had a grown up conversation with the EU, but that he sat in power while that was done to appease rebels is noted