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Ian Dunt @IanDunt
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Humphreys has finally asked about Brexit.
Until now, you'd have thought it had no connection whatsoever to the fact we're facing the most depressing growth forecast in memory.
But of course it is discussed in the most pant-soakingly fucking stupid way. "Are you a Brexit convert now? You were gloomy. You're a Remainer!'
These are the Brexit questions asked of the chancellor in his interview on the BBC flagship current affairs programme the day after the Budget.
Why not wrap the Daily Mail around a sock puppet and use that to ask the fucking questions.
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Strongly advise you watch parliament right now parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e5…
It's full of business motion, amendment blah de blah - but in reality it is parliament kicking back against a government which has undermined and ignored it at every turn
Ken Clarke: "I find it unbelievable that people are putting such effort into excluding the possibility of the House expressing its opinion. I say to my honourable friends who are getting over excited, that perhaps they should don a yellow jacket and go outside."
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Quick reminder that most Tory MPs - not some, most - are deeply misinformed.
Their constituents have tried. They have been sent material constantly over the last two and a half years and regularly emailed, all of it to inform them about basic facts over Brexit. They've ignored them and read the Telegraph.
Echo chamber culture is not just about social media. It is in parliament too.
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I really do try with the echo chamber thing, but nearly every day I have to unfollow someone on the other side just because of the rampant conspiracy theory tosh.
There are still lots of Leave voters in my stream, but all of them have either changed their mind, or become so disillusioned by Brexit that they're just mostly in pain or resignation.
Anyone still actively and enthusiastically supporting it has had to go through so many emotional and intellectual contortions that they've start to look quite insane.
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1. One of the arguments made by remainers during the referendum was that #Brexit would make us "inward looking". The solipsism of the Brexit parliamentary debate, though, suggests that we have never been more politically self-absorbed.
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Jeremy Corbyn's idea of breaking the #Brexit impasse with a GE on a platform of renegotiating WA is A/unlikey to happen B/ a REALLY bad strategy to win power C/ catastrofuckingly dangerous for the country for the following reasons
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1) While all versions of #Brexit under the sun are being thought about in Parliament there’s no whiff of the EU changing its position
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I think it’s high time we talked about the supposed ‘EU Army’. During the referendum campaign, this was one of the key arguments deployed by the leave campaign. 1/
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Quick analysis of this article by @Peston
It talks about a recent private meeting led by McDonnell and is, hopefully a sign that Labour may engage on fighting hard #brexit

But...it doesn't put Labour in a good light

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I) after months of people saying that EU membership doesn't limit Labour plans McDonnell has, only now, when #Brexit is at risk, gotten round to proving this for himself - what on earth has he been doing in the meantime?
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