Thread by @Femi_Sorry

Just had a conversation with a pro-Brexit Conservative MP.
They called it a private phone call, so I won't be naming them. This thread is just so you know how to talk to them. Here's a summary of how it went:

Femi: If you know Brexit hurts the country, then as an MP whose job it is to protect the country, don't you think you have a duty to at least provide the opportunity to stop it.
MP: There was a democratic vote. We have to respect the wishes of the British people.

Femi: So we triggered Article 50. We're conducting 2 years of negotiations. But the wishes of the British people were to be more sovereign and more prosperous. Brexit means the exact opposite.

MP: It's just speculation that Brexit would hurt the UK economy or sovereignty
Femi: No. That's the government's position:
▪️Your government's experts say we'd be worse off.
▪️Your PM says in future we'll be copying EU law, and if we choose not to, it'd damage the economy.

MP: Well in October, there will be legislative scrutiny of the deal when the Parliament has its meaningful vote.
Femi: Well, I'm about to sound more like a Brexiter than you. The Parliament must not stop Brexit by itself.
MP: Yes, you're right.

Femi: But if this legislative scrutiny of the deal is in the form of a meaningful vote, that means Yes and No.
If Parliament decides it's bad for the country they can't vote yes. But they also can't just say no. A #PeoplesVote is their only way out.

MP: No it's not their only way out. They can vote to leave with no deal
Femi: Sorry, how is it a meaningful vote or effective legislative scrutiny to leave the Parliament with a choice between a deal they believe would hurt the country and a No Deal they believe would destroy it?

MP: The Parliament will decide. That's the choice it will have to make. We need to all work together to get the best possible deal.
Femi: But your own party's government has concluded that every possible deal isn't good enough and goes against the two main wishes of Brexit voters

MP: Just because you don't like the result of the vote doesn't mean it should be changed.
Femi: This isn't about whether I like the result. This is about whether it's good for the country.

MP: That's your opinion. What makes your opinion more valid than anyone else's
Femi: a) The debate is on the effect of EU law(s). Judging that depends on your knowledge of EU Laws. I've studied it for literally years.
b) 9/10 experts (inc UK Gov) also say Brexit hurts the country

Femi: The best way for you, as a member of parliament, to wash your hands of the damage Brexit would do to this country, is to get the People to sign off on it.

There was a lot of going round and round. Even this condensed version repeated itself a bit, but it was but a fun, frustrating and empowering 20mins. Fun cornering them with logic, frustrating hearing their refusal to adapt to logic and empowering to win the argument so easily