Let’s talk about PAID ADVOCACY, AKA #PoliticalCorruption, AKA #PoliticalBribes

I'm going to attempt a Twitter Thread, so please bear with me; this might take some time. Maybe wait till I've finished before responding. 1/? Today, we have witnessed our elected Govt try to protect one of their own MPs from an outrageous and illegal #CashForLobbying scandal, similar to that which destroyed John Major’s Govt in 1997 when Labour finally wrested back control from Thatcher’s appalling legacy. 2/?

This is alarming. In all the ongoing chaos, might we suddenly find #Article50 mysteriously revoked at the last minute? Why would the UKIPGraph publish an op-ed "We're heading for the great Brexit trap - so why not stay in and wreck the EU instead?" telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/0… Check out the last 3 paragraphs 😱 There was another with a similar suggestion, again in the Daily Telegraph recently, which I will try to hunt out and post later. Also BoJo said " ... we may as well stay in" in a speech in New Delhi, in the last few days.

@StandUp4Brexit @DrGerardLyons Import tariffs from OUTSIDE the EU are clothes 12%, shoes 4%, which goes into the exchequer. The Govt MIGHT choose to zero-rate these to make them cheaper, AND eliminate VAT on gas/elec, AND reduce VAT on tourism but how will they make up the difference? fullfact.org/europe/will-ge… @StandUp4Brexit @DrGerardLyons We are still going to need to import food from SOMEWHERE. Currently, we import nearly 30% of our food from other EU countries at zero-rate tariffs. The other 19% comes from RoW, with tariffs imposed or not, depending on what kind of trade agreement the EU has with those countries

Where to even start with this latest nonsense from the Excrescence? express.co.uk/news/politics/… "The EU is THREATENING us with food" 🙄