These articles on the Demise of Soft Brexit by @anandMenon1 and @jillongovt are thoughtful and interesting. But there is something that bothers me about them. 1/8

prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/who-k…

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… The reason we're gettting a diamond hard brexit (deal or no deal) in four weeks is that... drumroll... the current governing party wants a diamond hard Brexit.

The various people who don't want that failed to stop it, during the last parliament and at the last election. 2/8

Since Labour lost the election, there has been a lot of self-pity talk about their difficult choices when it came to Brexit. With Remainers and Leavers so bitterly divided, it was impossible for Labour to find a compromise that would satisfy both sets of voters. 1/ Maybe this was true at this election. Maybe. But this isn’t some random stroke of bad luck. This polarisation has festered over years, and among the reasons for it are earlier decisions by the same Labour leadership. 2/

This tweet is from the inventor of "Liberal Leave", who, having previously ditched Brexit, has now fully switched to Remain. It's important, because it's the first squeak I've heard from a constituency which could be decisive come a #PeoplesVote. 1/15

https://twitter.com/rolandmcs/status/1069248439098195968

These are people who voted Leave, who'll never be enthusiastic converts to the pro-EU cause in the same way the wonderful #RemainerNow movement is. Rather they're folks who still think that - in principle - Brexit is a good idea, but that the government have cocked it up. 2/15

This is excellent (as usual) from @sjwrenlewis and touches on a trap Labour are in danger of falling into. Thread. Labour figures keep saying that the election of a Corbyn government will "resolve" Brexit. I am unpersuaded this is true.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2018/09/would-… 1/9 If a Labour government is elected and strikes an exit deal with the EU, Labour will at the point take ownership of Brexit. Currently, Brexit is a Tory mess through and through. If Labour agrees to implement it, then it agrees to accept responsibility for its implementation. 2/9

Once, there was a boy called Union Jack, who lived with his family on their farm. They sold half their produce at the market in the nearest town, and one morning Jack was sent to pay the rent on their market stall. On his way, he met John Redwood. 1/11 “Do not waste your money on that stupid, worthless stall!” said John Redwood “Who needs a stall to sell vegetables? You can do it anywhere! Instead, buy these sovereignty beans. Plant them, wait two weeks, and a magic beanstalk will grow. It’ll solve your problems, guaranteed!” 2