#Remainers

Short thread on @IanDunt’s interesting (and very good) line of argument on @OhGodWhatNowPod talking about the incremental approach to #RejoinEU: 1/ I have been a vocal and passionate opponent of
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Thread: We've published our report into why Labour lost the 2019 election (and the 3 before that). I'll post highlights and a link to the report below. /1For the quick
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There's a saying used in business which is very appropriate now as the deadline for finally leaving the EU behind, December 2020, approaches fast. It is "Confront the brutal facts".
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Some thoughts on the consequences of a Conservative victory in the #HartlepoolByElection, and what it might mean for the next election and the Union. If (if) the Conservatives win in
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1/ So many people in the EU, the US, and the UK who oppose Brexit, are spouting rubbish about the UK putting the Belfast Agreement ‘in jeopardy’. None of them
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So. Let's have a detailed look at how much of a con "no deal" really is.We will think about this from a Leaver's prepective. LawsBordersMoneyIndependence Do we really take back
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THREAD: On why the Cummings affair is so politically dangerous for the Tories.TLDR: People really think fairness is important, many key Tory voters think laws should always be obeyed and
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These two statements by government issued 48 hours apart are incompatible. So which is it to be, fix the rules governing at least 80% of our trade by 2022, or
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In political life, there is inevitably a difference between what people are able to say publicly and think privately. As I haven’t been involved in frontline @UKLabour politics for many
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"Labour is making ground where it needs to. The Tories are losing ground where they can't afford to."I looked under the bonnet of the polling data, and found growing doubts
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I've now read Michael Gove's Ditchley lecture. I'm not impressed. It contains nothing we have not heard many times before. Every government in my lifetime has started out with an
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Am listening to Sir John Curtice @whatukthinks talking about the election with @anandMenon1 @UKandEU - clear it's a #brexit election /1 -80% remainers/leavers voting for parties that suit their cause.-CONS
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Let me just give you a quick THREAD of examples to show that the BBC is politically skewed to the Right, so we can all be clear that if GB
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The side I fell out with during the EU referendum dismissed the arguments that Remain introduced as 'Project Fear' whilst introducing conspiracy theories.The people I'm falling out with now believe
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This is a fair (and simple) description, and it's pretty compelling for the narrative that UK satire has run out of ideas and/or is part of the establishment elite, but
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THREAD: Why is public approval of the government’s handling of coronavirus so strong?Despite facing substantial criticism about testing and PPE, the government is now even more popular than it was
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