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The Logic of Brexit.
Leave a Free Trade Area to trade more freely
Leave trade agreements to get new trade agreements
Weaken influence to become stronger
Turn inward to be more global
Opt out by opting in
Welcome people by being hostile
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Leave a Free Trade Area to trade more freely
Leave trade agreements to get new trade agreements
Weaken influence to become stronger
Turn inward to be more global
Opt out by opting in
Welcome people by being hostile
1/
Avoid customs checks by leaving a Customs Union
Keep access to the single market by leaving the single market
Maintain an invisible border by installing infrastructure
Cut red tape by adding to it
Boost investment by creating uncertainty
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Keep access to the single market by leaving the single market
Maintain an invisible border by installing infrastructure
Cut red tape by adding to it
Boost investment by creating uncertainty
2/
Boost jobs by reducing growth
Take responsibility by blaming others
Unite by creating divisions
Respect the Union by ignoring the wishes of its nations.
Enhance devolution by centralising power
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Take responsibility by blaming others
Unite by creating divisions
Respect the Union by ignoring the wishes of its nations.
Enhance devolution by centralising power
3/
Protect Consumers by reducing standards
Help workers by removing guarantees of rights
Put people first by making them poorer
Save the NHS by driving doctors and nurses away
Bolster public services by reducing tax-take
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Help workers by removing guarantees of rights
Put people first by making them poorer
Save the NHS by driving doctors and nurses away
Bolster public services by reducing tax-take
4/
Keep the exact-same rights by removing some of them
Tackle environmental threats by leaving an environmental regulator
Ensure security by leaving security cooperation structures
Help farmers by stopping subsidies and making their markets harder to access
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Tackle environmental threats by leaving an environmental regulator
Ensure security by leaving security cooperation structures
Help farmers by stopping subsidies and making their markets harder to access
5/
Help research by making funding and cooperation harder
Guarantee peace by undermining the GFA
Save money by recreating the present at substantial cost
Bring clarity by creating confusion
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Guarantee peace by undermining the GFA
Save money by recreating the present at substantial cost
Bring clarity by creating confusion
6/
Replace reality with fantasy
Evidence with blind faith
Honesty with dishonesty
Policy with bullshit
Strategy with blagging
Possible with impossible
Leading with following
Richer with poorer
Sanity with insanity
The future with a non-existent past
7/7
Evidence with blind faith
Honesty with dishonesty
Policy with bullshit
Strategy with blagging
Possible with impossible
Leading with following
Richer with poorer
Sanity with insanity
The future with a non-existent past
7/7
(Abandon punctuation to save space)
h/t @radiohead, Orwell and Huxley.
