There is so much wrong with this tweet from *our* secretary of state. A very short threadhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

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The first is that it rolls out the tired old narrative that we are too poor to be independent. Not only is this stance absurd (see this thread which debunks that argument https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts"> https://twitter.com/auobcymru/status/1279044893592227840?s=21)">https://twitter.com/auobcymru... but the idea that we don& #39;t have a sufficient and robust enough tax base...

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...to support our current economic situation is a damning indictment of the *current* politico-socio-economic and constitutional settlement, not of any *future* settlement. When BritNats roll out the TooPoor™ argument, they are making the exact opposite point to the one...

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