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[tweetingukpolitics]

[towelintherain]

General Election 2017: Hard Brexit has been Wounded by the 56%

After staying up all night to watch what I consider to be two acts of national self harm with the 2015 Tory majority and the 2016 vote to leave the EU, I was fearing the worst in this 2017 election.

What actually happened was, most importantly, a rejection of hard Brexit.

In 2015, the combined Tory/UKIP vote share was 49.5%. In 2017, it was (with Kensington left to declare) 44.0%. By turning a poll lead of more than 20 points into a hung parliament, Theresa May has lost even more credibility than majority, and will be the laughing stock of EU leaders if she gets as far as negotiating with them. Jeremy Corbyn, by contrast, brought Labour back into the mainstream despite huge media bias and outright, provable lies on the front pages of many of our so called newspapers.

It was such a bad night for the hard Brexit parties that UKIP is essentially obliterated, Paul Nuttall could barely manage 3,000 votes and has now quit as UKIP leader, and the Tories are having to try and align themselves with the regressive Tories of Northern Ireland (DUP) just to scrape a single figure majority. Look them up, their views on stuff like abortion rights for rape victims make your eyes water. Not only that, but several Ukip politicians last night were cacking their xenophobic pants at the idea that hard Brexit might not now happen.

This isn't a victory, but it is an opportunity for our pro EU sentiment. It only feels like a victory because we had nothing to lose going into this. Make no mistake, the Tories are weakened, but not broken. Hard Brexit is still a huge threat. Our largest party is still a bunch of pro hard Brexit austerity obsessed fox hunting enthusiasts who like selling weapons to terrorists.

But we have more power than we did, so we should use it. Let's unite together and fight like hell against the Tories, to soften Brexit and to kick out austerity while we're at it. The battle lines may be different, but we are now the majority.

We are no longer the 48%. We are the 56%. And this is far from over.

[unknownpoliticalobject]

“Leave campaigners: let's stay in the Single Market” via Open Britain

[silver-whistle]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MfqDwqsPMY)

We need to reverse Brexit and bring down the Conservatives (mind they’re doing a pretty good job of that themselves!)

[dylanstilinskimartin]

TO MY BRITISH FOLLOWERS

(And hopefully their followers, and their follower's followers..) You may not have heard of it but there is a campaign called Open Britain that is trying to bring Britain together and discuss what the British people actually want from Brexit. They want to make sure that everyone has their say. And they want to make sure that Britain gets the best deal for the people, rather than just what the politicians think you want. There are campaigns going on on 21st January all around the country and you can start your own campaign or check out one near you. Open Britain is on Twitter and Facebook and have their own website at http://Open-Britain.co.uk where you can fill out a survey, sign up for newsletters or volunteer for them. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO VOTED REMAIN, THIS IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. Please pass this on.

[ukipnfkn]

Pound Direction Baffles as Brexit Volatility Hits Home via @business#Brexit #UKIP #LeaveEU#Brexit #UKIP #LeaveEU <br>

— UKIP Nonsense - 48% (@UKIPNFKN) October 7, 2016

via Twitter https://twitter.com/UKIPNFKN Published: October 07, 2016 at 09:15AM

[ukipnfkn]

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— UKIP Nonsense - 48% (@UKIPNFKN) October 7, 2016

via Twitter https://twitter.com/UKIPNFKN Published: October 07, 2016 at 08:43AM

[ukipnfkn]

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— UKIP Nonsense - 48% (@UKIPNFKN) October 7, 2016

via Twitter https://twitter.com/UKIPNFKN Published: October 07, 2016 at 08:43AM