Thread by @jamesmb

Depressing that someone who actually knows the facts is so delusional about the chances of the EU giving up on the agreed four principles. Still, sometimes you have to put your desperate attempts to get re-elected before the interests of the country.

https://twitter.com/iainastewart/status/1015531715668992000

The position taken by @iainastewart and others is essentially that of a drunk pitching up to Currys and screaming "BUT I'LL GIVE YOU TEN QUID FOR THE TELLY! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO BLOODY MINDED? TAKE THE TEN QUID!"

It's a pretty pathetic but standard delusion for the quitters.

For background, @iainastewart's seat is likely not to exist much longer and so he needs to position himself as a hard right Leaver to get a safe seat somewhere else. If he didn't, he'd have trouble getting selected. (The internal politics are vital to understand)

However, given the whole #BrexitShambles is about the internal issues of the Tory Party, we shouldn't be too surprised that @iainastewart is putting himself before the country. It's the current Tory way, after all.

#StopBrexit #PeoplesVote

ADDENDUM: ...and then we learnt that @iainastewart wasn't keen for you to know that!

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ADDENDUM 2: But don't worry! @iainastewart asked the former disgraced defense secretary @LiamFox ... 🙄

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