Thread by @Geoelte_Spinne

To my #FBPE friends, in the event of a #Peoplesvote, please let's not rerun the last referendum campaign and end up with #Brexit again.

We love Europe, we shouldn't be half-heartedly defending it, we should be enthusiastically promoting it.

Wrong:

"It's not perfect but we're better in than out."

"Hardworking EU immigrants are essential to our country."

"Inside the EU we can veto laws and things we don't like, outside we can't."

"We can negotiate hard to get what we want in Europe, outside we can't."

Right:

"It's not perfect but it's bloody good."

"It gives us the freedom to work, learn, love & live in an entire continent."

"EU courts give us an extra option to hold our government to account, giving us more control over our own lives."

"The EU are our friends and allies."

Back in 1997 Blair won a massive landslide against Major/Clarke - two men I think we'd all have as PM in a heartbeat right now. How did he do it? With positivity and "things can only get better". With a message of prosperity and bright future. It's also how the first ref was won.

The most important thing is to mobilise the younger voters, and the voters who've got kids. Their whole future is on the line here, they need not only themselves but us as well.

This might come in handy.

ec.europa.eu/commission/new…

The populists don't have numbers, we do. What they have is energy, enthusiasm, and a powerful message that appeals to the worst of peoples natures. We can beat them if we appeal to what is good in people - because people like to think of themselves as good.

So let's do this. Let's embrace the European ideal properly and invite others to do the same.

Let's show the world we're not a dumbarsed, xenophobic, nasty little backwater after all.