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Not on a national population level. The latter is already a figure that exists. Let’s keep explicitly emotive arguments in perspective.
I'm sorry but no, you don't get to frame a legitimate argument about the relative levels of damage between a soft brexit, hard brexit, and no deal brexit as being purely emotional just because it was expressed quickly. Deaths are a practical measure not only of short term border disruption but also longer term economic fallout. The difference between the relative damage each type of Brexit does is absolutely a relevant thing to call out.
And we're talking about MPs and what they should have done here. Your argument about what the 'national population' thinks is not relevant because MP's responsibility is to the interests of their specific constituents. And that can include disagreement, and in fact it should. The argument that people are stupid so MPs have to vote stupid because people are stupid is a circular one.
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Not on a national population level. The latter is already a figure that exists. Let’s keep explicitly emotive arguments in perspective.
I called it from day one. Magic grandpa’s position was pragmatic but he got drowned out my the majority of Labour MPs and members (I mean ... you can only fight that for so long).
I agree about the lack of foresight!
May was useless (and hamstrung by her horrible pact with the DUP and weak position) but more than anything the failure of those on the left to acknowledge and respond to the direction of travel has been a shame.