Just because I think this emotive cry to the gods for Remain from a passionate young rightist Tory needs preserving for posterity…
The divde in politics is between those who get that globalisation isn't zero-sum, and those who don't understand what 'zero-sum' means.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
The thinking that leads to Brexit is the thinking that will (and is…) destroy(ing) the west.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
(By the way, he’s not saying Brexit will destroy, just the mentality he sees driving it).
I don't actually care if we bailed out Greece, and we're not going to be expected to do it again.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
Why not leave a sinking ship? Well my Grandfather spent 2 weeks in a lifeboat in 1944, and he said it was better to stop the ship sinking.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
There is no benefit to leaving the EU. Leaving now makes the collapse more likely, and doesn't improve it one iota for the UK.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
Brexit is just an yawp of spite against 'the elite' by those who'd fail in any society, and those who just want to watch the world burn.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
I'm ashamed of the little Englander nativism of my country, and more so of the anti-eu globalists who're turning a blind eye to it.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
The EU should continue to expand, drawing more countries into our sphere. A looser block will be the result, which us what we want.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
The UK has always built alliances and kept the world safe. Brexit would abandon that long and proud history of success.
— Jackart (@VeryBritishDude) June 13, 2016
Meanwhile, the small ships of ‘little England’ are attacking Westminster…
Picture of the pro-Brexit flotilla of ships heading up the Thames to the heart of pro-Remain London. (This is real.) pic.twitter.com/FZE90ePaiG
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 15, 2016
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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