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My answer is clear. I want this United Kingdom to emerge from this period of change stronger, fairer, more united and more outward-looking than ever before. I want us to be a secure, prosperous, tolerant country – a mag... Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Since the entire post-Brexit Tory strat has revolved around May prevaricating and lying through her teeth, this was pretty amusing to watch

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And it is the job of this Government to deliver it. That means more than negotiating our new relationship with the EU. It means taking the opportunity of this great moment of national change to step back and ask ourselves what kind of country we want to be. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Speechwriter got bored here

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And it is the job of this Government to deliver it. That means more than negotiating our new relationship with the EU. It means taking the opportunity of this great moment of national change to step back and ask ourselves what kind of country we want ... Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Thought experiment: if the current Tory cabinet was replaced entirely with people who either worked has or had worked as pizza delivery drivers, would the plight of working people in the UK improve or decline?

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And they did so with their eyes open: accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain at times, but believing that it leads towards a brighter future for their children – and their grandchildren too. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

It is specifically grandparents who are most hyped for this

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And they did so with their eyes open: accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain at times, but believing that it leads towards a brighter future for their children – and their grandchildren too. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Hahah yeah I am sure all the 70 year olds were really worried about the road ahead

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And they did so with their eyes open: accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain at times, but believing that it leads towards a brighter future for their children – and their grandchildren too. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Possibly both the biggest lie and the the deadest metaphor here

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They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

Here Mamma May reveals the central conceit of her “plan” to for Brexit: it is a rejection of the arms of the European Union in order to make the more profound belly-bump with the world at large.* Again, it’s fairly typical fodder for a facist post-truth government like the Tories, viz. complete claptrap. How does turning away from one supra-national institution that has a track record of stopping fascism and war since its inception help a country to embrace the world?

*I just put that better than her speechwriter, btw—but I will never work for the Tories 🖕

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Because as part of the EU you are part of a tariff barrier. Being part of the EU helps a country to embrace Europe at the expense of much of the rest of the world. I’m not saying it’s always going to be more globally focused but with a Tory party which is often focused on free trade, it' surely going to be the direction it takes, especially based on these comments.

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this assumes that trade agreements with other countries both in and out of the EU could be set up immediately and frictionlessly, but they can’t

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They voted to shape a brighter future for our country. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

There is no point trying to parse this garbage as it has no semantic content

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added at January 17th, 2017 22:13
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A little over six months ago, the British people voted for change. Theresa May's "Big" Brexit Speech | Genius

The nebulous, unspecific concept of change kicks off the speech in typical post-truth pattern. People voted against the status quo as it operated in June 2016; they voted so generally in apathy and / ignorance of the xenophobic and hate-centric actors that would gain greater power in light of the result.

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added at January 17th, 2017 22:10
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It’s a serious question. “He wants to be emperor,” several people have told me. Will Mark Zuckerberg Be Our Next President? | Vanity Fair

This should be the title of Bilton’s autobiography

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