A short thread about resisting the #kleptofascist takeover, with an added last-ditch family appeal. ![Neutrales Gesicht 😐](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f610.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
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#resist #StopFascism #RuleOfLaw
![Neutrales Gesicht 😐](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f610.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
When the execrable Cummings/Johnson regime launched its attack on Parliament back in August, I was horrified: this was in fact a coup against democracy. Like thousands of others, I hit the streets to protest. ![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#StopTheCoup #resist #JohnsonMustGo #RuleOfLaw
![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
As a historian with Asperger’s & misophonia, the idea of giant crowds is truly horrifying to me, and I’d much rather be quietly writing books in the countryside… ![Neutrales Gesicht 😐](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f610.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
#autism #Aspergers #AutismStrong #resist
![Neutrales Gesicht 😐](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f610.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
![Flagge von Schottland 🏴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3f4-e0067-e0062-e0073-e0063-e0074-e007f.png)
…but I had to do my bit... As the protest signs sometimes say, “When the Aspies/introverts/etc are protesting, you know it’s serious”… ![Lächelndes Gesicht ☺️](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/263a.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#resist #protest #StopTheCoup #ToriesOut
![Lächelndes Gesicht ☺️](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/263a.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
This was actually personal for me, because my brother was on the other side of the police lines: he entered Parliament as a Tory MP in 2017, and Johnson made him a junior Whip when he besmirched No 10 in July 2019. ![Gesicht mit hochgezogener Augenbraue 🤨](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f928.png)
https://members.parliament.uk/member/4600/contact
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![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
By this time, my (admittedly somewhat obsessive) private efforts to lobby my brother on #Brexit had failed entirely, so I tried another approach and wrote him an open letter:
![Face savouring food 😋](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f60b.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#resist #StopTheCoup https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/03/open-letter-brother-resign-government-no-deal-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
![Face savouring food 😋](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f60b.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
This similarly failed, and he told me that he would stay in government. Over the months since then it has become increasingly obvious that this administration is crooked, and unlawful by nature. ![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#crooks #resist #ReleaseTheRussiaReport #ToriesOut
![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
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![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
Worst of all, it’s clear that this “government” is set on a ruinous No Deal #Brexit, regardless of the devastating impact on the lives of ordinary people. Today is the deadline for requesting an extension to the transition period… ![Wütendes Gesicht 😠](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f620.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#resist
![Wütendes Gesicht 😠](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f620.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
With time therefore running out, with just hours to go before a devastating outcome is likely locked in, I will try one final, last-ditch appeal to my brother’s better nature. ![Lächelndes Gesicht ☺️](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/263a.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#hope
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![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
. @LeoDochertyUK Leo, I’m begging you please to change course before it’s too late, and do something *today* to speak out for reason. A No Deal exit will wreck the country, and you must surely know this… ![Leicht lächelndes Gesicht 🙂](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f642.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#Brexit #sanity
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As you also know, our great-grandfather was a riveter in the shipyards on the Clyde, and a militant Communist in the Red Clydeside years… Here’s his entry in the union register of the United Society of Boilermakers & Iron & Steel Shipbuilders, 1912 (at the bottom). ![Nerd-Gesicht 🤓](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f913.png)
![Nerd-Gesicht 🤓](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f913.png)
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On paper, it’s an extraordinary journey for you to go from Clydeside shipyard to Scots Guards and Tory MP… But is it really worth it, if it means wrecking the life chances and living standards of millions? ![Errötetes Gesicht 😳](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f633.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#Glasgow #Scotland #Brexit #resist
![Errötetes Gesicht 😳](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f633.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)
I’m not asking you to be a Communist like our great-grandfather(!), but you could take a little inspiration from him in his efforts to create a better society for all: #Brexit is the *opposite* of that, being essentially a #kleptofascist smash & grab. ![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
#resist
![Verblüfftes Gesicht 😖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f616.png)
![Erhobene Faust ✊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/270a.png)
![Rose 🌹](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f339.png)
![Flagge der Europäischen Union 🇪🇺](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f1ea-1f1fa.png)