What is a problem for the UK: tens of thousands of tax-paying, skilled professionals (white and blue collar) leaving the country to seek better opportunities elsewhere

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: the Conservative Party actively seeks donations from the citizens of hostile foreign powers and elevates a former KGB Agent to the House of Lords

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: First Past the Post favours the minority Conservative Party, but the majority Opposition Parties can’t get their act together and agree an Electoral Pact

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: hundreds of Tory MPs put their careers and the Party before their constituents and the country. Hitchin and Harpenden MP Bim Afolami is one such example

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: the British Security Services have been asleep on the job whilst hostile foreign powers infiltrate the Conservative Party and interfere with our democracy

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: our sorry excuse for a Constitution is riddled with loopholes that have allowed an extremist campaigning group, funded by foreign nationals, to take power

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: we were once admired and respected around the world for our integrity, prestige and strategic thinking. Today we are a laughing stock run by a lying clown

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: we have huge challenges with social inequality, the climate crisis and our public services. The Conservative Party has no interest in solving any of them

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: our economy is now on its knees due to Covid. A Tory No Deal Brexit will drive even greater unemployment, business failures and shortages of food and medicine

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: the Vote Leave Conservative Party is working systematically to undermine the foundations of our liberal democracy eg the courts, Civil Service and Parliament

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: the Prime Minister has appointed his entire Government on the basis of Ministers being True Believers in Brexit, regardless of talent, integrity or capability

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: our population is ageing rapidly. We have no credible Social Care strategy and we have told hard-working, tax-paying EU27 citizens they are not welcome here

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: Progressive and Centrists see each other as rivals rather than partners, allowing the Vote Leave Conservative Party to win an 80 seat majority in December

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: our most competitive industries including automotive, life sciences and financial services will be crippled by No Deal Brexit, costing many thousands of jobs

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: our children and young adults are not taught critical thinking skills, leaving them hugely vulnerable to highly sophisticated extremist propaganda

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: most young people today have little chance of affording higher education, decent housing and a secure retirement without inheriting money.

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: we have a once in a generation opportunity to restructure our economy for a sustainable future. But our Government is more interested in populist culture war

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: sections of the Labour Party are more interested in internal bickering and refighting the 2019 GE than in mobilising an alliance to defeat the Tories in 2024

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: this country has thrived through its leadership roles in many international bodies such as the UN, NATO and the EU. Johnson wants to trash all of this

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: millions of working class voters supported the Tories in 2019 because they believed Cummings’ populist lies. We don’t know how to stop this happening again

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
What is a problem for the UK: across the country, friends and families have fallen out and won’t talk to each other because of Johnson and Cummings’ Brexit culture war

What is not a problem for the UK: a few hundred people showing up on the beach in dinghies
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