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The Ideological Spin of "Sovereignty"

The hard-Brexit Quitlings have once again demonstrated their lack of interest in the potentially disastrous job losses our country could face if they push through with a no-deal scenario and no customs union: Conservative MP @Anna_Soubry attacked "ideologically driven" colleagues with "gold-plated pensions and inherited wealth" for ignoring the "reality" of Brexit. pic.twitter.com/hZF5DU9wy7 — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) 16 July 2018 This will seem like a digression but let me put this to you: sovereignty, outside of establishment spin, has never meant more freedom to make our own laws away from Brussels "Eurocrats". Not for you or I anyway. Those who are pushing for the hardest Brexit in parliament are the ones who have the least to lose and certainly not their jobs or investment portfolios and hedge funds. Have you not noticed the silver spoons in their mouths? When was the last time you heard Jacob Rees-Mogg, Ian Duncan Smith, Boris