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#brexit is now the side show. We leave in January.

The breakup of the Union is now the main event.

— Tegid Roberts (@TegidRoberts) December 14, 2019

NEW: Explosive emails seen by @ObserverUK reveal Dominic Cummings would have challenged Brexit result as ‘invalid’ if Leave had lost. PM’s top aide told data watchdog, UK laws ‘wide open to abuse’.
From me & @TownsendMark https://t.co/Nxi1XUDTI4

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 14, 2019

Mesmerising watching our elms grow. These ones are some of my favourites: burgeoning into life at the ROSE Clubroom garden on Ascalon St SW8, up the railway line wall & oh so cleverly merging into the trackside greenery. Nicely done @EasterbyJony! #LightUpNineElms @NineElmsTeam pic.twitter.com/H5mZej3Crs

— Michelle Walker 🕷 (@michelleyascapi) December 14, 2019

Had England voted like Wales they would have returned
293 Labour &
187 conservative MP's

They didn't, they returned

180 Labour &
345 conservative MP's

Stop treating Wales as if it has suddenly become a conservative stronghold. The Conservatives won in England alone. #fact

— Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Marshallmedia) December 14, 2019

From Jon Douthwaite:

“So congratulations if you wanted Boris Johnson as pm.

Please don’t celebrate too much though as you have work to do. You see us remoaners have spent three and a half years now telling you brexit was wrong but we’ve finally and completely lost. 1/.

— Daniel Werder (@daniel_werder) December 14, 2019

Refuge and Renewal now open at @RWABristol and going down well with visitors. Thank you to co-curator @NathalieRWA and all the lenders, artists, estates, @AlisonBevanRWA and gallery staff at RWA. On until 1 March, then @momamachynlleth pic.twitter.com/j77tTyUNeu

— Peter Wakelin (@PeterWakelin1) December 14, 2019

Getting ready for #LightUpNineElms this weekend? Head on over to our Instagram where @EasterbyJony is in residency taking us behind the scenes! pic.twitter.com/VbYRAwxCMK

— Nine Elms London (@NineElmsTeam) December 10, 2019

We open tonight! Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned for #LightUpNineElms and a map so you can find these special illuminations. This magical project continues until 21 Dec, daily 5pm-9pm. @ArtsAgendaUK @EasterbyJony pic.twitter.com/sEghMCL9Gs

— Nine Elms London (@NineElmsTeam) December 13, 2019

The state of a broken electoral system.

Conservatives increase their vote share by 1% = 66 new MPs.

Greens increase their vote by 1% = 0 new MPs.

43% of the country voted Conservative, but they have 56% of the seats despite the majority of the country not voting for them. pic.twitter.com/VT3FDFKoVy

— Amelia Womack - Green Party 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Amelia_Womack) December 13, 2019

You know else is cheering the UK election result, aside from the far right? The Saudis. Corbyn would have been the first UK leader to take a stand against them.

You know who isn’t cheering? Yemenis being bombed by Saudi jets, supported by the UK (Tory) and US (GOP) governments.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 13, 2019

This is the point never to forget: of votes cast, 53% were for Remain-supporting parties, 47% for Leave-supporting parties. FPTP gives big majority of seats in Parliament to the 47%. Brexit will happen against the will of the people; democracy in the (ex)-UK.

— A C Grayling #FBPE🕷 #PeoplesVote &/or #Revoke50 (@acgrayling) December 13, 2019

Across Britain, it took...

🗳️864,743 votes to elect 1 Green MP
🗳️642,303 votes to elect 0 Brexit Party MPs
🗳️334,122 votes to elect a Lib Dem
🗳️50,817 votes for a Labour MP
🗳️38,316 votes for a Plaid Cymru MP
🗳️38,300 votes for a Con. MP
🗳️25,882 votes for a SNP MP#ScrapFPTP

— Electoral Reform Society (@electoralreform) December 13, 2019

Do you work in music with young people in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales? 🎺🎸🎧🎤 🎵🥁🎷🎻 Want to … hear about opportunities & funding, once they’re available? 💡... let us know what the gaps are & what’s needed? Complete our mapping 📌 survey here: https://t.co/GozalgAqNA Please share😀 pic.twitter.com/8CX7igeUJK

— Anthem (@Anthem_Cymru) December 13, 2019

With five years of @BorisJohnson ahead of us as PM we need a law to keep politicians honest more than ever. We.ll be tabling it soon. Please ask your own MP to support it. https://t.co/v9QwVYkM6j

— Adam Price (@Adamprice) December 13, 2019

I just took action with @theactionnet: Volunteer with XR across the UK. Take action here: https://t.co/nWoPO85f1m

— Penny Tomkins 🌹 (@PenTomkins) December 14, 2019