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Open letter to Tom Watson: Stop claiming to speak for us on Brexit
A second referendum would tear our country apart all over again

A SIGNIFICANT number of Labour Party members have experienced ever growing disgust over your determination to represent your views as our own over Brexit, when in truth, the membership has very complex and diverse views on this difficult subject. 

To claim with certainty that you speak for us all is both disingenuous and wrong and alienates those of us who do not share your views. 

It is also hypocritical. You did not care how the membership felt about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership back in 2016 when you urged him to resign, but now suddenly, it’s the most important thing to you.

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