Yellow Hammer (and Black Swan if it exists) and other documents the government itself has produced are our truths and our evidence.
I look to Thomas Jefferson quotes in trying to defend liberal democracy.
His most famous of quotes is
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration states, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness….”
Self evident truths. These are the bedrock of democracy.
There are many more quotes from Jefferson which talk about the shining beacon of truth and the threats to liberty from falsehoods and those who tell them.
He argued that when the power of the state is used to avoid scrutiny we should be worried and afraid. As a leader he should never be afraid of the truth, because the truth always exists and you can only merely hide it before it makes itself apparent anyway.
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
Today I feel the need to dust off old Jefferson for my own sanity and to remind myself of what matters. Jefferson helps me focus on dangers and how you fight back. It always comes back to exposure to the truth - how do you work to expose this (and the role of journalism in this)
Seek the truth. Talk the truth. Even if that means being self critical and humble in admitting your mistakes and errors.
It is not your identity as Leaver, Remainer, Tory, Labour, LDer, SNPer, woman, man, English, Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh or European right now.
These identities are harming us, by making us look at the wrong thing rather than see the real danger facing us. They divide us whilst they conquer us.
What you should be focusing on NOW is your commitment to democracy in the face of someone in power actively and explicity saying the rule of law does not matter and the courts are wrong. That is advocating mob rule.
Johnson stood and said threats to MPs were humbug. And refused to moderate his language despite so many (mainly female) MPs saying the threats they received were extremely serious (remembering we've even had a prosecution for a plot to kill Rosie Cooper as well as other successful prosecutions for threats to MPs)
This is where we are at.
Focus on it.
No Deal Brexit and the future of liberal democracy in this country are indivisible and inseparable. They are entwined by the rule of law.
Brexit is NOT in of itself a threat to liberal democracy. It is HOW we leave that is.
I wish this was being said and emphasised concisely and cleanly.