If critical mass of left/centre had mobilised around soft Brexit after 2017 we'd now be determining nature of the debate: keeping freedom of movement & single market membership.
That didn't happen because liberal establishment *always* thinks it knows best. No Deal now odds on >
For some arch-remainers this manifested itself in a bizarre obsession with Jeremy Corbyn, the politician they most needed to move closer to their ideal outcome. For the Lib Dems it was calculus aimed at reviving their chances with electorate >
This has been a timeline where Alastair Campbell, with the gleeful assistance of the media, thought he was a bigger story than stopping no deal, where Tom Watson - even now - cares more about unseating Corbyn than stopping Boris >
Where Labour backbenchers have compiled dossiers on left journalists to attack and undermine them; where a new party formed and claimed it wanted to avoid no deal...before swiftly voting against a customs union >
But more than anything it boils down to a certain mindset: Trump can never beat Clinton; Brexit can never win; Corbyn will never defy the polls and win 40% of the popular vote.
They still don't get that the figure of the 'people' has returned - especially since 2016 >
They want to put it back in the box and certainly don't see it's an outgrowth of an economic model which has decayed steadily since 2008. That's because, as 'moderates', they have no materialist idea of history. It's about 'goodies' and 'baddies' >
What we know from last few years is this: that concept of politics & leadership is over. Be wistful & complain, fine, but it only means things get worse than even Boris & Trump. I'm an optimist but if there's a GE alliance between Brexit and Tories it's hard to see how they lose>
And you know what that would mean? The usual suspects - within the Labour parliamentary party - demanding Corbyn resign. That is their priority, even now.
It's genuinely stunning that these people have chosen the course of action they have over the last 2 years.
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