Thread by @tony_nog

1) Corbyn & #Brexit - a history
lot of dismay about this statement from Corbyn, an attempt to shut down the #PeoplesVote campaign which has majority support in the Labour party

But really, the signs were all there, and the "treacherous" Labour MPs, it turns out, were right

2) way back before the referendum, when we thought Remain was in the bag, Corbyn won his first leadership election.
The entire front bench went to see him, because they were worried Corbyn wouldn't really support Remain

Most believed him, Chuka Umunna didn't & resigned the bench

3) Then Corbyn had a very lacklustre Ref campaign, asked for A50 to be invoked "now" when Remain lost, and began a long process of supporting & reinforcing #Brexit.

His entire front bench in essence resigned, to force him from office because of his poor ref campaign

4) Owen Smith stood against him, on a pro EU platform. Corbyn won again.

Then & since we've seen those same "Blairite/treacherous" MPs attacked, castigated & threatened with deselection for their disloyalty.

Only, it turns out, they were right

5) Ummuna was right when he said Corbyn wouldn't back Remain. The Front Bench were right to try to force him out after his terrible Ref campaign.

Owen Jones, the defeated opponent, is far far closer to the Party position on the EU than Corbyn would ever be.

6) and the current Labour Front Bench? Horribly compromised. Tied to an idealogue with no imagination or ability, who had one moment when his principles were tested, and who chose to pretend (briefly) that he'd campaign for Remain

7) after all, who with any conscience could sit on the front bench of this man?
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