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(THREAD) why Corbyn is doing this:
My sense talking to Lab sources is they’ve given up on election through motion of no conf and they think the best strategy is to divide and rule by offering May a way out. A way out which could split the Tory party and get an election anyway.
My sense talking to Lab sources is they’ve given up on election through motion of no conf and they think the best strategy is to divide and rule by offering May a way out. A way out which could split the Tory party and get an election anyway.
A senior Labour source points out how many votes Labour’s amendment got on its outing last week (296). It only needs twenty more to get over the line. How tempting, the argument goes for May and for Tory remainers, especially if it wasn’t tabled in Corbyn’s name.
As I reported weeks ago, there isn’t a cat in hell’s chance of this Labour leader or this leadership team backing a second referendum...
My sense is they’re extremely skittish about their working class base. One aide mentioned the Democrats: “they’ve lost the working class. We are never going to put ourselves in a position to do that. That’s why with Brexit, we’re not going to plunge head first into Remainia.”
That is predicated on the idea that "Remainia" was not as important to the 2017 election result (something for what it's worth, I disagree with) and that those voters have nowhere else to go. It's a big risk.
