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Labour MPs, had a choice on #Brexit
They could have consistently said "yes, Leave won - but the choice before us now is prosperity or sovereignty, a painful or pointless Brexit. What do we choose?"
They didn't, from Corbyn down they pretended there was a magic alternative
They could have consistently said "yes, Leave won - but the choice before us now is prosperity or sovereignty, a painful or pointless Brexit. What do we choose?"
They didn't, from Corbyn down they pretended there was a magic alternative
Corbyn's Labour was never straight with the electorate. Being sold a pup by Tories should be natural campaign ground for Labour but because of cowardice and/or Corbyn's euroscepticism Labour became part of the #Brexit problem, the big lie
At this point Labour should be at the centre of an anti #Brexit progressive alliance. No trigger of A50 without a plan, another Eton mess, a game between public school boys, a hedge funded disaster capitalist experiment
Instead, theyre on the wrong side
Instead, theyre on the wrong side
If you watch Sturgeon, Lucas, or Lammy they're clear - yes, I'm anti Brexit, yes I think it's wrong. Yes I understand that people voted but the facts have changed.
They don't look shifty, they don't have to avoid the question or justify a silly position
They don't look shifty, they don't have to avoid the question or justify a silly position
Most Labour MPs just don't look authentic. None of them believe what they're saying on #Brexit. They know its bad for their constituents but can't say so because of a triangulating, fundamentally dishonest leadership, so they flap, and have no gravitas
There was never anything more wrong than Brexit, especially for Labour voters. At best there would have been major disruption for working people as the economy realigned, at worst they'd be exposed to slashed rights, job losses and cheap "chlorinated chicken" imports
The fact that most Labour MPs couldn't tell people this, because Corbyn's leadership wouldn't let them, is one of the greatest failures in Labour's history.
