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Ian Dunt
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Labour is not a Brexit party and it's unhelpful to brand it that. They'll still get loads of votes, mostly from Remainers, and you'll make them out to be Brexit votes.
It's also too generous to the leadership, because it suggests they have a position. In terms of the manifesto, they have no discernible policy at all.
The reason to back explicitly Remain/second referendum parties is to push Labour to adopt a Remain/second referendum policy, not to punish them for being a Brexit party.
Urgh, what an icky twatty mess. I think I might go drink.
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So May's big concession in Labour talks is a customs union until 2022. That is the same year the extended transition would end under her Brexit deal. She has offered nothing at all.
Even by her standards, that's a shit little lie.
If we're going to be ruled by liars and cynics, can they at least do it well. Nothing spectacular, but at least give us the basic respect of constructing lies which take more than ten seconds to work out.
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Really strong results for Remain overnight. A demonstration of the strength of Remain voters and the punishment they can inflict on parties who refuse to represent them.
Despite this, the results are being eagerly misrepresented as a punishment for parties not 'delivering' Brexit. The media bubble will likely frame that way and many politicians will hear what they want to hear.
The gap in the way the media portrays Remain party victories vs ie a Brexit party surge is quite startling.
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