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At the moment, Labour looks like a party of Leavers to hardcore Remain voters, and Remainers to hardcore Leave voters - and prevaricators to those in between. It'll be a close vote in Peterborough tomorrow, and the Brexit Party may well win;
... as they'd enjoy being boosted by low turnout and have encouraged voters to see the binary as them vs the Lib Dems, to hoover up the Tory support and chip away at the Labour one.
The moral case for Labour's soft Brexit compromise, imo, is strong. Leave still has a democratic mandate, the country is deeply divided along 2016 lines, politics shouldn't be played as a zero-sum game.
The political case is weak. Because, quite frankly, very few people want it.
The political case is weak. Because, quite frankly, very few people want it.
The Labourer leadership is coyly shuffling towards the inevitable - a second referendum, with Remain on the ballot, and Labour backing it. Their current strategy won't survive the next party conference.
it's up to Corbyn and his team if they want to hemorrhage trust and optimism over the summer, by looking like reluctant bystanders in their own party's policy, or lead on it. I think there's a lot to be gained by the latter - and a lot to be lost by the former.
