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"Corbyn has shown an utter lack of leadership. It is not because he is unwell; it is because he is no good" @robertshrimsley ft.com/content/768f89…
This is also significant: “Asked whether the resistance to a 2nd referendum was principled or tactical, one very close Corbyn adviser replied: ‘It’s 100% tactical.’”
Tactic built on the assumption UK would leave EU, so Lab could blame any problems on Tory govt & hold on to both Leave & Remain voters
As @robertshrimsley says, "If Labour is the only real alternative to a Tory government which has delivered a disastrous Brexit, then it may win power by default" – and equally ...
... if Labour is the only real alternative to a Tory govt that has failed to deliver Brexit, then it may win power by default
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My flowchart from 7 March needs further updating
Updated Brexit flowchart
This is simplified: it includes some unlikely options (no-deal Brexit) but not others (prorogation, successful vote of no confidence)
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Further to yesterday's @ConUnit_UCL briefing: Cons+DUP may not have a Commons majority when Johnson is elected leader (if 2 Con MPs defect), but... constitution-unit.com/2019/06/30/six…
... no one else is likelier to command a majority at that stage (in a vote of confidence Ian Austin, Kate Hoey &c might abstain), so May wd advise Queen to send for him...
... The crisis is likely to come in Sept/Oct as no-deal Brexit looms
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