Yes, we want to stop no deal #Brexit, yes we'll go to any lengths, but the solution must be realistic, and it's leader must have some integrity
Corbyn as a caretaker PM is a non starter, and it's surprising so many have been taken in
2) Firstly, Corbyn is simply untrustworthy on #Brexit. Have we all forgotten the 2 steps forward 3 steps back fence sitting? The comments from front benchers undermined within hours by a "Labour spokesman"?
Nothing Corbyn says on Brexit can be taken at face value
3) he is a leaver, this is his priority, so the very idea of a committed but dishonest brexiter leading an anti #Brexit government is too ludicrous to even contemplate. Every day of his premiership would be one of forked tongue non commitments to help shepherd Brexit
4) secondly Corbyn would simply be a distraction. The significant baggage around him would distract from Brexit itself and make the anti Brexit movement look ridiculous
5) Corbyn has no personal qualities that would help in this fight.
No charisma, little intelligence, cannot think on his feet, no passion. Every appearance has to be carefully managed by his handlers.
He is not a leader.
6) too many MPs who have publicly criticised him would have to backtrack.
Every interview would be "but you said Corbyn was..."
Remainer MPs would appear craven and hypocritical, appearances would be a joke.
7) finally it is difficult to imagine a more divisive figure than Corbyn
Moderate Tory MPs would never support him, the DUP hate him, the Jewish community is outraged and Remainers are sick of his pro #Brexit machinations
MPs left Labour because of him & his ratings are terrible
8) those saying "why can't Remainers support a temporary Corbyn government?..."
Seriously, think about it.
The very concept of a Corbyn government would cripple the VoNC, if it scraped through it would be marred by incompetence & doublethink
9) does anyone think that the most double dealing and fragmented political leadership for decades would suddenly gain discipline and clarity?
Really?
Just close your eyes and imagine a Corbyn government trying to stop #Brexit
10) obviously people are desperate to stop hard #Brexit and are grasping
But this is just another self serving selfish game by Corbyn & his leadership. Putting him front and center of any fight against Brexit is simply a ludicrous idea
Please, take a step back
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2) highlights something however that I cannot believe our media has not picked up on
Cummings was never tested for COVID
Neither was his wife
Their son tested negative
There is no evidence that anyone in the family *ever* had COVID
3) this of course is a burning question. The 2nd most powerful man in the country is so convinced that his family is COVID stricken that he breaks lockdown and drives 260 miles
Then returns to the heart of government
And yet *never* gets tested?
Really? consortiumnews.com/2020/06/08/let…
1) Cummings, really, why the genius tag?
Not of the greatest importance but keep wondering why Cummings is seen as this great genius, I mean really, what has he actually achieved that is meaningful & sustainable?
Let's examine the evidence
2) Covid19 - bypassing for a moment the current row over his personal behaviour (though as a side note it's now been revealed just how hypocritical his man of the people anti elitist persona really is)
Arguably the "stay at home" messaging was very effective..
3) but everything else about the Covid19 government response, which we must assume he coordinated, has been an unmitigated disaster
Herd immunity, late lockdown, PPE, care homes. Everything. 2nd highest death rate with the most warning of any European nation, and we're an island
1) The Boss has lost it
So you're a Tory MP, probably a new one, and you've heard the boss is a rockstar and his right hand man is a political genius. You think you are well set for a long time in power.
You've heard about #Brexit and GE landslides being attributed to this pair
2) You see the boss's popularity get even higher and you think "these 2 are amazing, Labour can't touch us".
Then #Covid19 appears, but the boss says everything's going to be OK.
Then you see the UK move to the wrong ends of the "worst in the world/best in the world graphs"
3) Then you finally see the great performer in PMQs, you've been looking forward to this....
...but he's actually a bit rubbish. Blustering, falling over his words, light on detail. You start to worry
1) easiest crystal ball in history
There seems to be a lot of shocked & surprised Tories around today & whilst it was shocking, why is anyone surprised?
What did think would happen when you elevate a lying chancer to PM? What part of his history is inconsistent with today?
2) there's a simple point to make here.Tories, mostly brexiters, knew Johnson's (lack of) character, flaky buffoonery and self serving nature.They knew of the dishonesty of the Brexit campaign but also the utter lack of a moral compass
3) lots of us were concerned about Brexit but a lot of us looked on in horror at the manipulation of people's fears, the brazen populism, the attacks on parliament & our institutions. The latent fascism as immigrants were othered, intellectuals attacked, the "will of the people"
1) Amongst many other failures and outright lies from Corbyn's Labour on #Brexit this, the lie of a "Jobs first, protect workers rights Brexit" is right up there
Corbyn and Labour conspired to throw away worker & regulations protections, the greatest rights loss in history
2) There was *never* a jobs first #Brexit but more importantly a "protect workers rights" #Brexit was a complete & deliberate lie
Yesterday we enjoyed pan european workers rights on maternity, working time directive, sick pay, a whole host - that's all under threat
3) Corbyn proposed a "protect workers rights" #Brexit but what did that mean? We would by law enforce the same rights for our workers as they did in the EU, how? By what mechanism would they be enforced? By treaty?
And we would have no say over these rights outside of the EU
1) @UKLabour - what happened?
Fundamentally 4 blindingly big errors were made by Labour, and at least 3 of them were obvious years ago
Firstly, Labour could only ever, strategically, be a Remain party - they could never out #Brexit the Tories - but they never found a route
@UKLabour 2) whatever the northern seat position was, you cannot win as Labour with Brexit lite, just as Labour couldn't win 10 years ago with austerity lite
The Brexit camp was full, strategically the only route for Labour was full throated Remain - they never got there
@UKLabour 3) if Labour had found the way to full Remain they could have joined the voices saying all #Brexit versions were bad, there were no good Brexits. They could have spent 3 years saying Brexit was a right wing project
But they couldn't,because they pretended *their* Brexit was good