Thread by @petermbenglish

Theresa May was dealt a bad hand if cards, and played them astonishingly badly. As a result we now have a puppet populist as PM, in hock to hedge fund managers, would be tax avoiders, Trump and Putin.
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By contrast, @UKLabour were dealt a phenomenal hand, who h they have squandered. Instead of standing up for the ordinary working man and woman, and for the disabled, at every step they have enabled the far right Brexit project.
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@UKLabour could and should not have insisted that a marginal referendum following a campaign in which unicorns (some of them Lexit inventions) were sold as reality had to be "respected" and implemented, however damaging it would be.
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@UKLabour could and should have insisted on the publication of a careful, dispassionate, professional assessment of the costs and benefits of Brexit before supporting the triggering of Article 50.
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@UKLabour could and should have insisted on legislating for a backstop, compelling the government to #RevokeArticle50 if the alternative was going to be crashing out of the EU without a deal.
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@UKLabour must, now, ensure that Corbyn stands aside in favour of a leader who will, vigorously, make the case, and fight, for remaining in the EU - it's the only way to achieve any of the party's other aspirations.
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