Thread by @robinthemint

So John Curtice should be listened to:-
‘ given that the Conservatives have chosen Leave, and 80 per cent of Labour's vote now comes from Remain supporters, the only realistic choice open to ⁦@UKLabour⁩ is to -
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

open to @UKLabour is to craft an appeal that will maintain and enhance its support among Remain voters, be they working class or not’
I agree and we shouldn’t waste our time chasing the voters who values at the moment are so different from ours that they vote for this Tory HMG.

@Keir_Starmer should maximise the vote of people with values very different from the right-wing corrupt xenophobic Tories among remain and simply those with non Tory attitudes.
but electoral form commitment is essential from labour now whether in outright power or sharing it.

That includes working class middle class or any class who support decent values. Labour chasing so-called working-class vote in leave areas is a mugs game. It’s alienating those of us who voted remain and have a liberal social attitudes.

A commitment to PR will transform all.

The old labour of working-class virtues supporting community education and tolerance has been corrupted increasingly since Thatcher. They are now often represented in red wall areas by the Johnson form of conservatism. But progressive working-class people will stay with Labour.

The key is to build upon the majority of progressive liberal remain people. As Sir John Curtice argued the Corbyn equivocation on Brexit killed @UKLabour in 2019. See link at top of thread. A bold approach is needed now and I don’t think @Keir_Starmer has much to lose in that.

As Curtice says in his important impeccably researched article
“Labour's attempt at a more nuanced position – backing a referendum but not being clear about which side it would back in that ballot – was both insufficient to unite the Remain vote behind it,-

- ‘while among Leave supporters it was too weak a counterweight to the invitation from the Conservatives to ‘get Brexit done’

The Brexit issue. as Sir John Curtice predicted has not yet worked its way through out politics in a way some may have hopes including @Keir_Starmer -

As for John Curtice point out @Keir_Starmer hardly ever mentions Brexit at PMQs. I am sympathetic to lotto on that because he had hoped the issue would die down. Unfortunately it’s quite clear that its impact has been profound on voting intentions and not in a good way for now.

Which is why so John Curtice is surely right in suggesting a new tranche of voters are out there yearning for a clear lead on this in particular. Brexit has proved to be a disaster incontrovertibly now. The Tory Brexit needs to be attacked more vigorously but more than this -

@Keir_Starmer & @UKLabour need to form an attacking electoral coalition to rid the country of it’s obvious venal corruption & unite around not only reform of electoral process but to implement progressive social green & Biden style economic recovery. If not now when? Let’s do it

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