What Labour should say to the Tories about Brexit:
"You told us you had an oven-ready deal. We chose to respect the referendum result by letting you try to implement it. Subsequent events have shown that it was a rotting mess. It is time to reverse the damage you've inflicted."
"You told us you had an oven-ready deal. We chose to respect the referendum result by letting you try to implement it. Subsequent events have shown that it was a rotting mess. It is time to reverse the damage you've inflicted."
That instantly defangs the "But you voted for it too..." accusation.
They can lean hard on a sense of fair play:
"Given the large Tory majority and the original outcome of the referendum, it seemed prudent to let you implement a deal that you assured the public was oven-ready."
They can lean hard on a sense of fair play:
"Given the large Tory majority and the original outcome of the referendum, it seemed prudent to let you implement a deal that you assured the public was oven-ready."
"But now that it has become clear beyond any doubt that what the British people were promised was not what they got, we feel compelled to step in."
etc. etc. etc.
etc. etc. etc.
Why start now?
Because you won't turn public opinion around in the few weeks of a GE campaign, especially if you're trying to win over the less politically engaged.
Public opinion turns like a supertanker, not a sports car. So you have to tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn it around.
Because you won't turn public opinion around in the few weeks of a GE campaign, especially if you're trying to win over the less politically engaged.
Public opinion turns like a supertanker, not a sports car. So you have to tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn it around.
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