1/6. I'm seeing a lot of despair amongst remainers/rejoiners about @UKLabour's current stance on Brexit. I think this despair is misplaced and that we are already on the path to rejoining. It's just that nobody wants to talk about it.
2/6. It's important to understand the path. It has stages, each of which MUST be completed before the next. 1: Denial; 2: Acknowledgement of harm; 3: Attempt to mitigate within existing arrangements; 4: Seek new deal (something like Norway); 5: Finally rejoin.
3/6. UK is clearly now out of stage 1 and well into 2. @UKLabour's current stance is 2.5 but it dare not progress much ahead of public opinion. Importantly, they don't even need to understand the path (not sure leaders do) or conspire to follow it. They just need to want a fix.
4/6. The implication for remainers/rejoiners is clear. Keep the faith. Keep doing what you're doing. Keep calling out the harms. Even if @Labour can't do it, there's no reason why we can't talk about rejoining.
5/6. Remember, EVERYTHING is on our side: demographics, the arguments, the experience of ordinary people. The best case for reversing Brexit was always going to be its implementation. 
6/6. Revolutions end when ordinary supporters lose faith and ordinary leave voters (not noisy Brexit ideologues) ARE quietly losing faith. This will be like US Prohibition (a permanent constitutional change reversed after 13 years). We're on track to rejoining in the early 2030s.
7/ FOOTNOTE#1: Another way of thinking about this is to ask yourself, not what Labour's position is NOW, but what it will be in, say, 2030. Obviously, this depends on events, but...
8/ It seems a fair bet that Brexit will continue to go badly. Ordinary leave voters are already losing faith and remain identities are stronger. At the moment 82% of under 25s want to rejoin. So....
9/ In 2030, Labour (which already has a pro-European membership) will find itself in an environment in which 75%+ of under 40s want to rejoin, and not very many people actively want to stay out.
What do you think their policy towards Europe will be then?
What do you think their policy towards Europe will be then?
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