Thread by @Femi_Sorry

In Sep 2018 80+% Labour members wanted a 2nd referendum & demanded it at conference.

The leadership diluted the policy so much that in Apr 2019 they were still opposing it, so people didn't trust Labour on Brexit at the election.

NOW 80+% of Labour members want Voting Reform.😬

Don't believe me?

Here's the proof!

September 2018.

ft.com/content/dc56ee…

Yet the policy that came out of the 2018 conference simply kept a 2nd referendum on the table if they couldn't get a general election (and we all know how well that went).

Labour fails to get general election:
cnbc.com/2019/01/16/bre…

So in January 2019, Keir Starmer announces that based on the Conference policy, having failed to get a general election, Labour should be campaigning for a 2nd referendum.

But in April 2019, Labours Shadow Business secretary was actively campaigning against a 2nd referendum... 7 months after Labour members demanded it, and 4 months before Labour put it in their election manifesto.

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsPolitics/status/1113350093103616001

THAT is what happens when Labour's leadership waters down a policy that 80% of its members want.

Total f**** disaster!

You spend years campaigning against it, then have to u-turn embarrassingly. But you've already lost people's trust.

And right now...
electoral-reform.org.uk/80-of-clp-back…

So based on all of the above:

@Keir_Starmer & @AngelaRayner need to know:

Given that Blair kicked PR into the long grass...

If the #LabourConference2022 policy is anything short of "Proportional Representation within 12 months of taking office"...

Nobody will trust you on it.