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I am seeing a lot of tweets along the lines of "why is Keir Starmer facilitating a bad Tory Brexit deal?"
Take a BIG step back, and look at the situation OBJECTIVELY.
Labour don't have the power to impose their own deal. All they can do is choose from what the Tories offer.
Take a BIG step back, and look at the situation OBJECTIVELY.
Labour don't have the power to impose their own deal. All they can do is choose from what the Tories offer.
The Tories know this. They may be amoral, but they're not (all) idiots.
So they offer a choice:
- Take the *bad* Brexit deal. (= bad)
- Accept no-deal Brexit. (= very very bad)
It's a dreadful choice. Both outcomes are terrible. But one is *more terrible than the other*.
So they offer a choice:
- Take the *bad* Brexit deal. (= bad)
- Accept no-deal Brexit. (= very very bad)
It's a dreadful choice. Both outcomes are terrible. But one is *more terrible than the other*.
What does Keir Starmer do in the real world (not in some pretend Disney version where he has actual influence despite a Tory majority of 80)?
He can't magic a better Brexit deal into existence. Labour are far too weakly positioned for that.
So WHAT DOES HE DO?
He can't magic a better Brexit deal into existence. Labour are far too weakly positioned for that.
So WHAT DOES HE DO?
If you answered "demand a better deal", you're off in fantasyland again.
He can vote for the deal, vote against the deal, or abstain. Those are Labour's only 3 options.
(He can also criticise the deal, or aspects of it - and should - but it WON'T change a damn thing.)
He can vote for the deal, vote against the deal, or abstain. Those are Labour's only 3 options.
(He can also criticise the deal, or aspects of it - and should - but it WON'T change a damn thing.)
If Labour vote against the deal, it's more likely we end up with the very very bad no-deal.
If Labour abstain, it's more likely we end up with the very very bad no-deal.
So, by pure elimination...
It's a horrid situation to be in. Absolutely abhorrent. But that's 2020 for you!
If Labour abstain, it's more likely we end up with the very very bad no-deal.
So, by pure elimination...
It's a horrid situation to be in. Absolutely abhorrent. But that's 2020 for you!
Remember, we're ALREADY out of the EU. The door only swings one way.
So there is no version of Brexit in this universe which plays out with the UK staying in the EU, because we've already left. Put that pure, utter fantasy out of your mind NOW if it's still lurking somewhere.
So there is no version of Brexit in this universe which plays out with the UK staying in the EU, because we've already left. Put that pure, utter fantasy out of your mind NOW if it's still lurking somewhere.
Brexit is such an [unprintable] mess precisely because Leave refuses to recognise the realities of the situation.
We simply can't have Remain falling into the same trap! If everyone is off in their little dream world, who's going to be checking those pulling the levers of power?
We simply can't have Remain falling into the same trap! If everyone is off in their little dream world, who's going to be checking those pulling the levers of power?
Remember too that Keir Starmer became Labour leader in April 2020. We left the EU in January 2020.
That means that the "status quo" by the time Keir Starmer was in control was "the UK is outside the EU".
That is **totally different** from when Jeremy Corbyn was still leader.
That means that the "status quo" by the time Keir Starmer was in control was "the UK is outside the EU".
That is **totally different** from when Jeremy Corbyn was still leader.
