Corbyn's Cunning Plan Backfires



The Labour leadership is grasping at straws by trying to blame Brexit for the party's disastrous defeat in the general election.

 I heard John McDonnell on TV earlier today saying that Labour were on the horns of an impossible dilemma over Brexit because of the competing views of Remain and Leave voters.

 But this pathetic excuse-making completely ignores the dire performance of Jeremy Corbyn who:
  • failed to campaign convincingly for Remain in the 2016 referendum
  • called for Article 50 to be triggered the day after the 2016 referendum
  • refused to campaign for a People's Vote on the final terms of any Brexit deal and make the case that a second, confirmatory referendum was fair and democratic
  • Corbyn's preferred solution of facing both ways and being an 'honest broker' was completely mad   
The latest Opinium poll confirms the main reason voters did not back Labour was their concern about the party leadership, but when it comes down to Brexit the two issues are inextricably linked. 

Labour's 'Pushmi Pullyu' policy was designed by and for Jeremy Corbyn - a lifelong leaver who found it impossible to stand up for the views of the vast majority of Labour members and supporters.



  

Corbyn's Cunning Plan! (28/11/19)



All we need now is for Jeremy Corbyn to change his name or self-identify as Dr Doolittle!




Jonathan Freedland
✔@Freedland

Labour to leave voters: "the party leadership is not opposing Brexit"

Labour to remain voters: vote for us to stop Brexit

The new strategy briefed here might be tricky to pull off https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50580699 …

Jeremy Corbyn

Labour to change election strategy

The party plans to appeal to voters in Leave-supporting areas, insiders tell the BBC.
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