Have we reached Peak Stupid yet ? I doubt it.
A general election is the most democratic way of breaking the Brexit deadlock, Jeremy Corbyn is to argue. The Labour leader will tell activists in Yorkshire that only a government with a "renewed mandate" will get public support for a withdrawal deal. His party will oppose Theresa May's deal next week, and push for a vote of no confidence if it is rejected by MPs.
A general election would be a fine thing - a much more rapid alternative to a second referendum - were there the slightest bit of difference between the major parties on Brexit. There isn't. It goes something like this :
- May et al. take months to get a deal so lousy that even the Brexit secretary who negotiated it has to resign. The EU says, "hurrah !"
- Everyone hates the deal (this is NOT the same as a traditional compromise where everyone at least likes some aspects of it, here everyone simply hates it) so May says, "I'll ask the EU more nicely then"
- The EU says, "HAHAHAHA no."
- Everyone tells Corbyn, "We want a second referendum or no Brexit ! Stop Brexit !"
- Corbyn says, "Let's have a general election and I'll ask the EU more nicely when I'm Prime Minister. Yes, that totally makes sense. What ? Shut up, it does."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46817503
No one is going to get a satisfactory deal from the EU because it's a hopeless negotiating position. FFS, is rescinding Brexit really just off the table completely?
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't be if there was someone with a little backbone in charge.
ReplyDeleteWell; you can always vote for Lord Buckethead.
ReplyDeleteHow long after a (probably hard?) Brexit can the UK ask to get back in the EU?
ReplyDeleteI think in principle instantly; in practise God knows.
ReplyDeleteYes. A general election solves nothing around Brexit, because the two largest parties don't have different positions.
ReplyDeleteAll it does is (possibly) get Labor elected - and that's why Corbyn is pitching it.
The problem is that Corbyn has spotted the political opportunism but catastrophically failed to understand that it's Brexit itself his base are concerned with, not him. That's what happens when you have a cult following, I suppose.
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