I concur
RT @other_mrs@twitter.com
Starmer isn’t daft. You may not like him, but the man is bright. So why is he pushing the ‘Brexit will work’ bullshit?
Just maybe he’s doing it so he gets the feedback to say it won’t.
Then he can legitimately go ahead with a policy of rejoining SM/CU.
‘Will of the people’
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@skiptomyloulou
I’m inclined to think Starmer is playing a long game. Thy may be frustrating for some but I agree he’s a clever man
@SueASmith @skiptomyloulou I think it is that Starmer knows that we are not going to be able to waltz back into the EU.
However, "making Brexit work" would mean aligning more closely with the Single Market and would be the first step towards rejoining.
But actually campaigning to rejoin is probably the wrong thing for the leader of the Opposition at this time.
Why give the Tories culture war ammunition for something that a Labour government could not deliver within a single Parliament, and something that would need a referendum anyway? The environment needs to be right and needs to be cultivated.
This does NOT mean that we shouldn't campaign to rejoin... Just that it's probably counterproductive for the leader of the Opposition to do so at this time. Counterproductive because it helps the Tories and helps solidify the Brexiteer support.
@ParkinJim @SueASmith @skiptomyloulou You’re spot on Jim. I think a lot of the seemingly “Tory-lite” things Starmer has said lately, are all part of a ‘softly-softly-catchee-monkey’ approach to woo disgruntled working class Tories back to Labour. It’s not the perfect approach, but it’s possibly his best option at the present time. Same applies to his approach to Brexit.
@jazzdetective @SueASmith @skiptomyloulou Yup, I think Starmer is very keen on avoiding pointless political statements
@jazzdetective @ParkinJim @SueASmith @skiptomyloulou seems logical to me.
12 years of Tories and they want more just to make a point?
@cufcman @jazzdetective @SueASmith @skiptomyloulou
Ideological purity. If the media wasn't against them, and if the pragmatists didn't get tired of waiting, then *this time* the British people will come to their senses and vote for their leader?
And yes, making a point for purity - and often from a position of economic privilege is a luxury
@ParkinJim @SueASmith @skiptomyloulou The problem, is that in order to woo those voters, he’s ended up upsetting the Corbynistas, who seem obsessed with dragging him down with in-fighting, instead of focusing on the common enemy, until they’ve got them out of power.
I’m always saying to the Corbynistas, on the bird-site, “your No.1 jog is to get the Tories out. Then, and ONLY then, once Labour are in power, can we afford to start worrying about the purity of everyone’s socialist credentials”