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If LAB is serious about a second referendum it must seek a 6+ month A50 extension

If LAB is serious about a second referendum it must seek a 6+ month A50 extension

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Will it table the necessary amendment or is it all just words? Enthusiastic it was not. The Labour leadership finally adopting the policy set out at Conference of seeking a second referendum, now that a general election is not a viable means of stopping Brexit, came with all the keenness of toddler being encouraged to eat spinach. Even now, Corbyn is happy to mix notional support for a referendum with ‘other solutions’ being on the table. This matters because in…

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If there are UK Euro elections in May Farage’s new Brexit party could easily beat UKIP

If there are UK Euro elections in May Farage’s new Brexit party could easily beat UKIP

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The elections that may or may not happen While all sorts of attention has been given to the splits within the Conservative and Labour parties there has been very little coverage of the fact that UKIP, which won the 2014 UK euro elections, has been totally divided over the past 5 years. Barely a 3rd of 24 UKIP MEPs elected in May 2014 are still within the fold. One of the defectors, Nigel Farage, was leader in 2014 and has…

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A Dilemma

A Dilemma

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So, let’s imagine. It’s the Ides of March.  MPs have voted against Mrs May’s Deal (again). They’ve voted against No Deal. They’ve voted in favour of an extension. Through gritted teeth Mrs May announces to Parliament that she and her faithful sherpa, Olly Robbins, will be off to Brussels (again) to agree a short extension. By now, one imagines, they must have their own personal Eurostar carriage and enough Belgian chocolate, vacuum-packed mussels and frozen frites in their larder to…

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Those claiming that the “will of the people” equates to no deal should be treated like snake oil salesmen

Those claiming that the “will of the people” equates to no deal should be treated like snake oil salesmen

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July 2016 ComRes polling that had 42% of Leave voters prioritising staying in the single market. Any politician trying to assert that what they propose, as we enter the final month of Article 50 process, is the “will of the people” should be treated like a snake oil salesman. It is now nearly three years since the referendum and things have moved on in all sorts of ways particularly in understanding what a possible deal would look like. So I’d…

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Tom Watson plans a new LAB MPs grouping and there’s little Milne/McCluskey/Corbyn can do about it

Tom Watson plans a new LAB MPs grouping and there’s little Milne/McCluskey/Corbyn can do about it

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He’s LAB’s deputy with his own separate mandate It is very hard to think of any other organisation where a deputy can operate in the manner that Tom Watson is doing at the moment. His response to the defection of nine MPs has been very much to sympathize recognising the culture within the party that led to their decisions. He’s also forwarded to the leadership 50 cases of anti-semitism which he wants investigating. You wonder what Seamus Milne, Len McCluskey,…

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TIGgers can reshape politics – but not as a collective of lone wolves

TIGgers can reshape politics – but not as a collective of lone wolves

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They have declared war on the current party system, and must win or die Extinction is the usual fate of most political splits. Whether by political defeat or by a subsequent merger into a pre-existing party, any MP resigning from his or her party and not defecting directly to another one usually finds their subsequent career to be one of struggle, isolation and defeat. Is there any reason to think that this week’s extraordinary events could lead to any different…

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This could be right – Corbyn blocking moves for a second referendum triggering more MPs going

This could be right – Corbyn blocking moves for a second referendum triggering more MPs going

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Labour sources think crunch point for several other Labour MPs considering resigning the whip will be whether or not Corbyn accepts Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson amendment on Feb 27 calling for public vote on May’s deal, modelled on Good Friday Agreement referendum — Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) February 18, 2019 And could the moves against CON remainers be another recruiter? The first stage of deselection is complete in Totnes as @sarahwollaston's constituents fight back over her Brexit betrayal. @TotnesCA Thanks…

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