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Thread #162855   Message #3896003
Posted By: Steve Shaw
27-Dec-17 - 11:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
I'd like to know who all these immigrants are who are demanding low wages.

Even Heseltine thinks that a Corbyn government abandoning brexit would be less damaging than the Tories seeing brexit though. I agree!

Michael Heseltine, the Tory grandee and former deputy prime minister, has suggested a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn could be less damaging than Brexit.

The peer made the claim, which is remarkable for a senior Conservative, in an interview for the Limehouse podcast about liberal and EU politics, as he was pressed on how catastrophic he believes Brexit will be for the UK.

Heseltine, a longstanding pro-EU politician, signalled that he still views a Labour government as having a negative effect on the country, but said leaving the EU could be worse in the long term. He also suggested Labour would eventually turn against Brexit and the Conservatives would be ?left holding the baby?, as leaving the EU grows more unpopular.

Asked what could happen under five years of a Corbyn government, he said: "Well, we have survived Labour governments before. Their damage tends to be short-term and capable of rectification. Brexit is not short-term and is not easily capable of rectification. There will be those who question whether the short-term pain justifies the avoidance of the long-term disaster."