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Thread #166394   Message #4002490
Posted By: Iains
29-Jul-19 - 03:13 AM
Thread Name: Labour - the party of Remain
Subject: RE: Labour - the party of Remain
A LABOUR MP has admitted in an astonishing act of candour that it is “too late” for the Labour Party to win the next general election because of its “wishy-washy” and “ill-defined” Brexit policy.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1158508/labour-party-news-brexit-latest-jeremy-corbyn-boris-johnson-election-lbc-owen-smith-vi
Labour backbencher Owen Smith, who is a fierce critic of leader Jeremy Corbyn, told LBC radio the party has already “blown it” if there is an Autumn general election. He explained to host Shelagh Fogarty: “To be honest, Shelagh, if there was an election in the Autumn as you were describing, it’s too late. We’ve already blown it because we prevaricated for so long now that we’ve even got to the stage that I’m not sure people care what our Brexit position is.
“They’re so used to it being wishy-washy and ill-defined and it seems to be getting more so.
“I’m a backbench Labour MP and I don’t know what our position is going to be in our manifesto.
“I think it’s going to be, from what I understand, that if the Tories are in power we’re in favour of a second referendum and Remain.


Lots of finking but sadly no hard facts. "quelle surprise"