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The deal makes it inevitable that negotiations with the EU will continue for at least 4.5 years on Fisheries alone, and most likely forever on everything else.
The character of Farage means he will scream betrayal throughout
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https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/29/labour-will-not-seek-major-changes-to-uks-relationship-with-eu-keir-starmer?__twitter_impression=true
The deal makes it inevitable that negotiations with the EU will continue for at least 4.5 years on Fisheries alone, and most likely forever on everything else.
The character of Farage means he will scream betrayal throughout
...
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/29/labour-will-not-seek-major-changes-to-uks-relationship-with-eu-keir-starmer?__twitter_impression=true
The Express and Telegraph cannot survive without outraging their readers about the EU, so will amplify every word Farage utters, and bang on about Europe constantly.
Tory members read this, and they elect leaders. So all MPs with ambition to lead will also bang on about EU...
Tory members read this, and they elect leaders. So all MPs with ambition to lead will also bang on about EU...
Meanwhile, those opposing Brexit will not stop opposing it. They (we) are as committed to this as we are to any political party, and for as long as the negative consequences roll out (minimum 1 decade) we will stand up to those who did this ...
So the idea that Labour can vote for this deal and then move on, never have to discuss EU, and politics will shift to other things ... huh?
Look: throughout 2020 Brexit was irreversible, and we had the biggest crisis for a century to deal with. But Brexit did not vanish...
Look: throughout 2020 Brexit was irreversible, and we had the biggest crisis for a century to deal with. But Brexit did not vanish...
And if Covid couldn't remove it from our daily thoughts, what makes you think it'll disappear over some housing dispute in 2021?
Regardless of the morality of abandoning the majority who oppose Brexit, the realpolitik of Starmer's position is shockingly naive...
Regardless of the morality of abandoning the majority who oppose Brexit, the realpolitik of Starmer's position is shockingly naive...
However, if Labour abstains and Starmer says "put the deal we were promised before the House and I will vote for it, because I accept the mandate of the referendum. But this deal is not what was promised, and has no mandate", the deal will still pass...
The ERG supporting the deal ensures that.
But now the Tories will own every negative outcome, and Labour are in a position to attack it. They cannot stop it, but they can point at the Tories over every lost job, drop in GDP, business relocation, closing car plant...
But now the Tories will own every negative outcome, and Labour are in a position to attack it. They cannot stop it, but they can point at the Tories over every lost job, drop in GDP, business relocation, closing car plant...
If you want to win in 2025, it's not a bad idea to align with the beliefs of the anti-Brexit majority, while being on record accepting the referendum, and also have a vast arsenal of attack lines over the shit outcome.
Voting for the deal throws all that away.
#Abstain
Voting for the deal throws all that away.
#Abstain
