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lakercub

(669 posts)
9. Labour
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:57 PM
Feb 2019

It sounds like Labour is finally trying to offer itself as a real alternative here. They finally appear to be backing a second referendum. I know a lot of the Labour Party always wanted to, but Corbyn's always been a Brexiter as well, so they never moved coherently in that direction.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47363307

Labour was absolutely setup by the Tory Brexit fiasco to get the government back and stop this nonsense. But it seemed like Corbyn has been in the way the whole time, which is, to me, a shame. Being an American I'm sure I don't understand all the party stuff going on, but it seems to me that Corbyn should have been replaced as leader if his position was to be the same as the Tories on the major British issue of the day. Whether it was a hard or soft Brexit, it seems to me Corbyn was still more on the side of Farage then he was the vast majority of Labour. I'm happy to be corrected, but that's how it appears in Colorado.

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