New email leaks reveal Jack Straw was very grateful for Brexit, and for the most disgusting reason

[Denzil_DC]

15. Wriggle as you might on Straw's behalf and attempt to smear the messenger,

Straw did, in his own words, regard the "distraction" of the Brexit vote as being helpful because it would "reduce medium term attention on Chilcot". Given the damning nature of the findings, and the mess and loss of life in the aftermath of decisions by the regime Straw was a prominent part of, his immediate concern about "the day of publication being uncomfortable" is typically self-serving - not that there are lessons to be learned there, nor that he shares responsibility for perverting our polity and the widely predicted outcome. Straw is the ultimate cynical politician.

As for your other comments raking over yet again who should have done more during the Brexit campaign, this summarizes how effective interventions by any political figures were:



I've speculated before now on how much anti-establishment/anti-status quo nihilism played a part in the vote. It looks like it's a good job certain figures in Remain didn't do more, as they were motivating more Leave voters than Remain ones and the majority might have ended up being larger.

Imagining anyone could turn around the effects of the overwhelming decades-long anti-EU media propaganda/mythology campaign in just a few weeks is unrealistic, especially as it was in full cry and crescendo during the short campaign.

It's also grimly amusing that you accuse Momentum and its allies of being preoccupied with infighting rather than campaigning! Maybe they'll be in a better position to focus on campaigning when they're not wondering whether they'll be expelled from the Labour Party on an NEC whim at any moment. I've lost count of the number of old stagers with many years of solid Labour membership, and in many cases no connection with Momentum, who've been purged in the run-up to the vote, never mind whole CLPs being suspended, and that's all continuing. Here's an ironic example of the shambles that is the current NEC:

Andrew Godsell
?@AndrewGodsell

Received an email today from @UKLabour asking if I can help in Witney By-Election - sorry but you have suspended me #LabourPurge2 #DodgyDave