"It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better" yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/... - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 127 days ago

"It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better"

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/labours-brexit-problem-why-starmer-must-soon-face-a-rejoin-reality-check/

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eagleneedle.bsky.social•127 days ago

There is no hope for the UK with politicians like this. Is Mandelson pulling his strings?

ferrickbrick.bsky.social•127 days ago

I no longer believe that Starmer has the courage to go against capitalist ideals. Nor does he have high enough regard for voters to serve the best interests of the people loyally and honestly.

jackzero1.bsky.social•127 days ago

It's gonna happen because a pound to a pinch of shit if labour don't do it before the next election the Tories definitely will. The Babadook is already distancing herself from her parties recent history.

gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social•126 days ago

I'm not disagreeing Peter but I think Britains problems run much deeper than brexit.

was-steve.bsky.social•127 days ago

The article is spot on.

The only issue is the right wing press which he should also tackle.

Eg by...

No foreign ownership of UK media outlets.

No individual or single corporation to be allowed to own more than 5%

Do that to stop the right wing attacks on democracy and rejoin is a cert.

brexitbin.bsky.social•127 days ago

I'd love to know what was said to them in Davos behind closed doors.

johngc.bsky.social•127 days ago

If it was a bad idea/disaster to leave when he campaigned for remain and 2nd ref? Why a bad idea to rejoin? Has he been Reform ed by fear of stoke on trent et al.

roswingrove.bsky.social•127 days ago

Got to harness those Skeggy ‘Reform’ voters.

johnnygn.bsky.social•127 days ago

I wrote to my MP Peter Kyle asking why we aren’t at least trying to establish free trade with the EU. No reply. They’re scared of the so called red wall and are totally misreading the national mood. How bad does it have to get?

nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social•127 days ago

Same with my MP, Diana Johnson. Scared of Leave vote, & Reform coming second.

arkenor.bsky.social•127 days ago

He's stubborn and authoritarian. I don't think he'll ever agree to it. He may eventually face a sufficient rebellion that he's replaced. Sooner than later, I hope.

peteinsaltaire.bsky.social•126 days ago

Labour never ditches lame-duck leaders between elections. Think of Foot, Kinnock, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn.

writerinpyjamas.bsky.social•127 days ago

Absofuckinglutely. Brexit? It’s like trying to fix a leak with the mains still on. Like throwing banknotes into a furnace. Like spitting on your neighbours and wondering why they dislike you. It’s misery for everyone, and, at the moment, being out of the EU is very, very dangerous.

tsunami65.bsky.social•127 days ago

Is that the same ditch as the blond spaffer?

rand0lf-rand0lf.bsky.social•127 days ago

I would settle for him just dying in a ditch... if poss?

sanchopanzasmule.bsky.social•127 days ago

I vaguely remember a rotund blonde processor saying that he'd die in a ditch in front of a bulldozer rather than see Heathrow expanded....

Or some such 40 hospitals type speech.

Prime ministers never die in ditches...

crewedavid.bsky.social•126 days ago

Growth without forcing it and abandoning your principles. Just join the single market @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

omgstarsk.bsky.social•127 days ago

Freeports and SEV's the EU won't accept.

themabozza.bsky.social•127 days ago

I really don't understand why Labour won't even consider joining the CM, at least.
Ministers defending the policy are very uncomfortable, most likely as they don't agree and can't defend the illogical.
It's madness, and not best for the UK.
What is it they are hiding?

johnkb.bsky.social•127 days ago

He abandons it or we abandon him

jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social•127 days ago

It makes no sense for Labour to pretend that it can join the EU "just like that" within a single term without even the fig-leaf of a manifesto pledge

Especially when the EU knows fine well the next RW govt - Reform, Tory or both - would reverse it immediately

waynereynolds.bsky.social•127 days ago

We all know they're trying to get the unpopular decisions out of the way early on, so why not fix the Brexit problem? Sure, it'd annoy an ever decreasing number of people, but it's so obviously the right thing to do.

grahamtayloruk.bsky.social•127 days ago

There’s a ditch within his constituency, it’s called the River Fleet should he choose to die in one. If he drops in and sees me I’ll take him down to the basement of our flats, there’s a hatch. Afraid it might have the odd dead rat and Thames Water effluent running though it, but hey.

selfdeported.bsky.social•127 days ago

He really needs to stop acting like a mini-me Tory and grow a pair.

wazerk103.bsky.social•115 days ago

The PM must listen to the British public and look to get back into the Eu.

c4darkmane.bsky.social•127 days ago

if not rejoin, at the very least something similar to Norway.

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