From the last thread.
gillybob said:
I would like to hear what the Labour Party would do differently ? They all seem to be keeping very quiet about it.
I think the Labour Party has been in a bit of a spot over Brexit as. although two thirds of Labour voters voted Remain an awful lot of their constituencies voted Leave. When I raised the topic with my (Remainer) Labour MP she said that very few constituents she'd spoken to were particularly concerned about Brexit. Mind you, that was not long after the GE, people's thoughts may be more concentrated on it now after the last few shambolic months.
And, I've seen it argued that they were just sitting back to let the tories get the full blame for the mess...
I do hope, though, that now that the forecasts prepared by the DEexEU have been publicised, and in view of the angry voices coming from the CBI and the TUC, and the clear message coming from the Japanese after yesterday's meeting with May, that Labour will join the anti-Brexit movement, come out loud and clear with the message that all indications show that the UK as a whole, and the deprived regions in particular, are forecast to do badly out of any Brexit scenario; to make it clear that it is the tory austerity policy since 2010 , not the EU, which has caused them so much economic distress, that re-nationalisation is possible within the EU, that the EU 'free movement' rules properly applied (which the tories never did) will address much of the concern about EU 'immigrants', that perceived 'immigrant' pressure on public services is the result of tory cuts and that remaining in the EU will stop the flight of businesses out of the UK and into the EU. Not to mention the difficulty with Northern Ireland and Remain voting Scotland (and Gibraltar?).
I know that people keep pointing to Corbyn's euroscepticism but he is on public record as supporting Remain (Hansard) and as saying that, although he doesn't support a second referendum if there were to be one he would vote Remain.
I just cannot see how any responsible party which really cared about the interests of the UK could do anything else but try to persuade the Leavers that Brexit was not a wise choice.
I'll be interested to see what comes of this Labour 'away day' on Brexit.