Brexit

[Muddy Retriever]

I agree it's very strange. It does seem like official party policy, but I don't think Corbyn has yet actually endorsed it.

You could call it "constructive ambiguity", a "broad church" or a "complete shambles" - it's probably all three. If you look at the sorry state the conservative party has got itself into over Brexit, you could argue that Labour's approach is a pragmatic one. Why tear themselves apart too? They clearly can't reconcile so many opposing views.

But it will make them look ridiculous in a general election campaign - which I will be very happy about. It came up on Question Time last night apparently when Emily Thornberry was completely flummoxed when asked the question.

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/0...xit-confusion/

Here is an extract:

Presenter Fiona Bruce began proceedings by making a valiant attempt to outline what she understood was Labour’s current, official Brexit policy, before asking:

‘You would go back to Europe, try and get a better deal. Have a referendum, where Remain is an option.

Would you then be campaigning against your own deal to Remain?’

Remarkably, a flummoxed Thornberry couldn’t answer the simple question. But after a long pause, and bemused laughter from the audience, the shadow Foreign Secretary eventually managed a reply, telling the UK that:

‘Personally, I will campaign to Remain. I will negotiate to the best of my ability, a deal that will look after jobs and the economy, but the best way to look after jobs and the economy is for us to Remain.’

At which point her fellow contestant, the broadcaster Iain Dale, cut in to ask:

‘Do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?’