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May. 6th, 2024
Labour and the EU, a prediction
May. 6th, 2024 04:23 pmI keep meaning to make this as a prediction, for 4/5 years from now, so I'm getting it down now:
Labour are running this election on the basis of "Making Brexit work - no returning to the EU".
They will continue to do this for 3-4 years, so they can't be accused of being closet Remain, and then say "Sorry, we tried our best, but while we're outside of the major trading area on our doorstep our economy is fucked."
And then they will fight the *next* election on the basis of rejoining as much of the trade area as they can.
This will pull in a bunch of voters who are fed up with Labour but are strongly in favour of the EU.
Labour are running this election on the basis of "Making Brexit work - no returning to the EU".
They will continue to do this for 3-4 years, so they can't be accused of being closet Remain, and then say "Sorry, we tried our best, but while we're outside of the major trading area on our doorstep our economy is fucked."
And then they will fight the *next* election on the basis of rejoining as much of the trade area as they can.
This will pull in a bunch of voters who are fed up with Labour but are strongly in favour of the EU.