Starmer wants that sweet sweet Brexit Red Wall vote so he’s not going to offer anything meaningful by way of rejoin.
Me: Time to vote for a party that wants to rejoin.
Militant Leftists: A vote for anyone other than Labour is a vote for the Tories.
Me: sadge.gif
I’m far from Starmers biggest fan but there’s no way he could sell rejoining the EU right now that wouldn’t make voters turn away from him. Brexit obviously hasn’t gone very well (shock), but aside from a few very politically engaged sorts who might be angry about Brexit on the internet, I’m not sure that Gen Pop wants to go through another cycle of discussing the pros and cons of being a member of the EU.
Yeah, to be honest, I’d love to rejoin - but it feels like there are more pressing things to fix first.
I’d rather Labour ran on voting reform. Probably won’t happen. So I’ll probably vote Green. I hate our electoral system.
I feel like voting reform quickly falls off the leadership’s agenda when it looks like they’re set for an election win. What really bothers me with that philosophy (especially this time around) is that whilst Labour look set for a decent sized majority, it’s far from a landslide.
They had nearly 15 years to get this sorted, and even with dwindling majorities in each successive election it never happened. Which makes me wonder if it’s even a priority at all.
They had 13 years and 5 days. I don’t know who inflating their term serves (other than perhaps people who want to make it look like the Tories haven’t been in power longer at this stage and still somehow are playing the “last-Labour government” card).