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But so are the reasons why people voted "leave" in left wing heart lands. Labour is now letting them down as well, by letting Article50 pass. They were told Leave was the fix, well see how it's going so far with May threatening to turn the UK into a tax haven!
They don't have a parliamentary majority and it was extremely unlikely that Theresa May would face a Tory rebellion on this.
Corbyn committed himself to protecting workers rights etc. some time ago. But in the end, Labour does nothing by letting Article 50 pass.
They did something, they didn't do nothing. I think what they did was the better strategy than making a futile stand.
I agree with what @andyp said, that could have been a good strategy also. Unfortunately the hard left is also suffering from a simplistic anti-EU reasoning with wish full dreams of a world that will suit them.
I really think characterising Jeremy Corbyn as 'hard left' now is utter nonsense. What he has said as party leader so far, with the exception of Trident, have been moderate social democratic commonplaces, perhaps all the less inspiring for that. I think of all the slurs on him the 'hard left' one is the most damaging (which is why it's relentlessly pushed by the right-wing press).
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But so are the reasons why people voted "leave" in left wing heart lands. Labour is now letting them down as well, by letting Article50 pass. They were told Leave was the fix, well see how it's going so far with May threatening to turn the UK into a tax haven!
Corbyn committed himself to protecting workers rights etc. some time ago. But in the end, Labour does nothing by letting Article 50 pass.
I agree with what @andyp said, that could have been a good strategy also. Unfortunately the hard left is also suffering from a simplistic anti-EU reasoning with wish full dreams of a world that will suit them.