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He could have pointed out a hard brexit was disastrous and use that as a rational to not use a triple whip on article 50. He just bowled over, which may have been the right thing to do in hindsight.
I am also not impressed by the immigration ballix of Labour during the campaign (visa for EU nationals?) and their stance they can get the single market but limit EU freedom of movement, but they will soon find that out.
It wasn't off his own making obv. And the LidDems still got punished for being in government with the Tories...
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But then he'd have lost a load of votes from people who view immigration and control of borders as an important issue.
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He could have pointed out a hard brexit was disastrous
I thought Labour have been saying that constantly?
and use that as a rational to not use a triple whip on article 50. He just bowled over, which may have been the right thing to do in hindsight.
No, I think he couldn't help but impose a triple whip--firstly because (I think) votes of such importance are always whipped, secondly because the 'press' would have crucified him for not doing so, and thirdly because he assessed the atmosphere around 'Brexit' quite correctly.
I am also not impressed by the immigration ballix of Labour during the campaign (visa for EU nationals?) and their stance they can get the single market but limit EU freedom of movement, but they will soon find that out.
We'll see. I'd certainly rather have Keir Starmer sitting there than that bizarre trio. Oops, sorry, a weak and wobbly leader.
It wasn't off his own making obv. And the LidDems still got punished for being in government with the Tories...
Probably, but also simply because most voters weren't too interested in 'Brexit' this time around and the Lib Dems failed to profile themselves on a host of other issues, e.g. those issues the Labour manifesto addressed and which proved popular.
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Oliver Schick
Sure, but again--what is Corbyn supposed to have done? Look where the Lib Dems got with their clear pro-Bremain stance. Corbyn clearly called it right--had he opposed 'Brexit', the election would have been about 'Brexit', and I can well imagine May having won then. As it was, Labour took the sting out of that immediately and was able to talk about its positive agenda. The 'Brexit' crisis wasn't of Labour's making and they would have plunged themselves into all sorts of misery (internal division etc.) if they'd come out in favour of Remain very strongly. It was a lose-lose situation on the face of it and they made the best of it by turning it into a conditional win.