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Oh, I'm certainly not optimistic. I was just saying I think they've managed it as well as they could have done. They've kept the emotional temperature down on an issue that divides both main parties (and @JWestland, it doesn't matter what percentage of Labour is for what--any division is fatal for them) while subtly adapting their policy and effectively saying no more than the inscrutable 'we respect the result'.
Labour's #1 priority is that they want there to be a general election soon, as they are confident (how justifiably I have no idea) that they'd beat the Tories. Their priority is not 'Brexit'--that's mainly a Tory problem. Corbyn does have to give the issue the occasional nod, but generally Labour's political priorities are different ones, namely the ones on which they hope to win the next election.
I mean, I doubt the Tories will rebel enough for May's government to fall, but I honestly can't see what Labour can do better at the moment. As above, I'm not optimistic on 'Brexit', though. I think the whole situation is so terminally confused that anyone making predictions on it at the moment is a fool.
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Oliver Schick
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I hope you are right Oliver. But my stock of hops and optimism is sorely depleted these days.