EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Dammit in reply to @deleted

I'm not sure how BoJo calls a GE without taking on the very real risk that the Tory party will be destroyed by the Brexit party if he leans left or by a Labour and Lib coalition if he leans right.

Surely a 2nd Ref gives them the best chance of staying in power, which seems to be his real and only motive. The one thing he doesn't want is a 3 month premiership.

He's either going so far to the right that the BXP is made irrelevant, or he's going to partner with Farrage. Corbyn won't go into coalition with anyone, so the Left is split.

Johnson fears the result of a referendum, he doesn't fear Corbyn - he believes, I think correctly, that he can beat him. Therefore pushing the HoC to reject no-deal so he can call an election, beat Corbyn and solidify his power is a logical course.

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deleted in reply to @Dammit

Nah, the right wing only want a NO DEAL Brexit so he'd have to go a very long way right to get in bed with Farage which would cut his party in half. There are lots of reasonable Tories.

If they campaign a GE on Brexit alone, and polling is correct about a 2nd Ref (of which this GE will be in all but name) then he can't win a majority.

He's fucked either way if he calls a GE. Labour and Corbyn have more moves to play.

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