The problem now is that everything is hindsight - on a subject that was totally unknown and misunderstood. Eg who knew about A50? Irish Boarder? Etc.? Etc?
Blair seems to be basically saying Labour should have reached their final Brexit position earlier, and it would have been popular?
My reading was that; 1. The uncertainty made them look weak, and 2. reaching their final position earlier whilst making it 100% about the Tories.
Point 1. is unarguable. Point 2.... I still think the length of the msg would always have been a challenge.
As ever with Blair opitics is all. And if we're having a bitching sesh then I draw a firm line to our current discourse of lies and fake news that started with him and Campbell.
While not representative of the UK as a whole, it was a pretty big point raised by anyone I talked to from NI, even prior to the vote. I still don't understand how it wasn't front and centre in the run-up to the referendum.
The problem now is that everything is hindsight - on a subject that was totally unknown and misunderstood. Eg who knew about A50? Irish Boarder? Etc.? Etc?
My reading was that; 1. The uncertainty made them look weak, and 2. reaching their final position earlier whilst making it 100% about the Tories.
Point 1. is unarguable. Point 2.... I still think the length of the msg would always have been a challenge.
As ever with Blair opitics is all. And if we're having a bitching sesh then I draw a firm line to our current discourse of lies and fake news that started with him and Campbell.