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Why hasn't Labour, as the main opposition party campaigning for Remain, articulated a clear set reforms they would require if the UK were to remain in the EU?

That is the real question for me. That, and the question of who, if any, will discuss the elephant in the room - the abominable treatment of the bottom 90% of the population by both Conservatives, Liberals and, at a minimum, the Blairite wing of Labour? Is Corbyn afraid of burning bridges or does he simply have no clue? I haven't followed his public pronouncements, if any, well enouogh to hazard an answer.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Jun 27th, 2016 at 12:26:02 PM EST
Labour are in opposition. They are in no position to make any such demands. Now that we have had a referendum, the Conservative Government can either invoke Article 50 or admit they were only joking and can we stay, pretty please?

Labour have no role in the process. Not even consultative. It hasn't helped that;-
i) Corbyn admitted he was lukewarm on the EU for several reasons. A depth of honesty entirely absent from the rest of the campaign and for which he was duly punished.

ii) Labour suffered electorally for being part of the Tories Remain campaign in Scotland during their independence referendum. So there was tremendous reluctance at many levels to be over-involved this time.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 27th, 2016 at 03:21:49 PM EST
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But surely it is not improper for the Shadow Government to have its own, distinct analysis and set of recommendations. And someone needs to occasionally remind all that it is irrelevant distractions combined with distracted driving that got the country into this policy wreck. Almost everything that was discussed was, in fact, totally unrelated to any of the things that were producing all of the dissatisfaction. Worse, Cameron made the referendum pledge for temporary, tactical reasons mostly having to do with fractures inside the Conservative party, and the consequences are blowing up the business models of his biggest supporters - a major, strategic and long term consequence.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Jun 27th, 2016 at 06:02:47 PM EST
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It may well do, but whatever it might be is completely irrelevant. It was irrelevant in the referendum because  they were either for or against the idea of the EU.

Once we get towards a general election, then maybe they can mention that they have a different view, but till then...fuhgeddabahtit.

This is not like the US where republicans and democrats sit on foreign policy committees. You win the election, you get to do everything and the other guys get benched


keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 27th, 2016 at 06:47:13 PM EST
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