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Why Jeremy Corbyn's ambiguity on Brexit is in the public's best interest - New Statesman article **title edited by MNHQ**

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Greensleeves · 28/01/2019 21:25

I'm one of those pissed-off, disillusioned former Labour voters who has watched the Brexit debacle unfold like a slow-motion car crash. My son has just sent me this article and I wondered if any MNers had read it, and whether you buy any of it...

www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/01/here-s-why-jeremy-corbyn-s-ambiguity-brexit-actually-public-s-best?fbclid=IwAR0n9nUkrqk5bfjsnJtgHm-NIuDd0rzPY5sJVl8U4kD3l_QjiKccWJdMZ-

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Greensleeves · 28/01/2019 22:12

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Boulardii · 28/01/2019 22:17

New statesman, not guardian. How about reporting your thread and asking to have the title changed?

Greensleeves · 28/01/2019 22:24

Aaargh, I am a dunce! Thanks for pointing it out Blush

it has been a long day

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Boulardii · 29/01/2019 08:41

Fwiw I think it is an interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing 😀

Greensleeves · 29/01/2019 14:31

Thanks Boulardii :)

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MargoLovebutter · 29/01/2019 14:44

Hmmm, I'm not sure I agree. I think Corbyn is playing political games because he himself is anti EU and pro-Brexit but he knows his party is largely Remain. He is also hoping he can force a General Election which he may win.

His refusal to discuss anything with the PM, on the grounds that she wouldn't rule out No Deal is bollocks. The default, if we get to March 29th without an agreement is No Deal. To avoid that, we need to have a parliamentary agreement for something else - a deal of some description. Or an agreement to request an extension to Article 50, or legislation for another people's vote, or the opening of talks on alternative options with the EU. Whatever it is, there needs to be parliamentary agreement and as leader of the opposition, he has some responsibility in that.

I'm not sure that Corbyn has the political interests of the UK at this precise moment at the forefront of his mind. I think he is manoeuvring and not being up front about it.

I'm fairly apolitical, as I find myself not liking any of the current party options available to us very much. I think Corbyn is just as slippery an eel as any other politician and I'm not sure that any of the generous minded attributes applied by Alfie Brown in his article are true!

Greensleeves · 29/01/2019 14:48

That is pretty much my view as well Margo. I'm so disappointed in Corbyn it's painful. His contant bleating about a General Election while the country's future is spiralling down the drain is abhorrent.

It is an interesting perspective though. I'd like to be able to give it credence. But even if it were true that Corbyn had a rationale for his approach that transcended naked personal ambition, I would still think he was an idiot wrong.

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