Until Labour remainers properly accept Brexit, the party will be stuck in limbo Larry Elliott
over 4 years in The guardian
Brexit has settled the UK’s relationship with the EU for years to come. Labour’s duty now is to help improve leavers’ lives
Traditionally, Europe is the issue that afflicts the Conservative party. Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May were all – in different ways – booted out of Downing Street as a result of Britain’s troubled relationship with Europe.
The political pattern has now been turned on its head. It will be five years next month since the UK voted narrowly to leave the European Union, and the Tories have accepted the result and moved on. Labour now says that it is reconciled to a post-Brexit future, but its predicted defeat in the Hartlepool byelection suggests the new approach has failed to convince. Continue reading...
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