Labour self-destruction
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ewenm said:
Indeed, but one would be a good start. Big opportunity for a pro-EU centrist party at the moment, without the baggage of LabCon and EURef.
I actually heard the leader of the Libdems on the radio the other day, which was nice. All he needs now is a few MPs and he's good to go!
ewenm said:
Indeed, but one would be a good start. Big opportunity for a pro-EU centrist party at the moment, without the baggage of LabCon and EURef.
If the pro-EU Labour MPs and the pro-EU Conservative MPs had the courage to all defect into a new, centrist, pro-EU party, they'd have >300 MPs on day 1 and most likely at least that after a snap GE. The hard left and hard right would be marginalized for a generation or more. It is a pleasant daydream to think that they might overcome their party lines to move the country forward in this way.
RichB said:
If they were all pro-EU they'd be in conflict with the majority wish of the country or am I misunderstanding?
We'd need a GE to establish a mandate for government. If they campaigned on a pro-EU basis and won, presumably that would supersede the referendum result (as that result superseded the last GE result).ewenm said:
RichB said:
If they were all pro-EU they'd be in conflict with the majority wish of the country or am I misunderstanding?
We'd need a GE to establish a mandate for government. If they campaigned on a pro-EU basis and won, presumably that would supersede the referendum result (as that result superseded the last GE result).ewenm said:
RichB said:
If they were all pro-EU they'd be in conflict with the majority wish of the country or am I misunderstanding?
We'd need a GE to establish a mandate for government. If they campaigned on a pro-EU basis and won, presumably that would supersede the referendum result (as that result superseded the last GE result).RichB said:
I am sure you know that's a daft thing to say That's whole idea of a referendum, it cuts across any party politics.
So there's no timeframe in which the result of a referendum can be overturned? 10 years? 20 years?Anyway, if it's the will of the public, a party campaign based on a pro-EU stance wouldn't win in the GE.
Greg66 said:
ewenm said:
RichB said:
If they were all pro-EU they'd be in conflict with the majority wish of the country or am I misunderstanding?
We'd need a GE to establish a mandate for government. If they campaigned on a pro-EU basis and won, presumably that would supersede the referendum result (as that result superseded the last GE result).ewenm said:
RichB said:
If they were all pro-EU they'd be in conflict with the majority wish of the country or am I misunderstanding?
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