Corbyn's end game

[Eirikur]

60 days till brexit and he still hasn't made clear where he stands on brexit and what he wants his party to stand for.
Chaos continues towards a hard no-deal brexit.

[GreenMirror]

60 days till brexit and he still hasn't made clear where he stands on brexit and what he wants his party to stand for.
Chaos continues towards a hard no-deal brexit.

Indeed. He has only said it would be better if he were in power.

And it seems May's only strategy is it could be worse - it could be Corbyn in power.

While the UK becomes even more of a laughing stock daily.

[BlueSharp]

Labour's Plan for Brexit - The Labour Party

Basically stay in the customs union and accept all rules.

[Eirikur]

Labour's Plan for Brexit - The Labour Party

Basically stay in the customs union and accept all rules.

So why does labour vote against May's deal, it comes as close to their plan as possible? both Labour and Conservatives are playing games that are not in the country's interest. The Irish backstop thing is just a BS argument used on both sides of the house.

[Whorty]

Indeed. He has only said it would be better if he were in power.

And it seems May's only strategy is it could be worse - it could be Corbyn in power.

While the UK becomes even more of a laughing stock daily.

As bad as Corbyn might be, even he can't bring as much chaos as this Tory shambles. The Tories are 2 parties under one banner; there is no control and they can't agree what to do within their own party. Their in fighting is destroying what credibility this once great country used to have on the world stage.

[Eirikur]

As bad as Corbyn might be, even he can't bring as much chaos as this Tory shambles. The Tories are 2 parties under one banner; there is no control and they can't agree what to do within their own party. Their in fighting is destroying what credibility this once great country used to have on the world stage.

I agree with you but exactly the same can be said about Labour

[Yorkie62]

So why does labour vote against May's deal, it comes as close to their plan as possible? both Labour and Conservatives are playing games that are not in the country's interest. The Irish backstop thing is just a BS argument used on both sides of the house.

Its called parliamentary sovereignty. It's what Gina Millar went to caught to achieve. Odd she is keeping a low profile now.

[BlueSharp]

So why does labour vote against May's deal, it comes as close to their plan as possible? both Labour and Conservatives are playing games that are not in the country's interest. The Irish backstop thing is just a BS argument used on both sides of the house.

Totally agree about the backstop being BS. There are two countries that are not in the Schengen zone, the UK and Ireland yet we have probably the lightest border crossing in the whole of the e.u. between us. The whole thing is being over played. There is no way the e.u. will go all Trump and build a wall or control the border and demand that we have to pay for it.

Corbyn should of backed the deal and campaigned the next election based on the deal they want instead he is looking even more clueless than usual.

[Yorkie62]

Totally agree about the backstop being BS. There are two countries that are not in the Schengen zone, the UK and Ireland yet we have probably the lightest border crossing in the whole of the e.u. between us. The whole thing is being over played. There is no way the e.u. will go all Trump and build a wall or control the border and demand that we have to pay for it.

Corbyn should of backed the deal and campaigned the next election based on the deal they want instead he is looking even more clueless than usual.

As ever he was only present but did not participate in......<fill in appropriate phase here>

[meridian]

Totally agree about the backstop being BS. There are two countries that are not in the Schengen zone, the UK and Ireland yet we have probably the lightest border crossing in the whole of the e.u. between us. The whole thing is being over played. There is no way the e.u. will go all Trump and build a wall or control the border and demand that we have to pay for it.

Corbyn should of backed the deal and campaigned the next election based on the deal they want instead he is looking even more clueless than usual.

It's about way more than Schengen, movement of people doesn't even really come into it. It's also about more than the movement of goods between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

It's the WTO principle of controlling your borders. If the EU/UK leaves a border open and uncontrolled, there is a risk that other countries (USA, China, etc) will be able to take retaliatory action if they do not also get the same uncontrolled entry into the EU/UK.