Mr EssamThanks for this - good article.I voted Remain but post-Referendum hoped the opposition Parties would show some political nous, even if not principle, and openly and positively accept the result as definitive as I did.Then they should have banged on and on with - "we accept the people's vote; we will support the best Brexit achievable but want to make our leaving as positive as possible. We are not Remainers or Brexit deniers".They then should in principle have accepted and voted for May's withdrawal agreement, which after all is by no means the end of the matter, but with sensible practical amendments, not Parliamentary blocking ones that might play well in the HoC but not in the country where they are seen as trying to ignore and overturn the Referendum result.This would have shown opposition Parties to be democratic and also concerned for people's future.It would have put them beyond political criticism and shown them sensitive to the electorate.And, it would have left the Conservatives to clear up their own mess !!Why can I see this but the politicians can't ??!!And as for Murray's comments about 'the Left' I think him in the main correct.'The left' and the majority of the Labour Party MPs and supporters are not just supportive of minority interests (which is correct) but is driven by them.And this support is handled so politically insensitively as to become a turn off for the majority and seen as antagonistic to them, even if many would agree with the basic propositions.Until the Labour Party really understands what the majority or its erstwhile supporter base (not the current £3 membership) are concerned with and will support, and until it finds a leader can detect this and is sensitive to it, it is dead and buried.
John Hawkes ● 2521d