Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Why no by-election ?

Putting this here because Guardian is most obvious link newspapers and recent resignations from Labour Party.

There is a report on an inside page that in a northern constituency some would welcome a by election. But this issue not in an "analysis" or editorial.

I dropped the #FBPE tag when it became so strident and obviously anti Corbyn. There is a reason for the discussion inside the Labour Party to respond to concerns that caused people to support Brexit. Just turning up the volume is not a way to persuade.

So now in the context of a Brexit crisis over the next few weeks some have decided that another split is useful in some way. If the idea is to force another referendum why do they not want more elections? They could raise the issue.

My guess it would be too easy for Leave to describe them as elite big city people, cut off from most opinion. Corbyn could do well not just on the same issues as last election but offering some version of an agreement with EU.

Am I off topic yet for this blog? Supposed to be about the Guardian, not just my opinions. May have reached a point when the mishmash of centre whatever the columnists have put together ceases to make any sense at all. Surely there was a time when G supported Labour? Maybe false memory. Anyway, will link this on Fleet Street in Europe and Cyberspace.