Tories and Labour savaged as voters take Brexit revenge
We are all (mostly) agreed that to leave the EU with no "deal" and no solution to the Northern Ireland border problem, would be an unmitigated disaster for the people of the United Kingdom and for the economy of the country. The results of the European elections, demonstrate that there is a majority of opinion in this country which favours a "remain" position as the majority of votes went to those parties which advocate remaining in the EU or favour a second referendum.We ignore Farage and his Brexit party vote at our peril, but the fact remains that the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, SNP and the others from the remain side of the argument, outweighed the Brexiteers by more than the difference in the referendum result. There has been a significant shift in opinion sine the referendum and we must recognise this fact.We know that this Conservative government and its new leader, who ever he or she may be, are hell bent on leaving the EU on the 31st October with or as is more likely without, any "deal" which means that we crash out of Europe at midnight on that day and into a disastrous aftermath. Where then does this leave our party?
Clearly, we have to win back those voters who turned to the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, SNP and the others, because we did not and still do not offer a clear, distinct and credible vision of what is the way forward.
As from today, our message must be clear. We must press for revocation of Article 50 and a General election in order to change the mathematics of the House of Commons which will restore some sanity and resolve the chaos of the last three years. If we do not shout this message from he rooftops, the new Tory party leader will drag this country into disaster.
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