tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post1149562848588007026..comments2023-12-29T00:08:21.051-08:00Comments on fear of a red planet: This extraordinary resultGilman Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-2171105019055219792017-06-12T12:03:26.372-07:002017-06-12T12:03:26.372-07:00"If I can believe Swiss radio, Brexit wasn...<b>"If I can believe Swiss radio, Brexit wasn't foremost on the minds of most Labour voters - contrary to the Tory campaign plans"</b><br /><br />The polling released by Lord Ashcroft shows that Labour voters did not have Brexit foremost in mind. It also shows that Labour voters were the most anti-Brexit of all parties except the Lib-Dems, and that the majority of people who voted Remain (51%) who voted in this election, voted Labour. This can be read either way.<br /><br />The Lib-Dems are still poisonous for people on the left because of their coalition with the Conservatives - oddly, people who favour coalition politics do not actually like the reality of it, but seem to like it only in theory (that theory being that it can be used to achieve an eternal left-wing government apparently). Labour is the only place that Remainers of the left can feel at home.<br /><br />But the simple fact remains that Brexit is an incredible act of self-harm, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and political. It has to be stopped. I would even be willing to tolerate a Corbyn government for a few years to achieve that.Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-38713838257338592602017-06-11T11:38:51.717-07:002017-06-11T11:38:51.717-07:00Let me try to make my comment more user-friendly:
...Let me try to make my comment more user-friendly:<br /><br />Labour didn't offer much concerning Brexit - that's true<b>*)</b>, and it's understandable that you want a party to offer an alternative there. But then, you had the Liberal Democrats - third option. If I can believe Swiss radio, Brexit wasn't foremost on the minds of most Labour voters - contrary to the Tory campaign plans.<br /><br />As the "Economist" wrote, five days before electon day: "Mr Corbyn's relatively successful campaign has demonstrated that espousing socialist opinionsis not necessarily the kiss of death".<br />____________<br /><br /><b>*)This refers to one of your previous comments: </b> https://foarp.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-brexit-election.html?showComment=1497045985644#c76859028912983762512justrecentlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-72113020738154937902017-06-11T11:34:52.377-07:002017-06-11T11:34:52.377-07:00Labour didn't offer much concerning Brexit - &...Labour didn't offer much concerning Brexit - <a href="https://foarp.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-brexit-election.html?showComment=1497045985644#c76859028912983762512>that's true</a>, and it's understandable that you want a party to offer an alternative there. But then, you had the Liberal Democrats - third option. If I can believe Swiss radio, Brexit wasn't foremost on the minds of most Labour voters - contrary to the Tory campaign plans.<br /><br />As the "Economist" wrote, five days before electon day: "Mr Corbyn's relatively successful campaign has demonstrated that espousing socialist opinionsis not necessarily the kiss of death".justrecentlyhttps://justrecently.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com