Opinion: Corbyn is right. Labour must force a general election to unite Leavers and Remainers against austerity

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A short-sighted focus on Brexit as a political process will do nothing to resolve the injustices at the heart of British society. The party must now use all its energy to campaign across the country for a vote on Tory rule

Labour is committed to leaving the European Union but would have different negotiating priorities to the Conservatives. It has said it would have a “strong emphasis” on staying in the single market and the customs union. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leading figures in Brussels have been unambiguous that membership of the single market is impossible without free movement.

 

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Corbin should find a place to live just north of Lapland !

It won't do him any good if he is still sitting on the fence. The majority have voted to Remain and he should be supporting them and not a rightwing racist Tory agenda

Brexit party will obliterate them in an election. The only way for tories to get back respect is to leave the EU with no deal just as the public voted.

Heaven forbid

He must first face the lawyers

Doesn’t suit Blairite Labour’s objectives as articulated by tom_watson campbellclaret These are: 1. Dump jeremycorbyn , 2. Ignore Leave voters, particularly in old Northern heartland areas.

Fixed term parliament act. Corbyn is way off the mark. And right now wouldn't win a GE anyway. Which would likely be a relief for him

Referendum first.

The general election will only take place after Britain leaves the EU plus as labour are only in opposition they can't call any GE the only thing they can call is the cat in for its dinner.

A general election is going to solve as much as the European elections - nothing. Only a new referendum can make a way forward.

His lack of conviction for remain in the referendum campaign added to his well known Euro scepticism very much makes brexit something he contributed to.

But Corbyn is not the man to Unite the remain initiative. He is finished after the EU vote. As is Mr McCluskey his side kick who takes my membership as his counternance.

GE at this time will only divide the country more we need to focus on brexit to enable us to more on and unite as country should of been done by now it's costing a fortune tooing and throwing Tories and labour both had a wake up call with the last to elections and can b repeated

Lol it would be a disaster for tories and Labour... libs would do alright

How the fuck will that unite the country..... Please tell

And then what? Socialism? For goodness sake vote libdem!

Labour and right is the same sentence gives me cognitive dissonance.

Needs to get the DUP on his side then

We are not interested in being united with backwards looking bigots and racists. We will not accept anything less than full EU membership. Labour must commit to delivering that, or the next time we punish them at the ballot box will be at a general election.

Corbyn has never been right 🤦‍♂️

Nope Tories won't allow GE, hence only hope is a 2nd vote to confirm deal and leave EU.

Ah! All he has to do is 'force'a GE! I wonder why he hast done that? Presumably to help Tories get castration Brexit over the line. Once it has happened there is no going back. Ever.

Are they all actually willingly and knowingly working to get Farage into Westminster or what?

And with the massive capital flight from the UK that will result from corbyn taking office the money to end austerity will come from where exactly?

Oh no!

What austerity? Have you seen the deficit?

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