Give them an inch and they will steal a mile.

[Soph0571]

We know that the decision to hold the referendum in 2016 was an attempt to appease a bunch of far-right racists on the back benches – now the ERG – and hold the tory party together cause power over everything. These far-right liars sold the Big Brexit Lie to a bunch of poorly educated xenophobic leavers, persuading them that Johnny Foreigner is to blame for the ills of the land and in the process made the far right ‘respectable’ in the national landscape. The problem with appeasement and the far right… it never works. Give them an inch and they will steal a mile. And they have stolen plenty at this point. This tory party, under Johnson, is clearly very comfortable in this space, but what about labour? They are chasing the same votes in this co-hort of leavers, how far down the line will they go to appease them? There is a test there I think, for this labour party, under Corbyn, during this election... Time will tell.

[bronxiteforever]

1. Corbyn is dead man walking imho.

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In the biggest issue in British politics in decades, he has charted a course into the middle of a desert where Labour will die.

Johnson and the Tories seem ready to grab a hold of government until 2024. Our creature POTUS can’t wait to get a piece of your healthcare system in any trade deal. I am just an observer so I may be flat out wrong but it sure feels like the making of a Tory victory.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Hope you're wrong; fear you may be right

[mwooldri]

3. Sadly I'm in agreement.

Jeremy Corbyn is in my opinion this generations Michael Foot (he took Labour hard left in the early 1980s and lost badly to Thatcher, a relatively popular Liberal/SDP Alliance didn't help Labour much either). I just hope that enough Remainers decide to vote tactically for any non Brexit candidate that is best likely to win - be it Labour, Green, Nationalist or (preferably in my book) Liberal Democrat.