Should The Britex People Pack Up And Go Home Now That Jeremy Corbyn Will Give His Imprimatur To

[sandyRoe]

The stay campaign?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36430606

[Old_Geezer]

Why ?
Any advantage to the Brexit campaign should be welcomed.

[waterboatman]

I agree OG.

[dannyk13]

That'll be a big boost to the Brexit campaign.

[sandyRoe]

He was criticised on the radio this morning for not throwing his full weight into the campaign. Judging from the responses here he may be thinking speech is silver, silence is golden.

[Svejk]

Now, now, Sandy. You are sounding more & more, every day, like the Comical Ali of this referendum. The more that defeat is staring you in the face, the wilder your daily proclamations become.
Good laugh, though. Keep it up, old chap. ;-)

[naomi24]

Quite worrying that Mr Corbyn thinks workers’ rights are best protected by being in the EU. I wonder which workers he’s talking about?

[youngmafbog]

I dont think he really does believe it, that is why he has ducked the ssue.

He has been put into this position by the powerful Unions who are in charge of the party, not Mr Corbyn.

However, I for one am glad he is backing remain. That alone whould gain Brexit some votes in the same way Cameron and Osborne undoubtedly have.

Many people distrust all three of them!

At this moment in time though I would not say defeat is staring either side in the face.

The big problem we will have is that whichever way it goes approx half the country will not be behind the decision. That is very divisive.

[grumpy01]

As I have written before,we are being subjected to a lot of scaremongering and political posturing by both sides of the argument.As it stands at the moment because there are no hard facts only opinion's to go on a vote for either is difficult to make with any certainty.

[ToraToraTora]

Prior to coming to prominence Jezza was well known as anti EU so joining the remainiacs just demonstrates that he's been got at, so much for conviction politics eh?

[Gromit]

Labour campaigned in Scotland to remain (in the UK) and their reward was annilation in the general election.
If Cameron wins the EU referendum, he will upset a lot of Tory voters and will face a similar backlash to that which Labour suffered.
By being half arsed about the Stay campaign, Corbyn is ensuring that the voters don't blame Labour, if we stay in the EU.

[naomi24]

//so much for conviction politics eh? //

So much for being a leader! A leader who is led!

[Gromit]

Tora.
Corbyn is Labour leader, and the party is pro-EU. As leader, he has to follow the party's policy, not his own. It is not a case of him being got at, it is a case of going with policy that is voted on at the Party Conference, and following that.
Corbyn is anti-EU which explains his lack of enthusiasm for the cause so far.

[viv41]

I personally think he's the worst Labour leader ever, and that's going some !

[naomi24]

We all know Corbyn is anti-EU and yet he makes the noises (albeit very quietly) that he’s told to make. He might garner a bit more respect if, rather than joining the rest of his party in taking the electorate for fools, he stuck publicly to his principles.

[Gromit]

Naomi,
Labour Party policy is voted on at its annual conference, and sometimes policy gets through or is blocked by the members which is not to the liking of the leadership, but they have to put up with it, because that is democracy.
Every Labour leader has had that. It is not weakness, or being led, it is how the Labour Party has always been run.

Meanwhile the civil war in the Conservative camp reaches fever pitch...

[naomi24]

Gromit, //it is how the Labour Party has always been run. //

Indeed - and look where it's got them.

[Gromit]

Naomi,
It does not look like David Cameron is getting much 'Respect' for sticking to his principles. Half his own party, and most Conservative voters, want to see removed.

[naomi24]

Gromit, indeed - but nevertheless, unlike Corbyn, he is sticking to his principles. He isn't kowtowing to coercion.

[DTCwordfan]

Does Corbyn have any principles at all?

[Gromit]

// - and look where it's got them. //

13 years of Blair/Brown Governments, and two very narrow defeats.
The Conservatives hardly won the election convincingly, which is why they have a tiny majority, and are constantly being held to ransom by their own rebels.