Quote Originally Posted by Mapperleypie View Post
In normal times I would completely agree. However, these are not normal times. If the governments own forecasts are even close to being correct then a no deal Brexit would be a complete disaster for the UK economy and as such would seriously compromise government spending for a generation. In this scenario Corbyn may become PM but would be completely hamstrung.

He and the wider political class need to be honest with the public, Brexit is either soft and whilst not being as harmful in the short-term is worse than what we have now. Or we can go full no-deal Brexit and significantly harm the UK economy. Both scenarios are unpalatable.
Corbyn is much the same boat as the Conservatives, he has a party made up of some old school socialists who want out the EU and some younger pro-EU members, his party is also financed by donations from unions which are pro-EU.

He's keeping his cards close to his chest because he can, but sooner or later he'll have to risk upsetting someone too.