Quote Originally Posted by ragingpup View Post
The problem with coming off the fence and backing remain is that whilst the Labour membership is Remain heavy, the leadership know that the Labour voters and public in general are split pretty much down the middle as are the Tories. Their stance has been Leave but with a reasonable Deal as main preference. I don't think they were far off backing the WA and it's in this area that I think that the Labour leadership would most like to be. If Johnson would turn away from the extremists in his own party and look to a deal that would get the backing of enough MPs, moderate Labour and Tory, to get it over the line, then this is surely the direction to head towards?
No offence intended, you ought to step out of your London bubble, so should Jeremy, Thornberry and the rest of the inner circle.
The heartlands up here, Rotherham Barnsley and Doncaster voted 3-1 to leave. Only one local MP has made her position clear ( Sarah Champion ) the rest have been very quiet.
Labour are playing a risky strategy, if they do lose the heartlands you can forget Labour for a long while.