Quote Originally Posted by Mapperleypie View Post
I agree, Corbyn was a disaster during the Brexit referendum, the Labour for Brexit schtick was completely wrong-headed.

The vote should never have been a thing, it was divisive for us all and ultimately a complete waste of government time.

We are where we are now and Starmer, for all his failings, it trying to be the adult in the room with a truly awful hand at the EU negotiating table.
I thought Corbyn had promised a complete U-turn on Brexit if they got in, said by many to be one of the reasons they were routed?

The biggest problem from Brexit is that we never negotiated a similar deal to the Dublin agreement which would have seen us able to send the boat people back to France but history shows us that the French will do anything to screw the British.

One of our biggest areas of leverage which a Trump like figure would instantly leap upon is fishing licences,. Our waters are among the richest in the World and he'd have sent (what little remains) the Navy to police the waters and protect our trawlers and not least the fish stocks. Successive governments have been weak and ineffective negotiators and Starmer should be very careful as to what he agrees to in Europe. If he has any chance remaining of a second term, agreements which could be perceived as back sliding on Brexit, will end him for sure.