I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-wes-streeting-european-union-b2844451.html
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I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-wes-streeting-european-union-b2844451.html
Posted by tylerthe-theatre
23 Comments
There is no Brexit damage, only anti-Brexit obstruction damage.
Talking isn’t enough. Every politicians who lied about the benefits that they had no control over, needs to be held accountable.
Could’ve talked about it sooner if you had anything resembling a spine, Wes.
Fuck off. You’re only talking about it cause you need another scapegoat to blame your tax rises and spending.
Everyone knows Brexit is a shit show. Where were you the last few years?
And the politician who propelled Brexit the most is now leading the political popularity polls. The electorate has not learned a damn thing since Brexit and is now poised and ready to elect into power the same people who duped them with Brexit.
Should have been talking about it earlier!
Starmer shouldn’t have supported Boris’ Bad Deal, abstain and it would have got through anyway.
Should have been blaming brexit and Tories/UKIP/Reform for the post brexit surge in immigration, pre-brexit net-migration was around 250k annually, post brexit it surged. Before the liars get here Boris did and election deal with Farage in 2019 – both are culpable.
Starmer and Labour should have held the feet of the brexit advocates to the fire for the damage they’ve done. But didn’t so lost the support of pro-Europeans and doing this now makes it look like sour grapes.
The public voted for something the last two governments have failed to deliver on. There was a great opportunity wasted by both of them. Bring industry back to Britain and start training people, its that simple.
So we’re now on phase 2 of passing the buck? Everyone’s got a bit bored of them blaming the Tories so now it’s on to Farage?
I find it a bit weird that labour are blaming Brexit without holding another referendum to rejoin. Cake and eat it.
If anything the damage doesn’t get talked about enough.
People who voted leave should, unironically, have a lifetime of I Told You So’s thrown their way and constantly be quoted the stats. You won. Own it.
You always could have Wes, just you and Labour have been too chickenshit to do so
So you are gonna reverse the damage by rejoining? Right, right?
You were always able to talk about it Wes. You’re just too much of a coward to say something you think will be unpopular because like your PM, you haven’t got an ounce of integrity.
I voted out and I regret it now, I was young. However the politicians lied to us and they’re the ones to blame not the voters.
I shall do my bit though by not voting in Farage at the next election
Your party has a huge majority in parliament. Do something about it.
who was stopping you before?
It was an act of self-harm to not talk about the damage of Brexit. The facts need repeating like a drum beat to get through all the morons thick skulls.
Referendum was the real and lasting “WIN” because it demonstrated REAL DEMOCRACY exposing fake democracy for decades aka people power.
If there is one thing the UK Establishment wants the collective memory of the citizenry to forget it is the above and they seek almost as a collective organism to try to make the experience and memory as painful as possible for the people for daring such collective people power in reality.
Yes, the results are hard to live with, yes many people were lying on ALL sides, and yes the vast majority of people were as ignoramus as a new born bawling baby in its manger…
Be The Above All As It May.
The real result was a win for gaining ground on returning power to people and ultimately this must be so for a humane society to be organized even if takes a few more centuries.
As a personal aside and observation: Watch the efforts to vilify the Referendum via Brexit Madness on both sides of the channel and especially the higher up the greasy pole you look.
Do not believe the lies told, “this must be so for your own good” from Third Parties who will not share any failures from attempting to make a better life.
So much is written that darkens the air around the above small ray of light and hope.
This is EXACTLY the topic line they should be chasing right now, as pointing out Remain’s far-right leadership and policies will only get you dai far, but they need to deliver better on immigration promises (because that will remain the primary topic)
Absolute cowards. They kept absolutely quiet about Brexit and the damage it caused until others – far braver than them – paved the way for a real discussion.
Absolutely spineless.
I wouldn’t want to talk about joining again though.
Tbh neither side handled the breakup well, even if we left in the most destructive way the EU wasn’t very amicable either. Going forward I wouldn’t want to lose our newfound autonomy if we actually try to make the best of it! 👍
Labour will win the next election if they offer a vote on rejoining. They can fuck up and do what they want, with the vote split like it is, it will be a winning policy. But they’re trying to appeal to scum so it won’t happen.
How about stop blaming each other and actually do something about it?
You know I have a great idea if Labour want to improve their polling. How about a referendum?