And they need to listen carefully to Curtice's view, which no doubt chimes with your own.Willow904 wrote:Or a cutting observation of how I can make any topic circle back to Brexit?HindleA wrote:Sorry,bad timing.It was a jest,stress jest at howsilly's view of forum.
In all seriousness, I wish those who are comfortable with Labour's Brexit stance talked about it more so I can see how they believe everything will work out to the best possible outcome. How is a consensus for "soft Brexit" as opposed to "hard Brexit" to be achieved, if not by defending the benefits of the single market. Or do those who agree with Corbyn see a benefit in leaving the single market and if so, what are those benefits?
Tinyclanger2 and seeingcleary's conversation yesterday about comms strategy was very interesting but if Labour were to find a way to crack that, what would they communicate? For those willing to listen, who actively seek out articles on Labourlist, what's the message? Brexit is an inconvenient topic for Labour, but they need to communicate a basic message on it, if they want to get past it and talk about everything else.
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I've seen a better article than that, explaining his reasoning, but can't remember where it was now.Labour seems to have decided in recent weeks that its first priority is to stave off the threat from Ukip to its traditional working-class vote, much of which supposedly voted to leave in the EU referendum.
But in so doing it seems to have forgotten (or not realised) that most of those who voted Labour in 2015 – including those living in Labour seats in the North and the Midlands – backed remain. The party is thus at greater risk of losing votes to the pro-remain Liberal Democrats than to pro-Brexit Ukip.