Tubby Isaacs wrote:I'm still not sure there won't be a conversion to Freedom of Movement, but I'm not encouraged. I think Corbyn had to find some way out of the SNP-led talks because the Tories would make hay with it, but it wasn't really a good enough excuse. And to repeat, it's not all on Corbyn's head, there are loads of Flints about who are worse.
Hugo makes a good point there. What Labour have done is basically what Leave did- have different things people can focus on, and they might vote for you.
If I were somewhere with local borough elections, I'd be very tempted to vote for somebody else, as a gentle reminder. Wouldn't hurt them to lose some London seats to the Greens or Lib Dems.
The stuff being talked about rail by Labour isn't good either. Why do I mention that? Because I think the emphasis on that could be part of a "Lexit" strategy, with the Fourth Rail Package coming up.
Corbyn was never going to do that. One of the main complaints about the Miliband era (expressed repeatedly here) was about Labour appearing on the same platform as the other Unionist parties. So, during the EU referendum Labour ran a completely separate campaign, with Corbyn unwilling to appear on the same platform as Cameron saying "Brexit is dumb, don't vote for it."
I don't myself think it is a coincidence that the Scottish referendum vote was won, whilst the Brexit vote was lost. The former damaged Labour, the latter has greatly benefitted it.
It depends whether you care about party or substance. Those who care about party, will think Corbyn was (and is) right to refuse all co-operation with the enemy. Those who care about substance will disagree.