It would be easier for a new non Conservative party government to avoid Brexit as remaining can be part of the manifesto, which somewhat explains the urgency with which Labour MPs are trying to eject Corbyn, who can not be relied on to make remain a manifesto pledge.
Interesting times.
Because it seems to me like a bulk of these supposed Blair-ite 'Labour' supporters who want Corbyn out so they don't have to be sullied with ugly old words like "socialism" and "wealth redistribution" more properly belong in a party closer to Canada's Liberal Party, and it is Corbyn who is inheriting the mantle of the more traditional Labour constituency? Why have the Liberal Democrats not done better out of the cataclysm in British party politics over the last few months?
What nobody seems to have realised is that they didn't have anything close to a majority, so of course they weren't able to completely prevent the Tories from doing everything.
It's a shame IMO because what we clearly need right now is a Centralist party, especially with Labour going further and further to the Left under Corbyn.
Particularly university tuition fees, which was an important issue for much of the base.
(It's pretty sad what happened, and I think even now they get very little of the credit they deserve for their work in the previous parliament)
I wonder if they regret that now, as it would have provided a safety valve for Conservative -> UKIP defectors.
However since the last general election we have seem what the Conservative Party can do when they are unrestrained and this has helped the LibDems make their argument that they were actually a significant player in the coalition government. There is likely to be a decent recovery in the next general election for them, particularly if they go in with a remain manifesto pledge. I doubt it would be enough for a majority government but possibly enough to force a coalition, which would not guarantee a remain deal and could result in them being punished in the subsequent general election.
They got in by focusing on marginal seats. They lost most of those in the last election. They used to get protest votes, but those went to UKIP or the green party, or even labour or conservative.
> Because it seems to me like a bulk of these supposed Blair-ite 'Labour' supporters
It's the labour MPs who want to get rid of corbyn. He's very popular with the party members.