It looks like Labour voters should be thanking Farage from here on - he’s keeping his promise to “Tear the Conservative Party limb from limb” as evident by all the standing in Tory-held or even Tory-winnable marginals “out of spite” if you will. The Conservatives are going to be made to pay a VERY high price for failing to deliver Brexit in the 42 months they’ve had - keeping the Brexit progress bar on 0% as they have. We’re no nearer to achieving ANY kind of Brexit than were were the morning following the referendum result - but with Morale significantly down since that point…
Still… There’s a good chance that Labour Leave voters - will swing back to Labour rather than punt Brexit Party “just to remove a Tory/Libdem Remainer”.
The alternative? - “Give away their Labour Remainer seat to Brexit Party - as it weakens Boris Johnson”? Nice idea - but no matter how much that Labour Leave voter despises the Tories in general - Do they have enough faith to take the chance that sacrificing a handful of Labour seats as collateral damage to the Tories as swinging behind Brexit Party will involve?
There’s lots of propaganda going on at present that suggests Farage is about to stop Brexit himself - which seems to be this absurd notion based around the Tories rather than the Brexit Party “being the party of Brexit”…
I wish I knew what percentage of the 17.4m supported No Deal rather than supported Boris’ Soft Brexit■■?
We know already that the Remainers don’t support ANY kind of Brexit - don’t we?
I’m worried that should Brexit Party “step aside” for a Tory win “to keep Corbyn out” when such a move isn’t necessary, cos the Remainers are split themselves between Swinson, Plaid, SNP, Greens, and Labour… Brexit party finishing on zero seats -coupled with Boris Johnson "Not making significant enough inroads into Labour/Libdem Brexiteer seats like BP can make - scuppers Brexit once and for all, and the opposition will then be able to argue successfully that "We’ve seen the 17.4m support for Brexit collapse today. Time for that second referendum OR maintain your own dignity and office by “revoking article 50” - which Boris when faced with “5 more years as a ongoing hated PM and a nice pension” or “stepping down over his failure” - will no doubt do the FORMER rather than the latter. I suspect him of being prepared to throw Brexit under the bus once he’s got his “Majority” he seems to expect Farage to disband the Brexit Party to facilitate.
Let Battle Commence!!
I want Brexit done, ideally on WTO terms.
I don’t care if Boris, Farage, Corbyn, or the FTSE fall to achieve this.
If we throw away Farage to help Boris though? We’ll NEVER achieve this.
But throwing away Boris to help Farage…? We’re talking about Brexit done and the Tories GONE.
Surely that is something the Labour voter can at least tactically vote for in a Tory held seat - OR “Get rid of a Corbyn Hater” in a Blairite Remainer seat…
This coming parliament - started out being stuffed 75-80% with Remainers. AFTER this election?
…The pressure to overturn Brexit will continue - all the while Parliament has more than a critical mass of 2:1 (66%) Remainers to Brexiteers in it, I suggest.
How hard can it be to “Enrich” Parliament with around 10% of Brexiters - just to get the mix down to at least 65/35 from 72/25? It’s not enough of course…
52/48? - Seems realistic - but if 100 Remainer Tories are allowed to keep their seats with 0 seats to Brexit Party, the only 100% Brexiteer lot…
I reckon people are about to give up on Brexit, and the price the country pays for that is “Remaining” with a future rise of “Nationalist” rather than “Brexit” parties to come.
NOT good in my mind.
Forget “who wins” this election. It is a high turnout and high turnover we need to see - IF we are going to get any real change.
Should just a handful of seats change hands, and we end up with another hung parliament with no Brexit Party in it - then the “Abyss of Division” - continues - right up until our next national scandal that will impoverish us all - the Final Salary Pension Defaults due in around 10-20 years time.
There must be plenty of people like myself who are totally relying on that future pension, along with it’s lump sum - to perhaps clear their other debts in life, going into retirement - especially any outstanding mortgage.