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Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

What Labour supporters in the South and guardian readers don't like to admit it's that theres are Labour voters in the North that voted passionately for Brexit. Not going full send on Brexit gifts the Tories a majority in any election as Corbyn proved whilst he was beaten by a literal children's entertainer Boris Johnson.

Starmer wants to win the next election, and so he should. But he can't afford to even be seen as trying to rejoin. Because Labour voters in the (predominately) North will vote Tory again. If he wants to win... and win big.... he's calculated that he needs to appeal to Tony Blair loving Labour voters in the South and Brexitier Labour voters in the North.

Or is rejoining the EU just political suicide at the moment

Yeah pretty much. Plus no-one is going to vote Lib Dems that might offer a rejoin choice because we're to upset at them about tuition fees apparently 🤷.