Should I stay or should I go now? - The EU Referendum Thread

[Psychosplodge]

Maybe its the way to appeal to labour voters?

[Mr Mystery]

But he's leaving. So he won't care either way.

IDS and Gove suddenly pretending to care about the little people? That's them trying (and failing) to tempt the
lefties open to opinion.

But not Dave.

All very, very suspicious.

[Psychosplodge]

I meant to vote out. The ones that won't agree with anything a conservative prime minister says, rather than thinking about it and voting as they believe.

[Mr Mystery]

I dunno. Seems more likely to me that Dave might be wanting to be seen as falling on his sword in order to make the Tories the face of In and out.

They know they're in on a slim majority. So slim was their victory last year that nobody, not even the Tories, saw it coming. By controlling the entire debate internally (and they do, let's be fair) they help to halt the Goose Step March of UKIP amongst the Tory faithful, and help to prevent a new and popular Labour Leader from gaining the oxygen of the campaign.

I still think there's something more to it, but I can't see what it is. And that really worries me.

[Psychosplodge]

Two polls did but were dismissed as they were so out of step with the others.

Corbyn is anti EU though. His contribution to his pro EU party has essentially been to keep his mouth shut.

Probably some cushy overpaid EU job after he steps down.

[Kirsten]

Corbyn is against specific elements of the EU, not the EU as a whole.

[Psychosplodge]

I'd not seen that. I'd just seen him talked about as consistently anti eu

[Kirsten]

he is against some of the trade agreements as being anti worker if I remember rightly, but he has no issues with the idea of the EU, just typical tarring of Corbyn

[Mr Mystery]

Yup.

And if memory serves, he sees his issues as being things to work on, not walk away from?

[Kirsten]

yup