Labour's inability to address Farage's Brexit leaves it on the hook for the problems it has created. He is metaphorically blaming them for his having shit the bed. Obviously hindsight is perfect, but it looks really costly to have voted for Brexit and run on an anri-🇪🇺-institution position 2
Ultimately. Rafael is right. Opposition to FOM, Europhobia, "no Slavs on the bus", was the major driver of Brexit. That public antipathy also drove policy after the referendum Would it be the same today? Given the Brexit disaster, even the FOM line would be blunted, esp. for LP voters 3
And Starmer doesn't have to address FOM immediately anyhow, as there's no immediate prospect of it returning. What he can do is make sure that Brexit negatives are pinned on Farage. My recent thread on the issue 👇 Ends
It’s all true, but Farage has had a teflon overcoat for well over a decade and somehow seems able to successfully avoid scrutiny and any blame whatever is thrown his way, in fact he often seems to thrive on the attention His pontification this week on his “plan” to deport anyone he doesn’t like
received wall to wall attention, while hardly any attention is given to the immediate backtracking on the details This should be a prime opportunity for Starmer to go on the attack, highlighting how he always makes huge promises that can never be delivered and that will always fall apart on
exposure to daylight and reality But we all know he won’t Such a shame for him personally but a disaster for the country he is supposed to be leading
That’s exactly what Starmer must home in on, forensic analysis of the shit NF is spouting. He seems to still desperately trying to avoid being called a “Rejoiner”, but focussing on Farage’s (and Reform in general) crap is the way forward.
You would think the Farage makes a huge target based on the number of outlandish schemes he proposes , from which he later backtracks !
Just label him FAFO. Farage Always Fucks Off.
I don't think this is a viable strategy; on the contrary. Economic analysis and fact-checking have little to no impact on Reform voters as political persuasion in right-wing populism is emotional rather than factual. They love Reform and Brexit as they are anti-immigration. Facts don't matter.
Associations with failure, weakness, backing down, corruption, and for the problems in their lives, do
You don't need hindsight to come to that conclusion.