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FWIW, part of May's Withdrawal Agreement is that during the transition period the backstop can be replaced with something else - if something legal, workable, and better is brought to the table.


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Meanwhile, Labour is continuing their infighting ahead of the conference. The leader of Momentum filed a last-minute motion last night, calling for the abolition of the post of Deputy leader, a post currently held by the strongly pro-Remain Tom Watson.

Watson has been a bit of a thorn in Corbyn's side as of late, with repeated calls for Labour to back remain, as opposed to Corbyn's tactic of demurring on taking a position.
 
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Meanwhile, Labour is continuing their infighting ahead of the conference. The leader of Momentum filed a last-minute motion last night, calling for the abolition of the post of Deputy leader, a post currently held by the strongly pro-Remain Tom Watson.

Watson has been a bit of a thorn in Corbyn's side as of late, with repeated calls for Labour to back remain, as opposed to Corbyn's tactic of demurring on taking a position.
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One of the sad thing for me is seeing how quickly the seeds of co-operation and joint working in the opposition have disintegrated when an election was thrown to them.

Sad really that they have all reverted to fighting amongst themselves and each other rather than opposing the Tories.
 
KDLarsen said:
Meanwhile, Labour is continuing their infighting ahead of the conference. The leader of Momentum filed a last-minute motion last night, calling for the abolition of the post of Deputy leader, a post currently held by the strongly pro-Remain Tom Watson.

Watson has been a bit of a thorn in Corbyn's side as of late, with repeated calls for Labour to back remain, as opposed to Corbyn's tactic of demurring on taking a position.
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1175339411409690624

BREAKING: Understand Momentum withdrawing motion to get rid of Tom Watson position.

Looks like he's safe for now.
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But, yes, Labour have really perfected the art of scoring own-goals over the last few years, haven't they? They could probably have run away with the last election if they'd just been, well, basically competent.
 
The membership voted for Watson and the cabal tries to abolish the Post. With no reference to membership. Some democratic party this is.
 
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Changing something your client is already happy with simply because you have time to do so is stupid a waste of time and potentially counterproductive.
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That is why you only change it if further investigation bears fruit.

But it is quite hard to conclude that the deal could not benefit from a single Pareto improvement.
 
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But, yes, Labour have really perfected the art of scoring own-goals over the last few years, haven't they? They could probably have run away with the last election if they'd just been, well, basically competent.
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The only time Labour was credible as a party in government since the late 1970s, was (incredibly) under Blair. Think of other ineffective Labour Leaders; Foot, Kinnock, Brown and the wrong Miliband. John Smith was a credible leader, but his sudden death meant the first of a couple of caretaker leaders.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
FWIW, part of May's Withdrawal Agreement is that during the transition period the backstop can be replaced with something else - if something legal, workable, and better is brought to the table.
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Because the RoI and EU sensibly don't trust the UK.
 
It's tragic that when they have an opportunity like they have not had for years, Labor has such crappy leadership.
 
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