Timeline for What exactly did the Brexit Party gain in the 2019 EU parliament election?
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| May 31, 2019 at 6:20 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | @Richard, Labour grassroots are more pro-Remain than Corbyn. The "change of policy" you refer to was Corbyn finally ceding to the pressure he's been under since (at least) the last party conference, when he managed to get a compromise resolution which mentioned his preferred general election as well as a confirmatory referendum. | |
| May 29, 2019 at 7:43 | comment | added | Richard | @DenisdeBernardy Not sure where that 80% comes from, but Corbyn's announcement was specifically a change of policy and it was after the EU elections. | |
| May 28, 2019 at 17:53 | comment | added | Denis de Bernardy | @Richard: Insofar as I've been following, 80% of Labour voters support Remain, and Corbyn announced today that Labour now officially supports a 2nd referendum. | |
| May 28, 2019 at 14:43 | comment | added | Richard | "If you fold... Labour votes into Remain" Why would you do that? Labour are pro-brexit. | |
| May 28, 2019 at 2:35 | comment | added | Denis de Bernardy | @HelloWorld: FWIW at this point my view as a continental European is that the the UK should get on with it, take May's deal, and rejoin the EU at the first opportunity. That way, UK Brexiters would get to see and feel how much they've been lied to, and it would hopefully silence anti-EU voices for good.. | |
| May 27, 2019 at 21:52 | comment | added | Hello World | After reading the answer I feel like someone is celebrating because they got a chance to attend to a wedding of in-laws right in the middle of a ugly divorce lol. | |
| May 27, 2019 at 21:36 | vote | accept | Hello World | ||
| May 27, 2019 at 20:58 | comment | added | Jontia | The video I linked argues even the votes above the UKIP numbers transfer from collapsed smaller anti-EU parties and the Tory votes have in fact defected to Libs/Greens. I think the analysis is... Optimistic let's say. But there is obviously some high profile evidence, like theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/20/… | |
| May 27, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | Denis de Bernardy | @Jontia: while I wholeheartedly agree that former UKIP votes went to Farage's new Brexit party, I'd put forward that the real story here is more about Tory voters defecting to the Brexit party (which is a message) than it is about UKIP voters following Farage around (which was a no brainer except for the odd racist). | |
| May 27, 2019 at 20:26 | comment | added | Jontia | Even the idea that unhappy Tory voters have sent a message to Conservative Leaders by voting Farage is potentially inaccurate (curse you secret ballots). A pro Remain alternative analysis here argues most Brexit votes come from 2014 UKIP. Though how many of those were unhappy Tories in the first place... | |
| May 27, 2019 at 18:58 | history | edited | Denis de Bernardy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 27, 2019 at 18:50 | history | answered | Denis de Bernardy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |