Donate SIGN UP

Oh Dear. Jeremy Corbyn Does A Michael Howard

Avatar Image
Deskdiary | 06:34 Wed 10th May 2017 | News
30 Answers
Corbyn was asked 6 times whether, if he became PM (Ha!), come what may would we leave EU, and 6 times he failed, and for failed read refused, to provide an answer to this question.

Does this give those Labour voters who voted leave a dilemma?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-2017-39866807/would-corbyn-definitely-leave-the-eu
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 20 of 30rss feed

1 2 Next Last

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by Deskdiary. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
T.M was asked what she demanded out of the EU
T.M. was asked what she demanded out of the EU

Did she tell us?
I've never heard any politician give an answer to any direct question !!
FBG40
Just a tactic to give false hope to remainers who may be tempted to vote labour on the slightest possible chance we might stay in europe.
TWR, //T.M was asked what she demanded out of the EU//

You should be pleased she didn’t answer that. You don’t win the game by exposing your hand for all to see.
It's best to know what's on offer so you can refuse it Naomi, I have found It has worked in ways in my life.
TWR, do you really expect the government to run everything past you for your approval? The electorate have had their say and Mrs May will now negotiate terms, but if she lays her cards on the table, there can be no negotiation.
I don't expect anything done for my approval, but I expect it done for the good of the people & for the UK, not much to ask for is it?
TWR, how do you know it won't be?
"Brexit means Brexit" - May's constant refrain - is as meaningful as "Breakfast means breakfast". Is it to be a lightly-boiled egg or a full English? Corbyn's repeated refusals are no different from her constant repetitions.
I'm beginning to sympathise a little with Corbyn's repeated reluctance to answer hypothetical questions, although perhaps he could still do with explaining why he doesn't, just in case I am being too charitable.

Still, the way I see it, if -- God forbid -- I were leading the country from June 9th, is that I would go into the negotiations fully intending to, and working towards, leaving the EU, and fully expecting to leave it within five years (probbaly sooner). *But* -- and here, I think, is where Corbyn's coming unstuck -- there may be circumstances in which leaving becomes obviously bad for the country, and so I wouldn't want to commit to leaving 100%, come what may. I can't describe those circumstances, except for the grotesque and obviously unrealistic ones, but it stands to reason that such circumstances exist. So committing to leaving unconditionally is just not something I'd want to do. The point is that it wouldn't detract from my intentions or approach, or at least I'd try not to let it, and the other point is that such circumstances as might arise change the probability of leaving from 100% to about 99.998% or something.

Even this may seem heretical or undemocratic to some people, but really it's just stating an obvious hypothetical: if it becomes clear that leaving the EU is not remotely in the best interests of the UK, then the government should be prepared to change course accordingly. But the course -- of leaving -- is still laid in, still to be followed, and the "if" is a really, really big if that I don't expect to happen, at least not enough to change that course. It's just about keeping options open and not showing our hand.

Whether or not Corbyn meant this by refusing I don't know -- although for those who doubt him, it's worth pointing out that he was for a long time in favour of leaving the EU, whereas May was (at least somewhat) pro-Remain. Possibly still is in favour of leaving, for all I know.
There are many reasons not to show your hand early but to do it publicly is nothing short of cutting your own head off and then having it displayed for public delectation.

Any sensible person wouldn't let their negotiating stance out of the bag especially not early on.

I do wonder at the supposed intelligence of people clamouring to be told the ins and outs of a gnats Harris when clearly that information out in the open would be detrimental to the negotiations.

But we all know what the UK as a whole would want. Tarif Free trade with access to the open EU market. In return we give the same. As for EU nation citizens here and UK citizens in the EU, they should be allowed to stay under the host nations rules, regulations and laws. With no bull s about those living here being under Brussels rule of law. NATO would poodle along as it does. International intelligence would/should carry on in the same vain.

There will probably be a price to pay for that but realistically it shouldn't be as much as the EU will demand.

That remains to be seen.
Quizmonster. I disagree. 'Brexit means Brexit' means it will happen. Who knows where Jeremy Corbyn stands on the subject? He refuses to tell us.
I suspect I know where he stands, what I dont know is where the true leader of the Labour Party Leonard David "Len" McCluskey stands !
You only have to look at some members of his shadow cabinet or should I say shallow cabinet to see the absolute mediocrity of the current Labour Party. Can you imagine the current shadow Home Secretary as a labour Home Secretary or the Marxist shadow chancellor as the government chancellor, it beggars belief.
Luckily I will be at sea the week before the election but my postal vote will be there.
When we joined the EU back in the day I had a bumper sticker "Don't blame me I voted no" hmmmmmmmm.
Len McClusky will be sitting on Jeremy Corbyns shoulder.
I don't understand it, he voted for Article 50 and whipped his party to do so, he said in his speech that the matter was "settled", and yet prevaricates when asked whether he will leave or not... very odd.
No, not odd, Red Len has "had a word" and told him to get back in line.
Quizmonster
"Brexit means Brexit" - May's constant refrain - is as meaningful as "Breakfast means breakfast". Is it to be a lightly-boiled egg or a full English? Corbyn's repeated refusals are no different from her constant repetitions.



It totally different. May has stated 'No deal better than bad deal'
Doesn't that mean we will leave come what may?
Corbyn refused to answer that exact question.
A late result just in:
Michaellll Howard 12, Jeremy Corbyn 6

The Tories win again lol

1 to 20 of 30rss feed

1 2 Next Last

Do you know the answer?

Oh Dear. Jeremy Corbyn Does A Michael Howard

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.