Yes but that’s a big barrier and less likely to change now, given that it will encourage splits. It’s not going to be Labour or Tory policy anytime soon. Only chance of this holding is if they can establish themselves across most constituencies before the next election.Yossarian wrote:I’m not so sure. I feel like this might be the start of a wider political realignment, one that quite possibly was going to happen anyway, but which has been accelerated by Brexit. Coalitions of leavers and remainers, which both of the major parties are, don’t make much sense any more. I expect that the Tories will split soon too and then we’ll see where we end up.
I think it’s only really FPTP that has stopped this happening already.
Some Labour MPs who did not resign today have privately committed to leaving the party and will stagger their announcements over the coming weeks, two sources said. These MPs felt that a “drip” of resignations would inflict maximum damage on Corbyn and that timing their departures for the next round of major Brexit votes on February 27 would be more effective, as it would clearly show the Labour leadership’s opposition to a second referendum.
Brooks wrote:Where are the handy pre-Corbo etc. charts?
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