It would have helped, but it’s also somewhat historical revision.
I pointed out pretty early on that Corbyn was being extremely wish washy. To which the overwhelming response was that Corbyn would eventually go Remain if it came down to it, and had stated so, or at least was clearly better than Brexit, so what was I talking about?
I also said that it was not clear at all the Remain was the majority, but people were insistent that things had changed after the last Brexit vote and the youth would show up this time, etc. It wasn’t until very near the election when things were starting to go bad that everyone started blaming Corbyn.
Anyway, the point is not the accuracy of people’s predictions but the sentiment behind them. I feel like Labour actually won the areas and the voters that were strongly pro-remain. They felt strongly enough about the issue to vote Labour despite any reservations about Corbyn.
It wasn’t the press. It wasn’t Corbyn running a bad campaign or being weak in some way. Look at the embarrassment he lost to. Why did Corbyn have to pitch a perfect game and his opponent barely even have to show up?
Johnson won for the same reasons Trump won. What’s happening in both countries is eerily similar. And you can look at movements in other countries as well. It boils down to there’s a white racism.
This **** has nothing to do with the EU. No one was fooled by Johnson. They know he’s a dick, it’s why they vote for him. It’s all about keeping dark-skinned people out of the country. The Brexit election was really a poll on racism, pro-racism won.
Watch how fast Johnson kneels to Trump and Putin. He has no choice now, really. “British Identity” is really “White Identity.” That is what we are all up against. I think we need to face that reality instead of blaming the press or politicians or whoever. The people you think of as your countrymen and neighbors are hateful dickbags who don’t think the same of you.
