04.09 Smeeth says she is inclined to support the PM’s deal, especially now that there are assurances on workers’ rights. “Tonight there are consequences for us not moving forward with Brexit… and I won’t have a Labour council.”
04.07 Smeeth continues: “I don’t envy the leadership this decision at all. But we’re losing seats in our core labour heartlands and we’re not winning seats elsewhere… Tonight has to be a wake-up call.”
04.05 Ruth Smeeth from Leave-voting Stoke-on-Trent is on BBC News urging the Labour leadership to look at these results and undertake a “post-mortem”. She says: “My constituents just don’t believe that we’ll deliver Brexit… If you look at the spoilt ballot paper, it’s ‘we don’t trust you’.”
Needs treating with caution, as in many EU countries intro European movement is less likely to be considered immigration than seems to be the case here. A clue to that is in the figures in the poll regarding refugees where opinion in the UK is less welcoming than much of Europe.
Among the big outliers on the (currently) unwelcoming side are Sweden and Italy, for what are fairly obvious reasons.
Needs treating with caution, as in many EU countries intro European movement is less likely to be considered immigration than seems to be the case here. A clue to that is in the figures in the poll regarding refugees where opinion in the UK is less welcoming than much of Europe.
Among the big outliers on the (currently) unwelcoming side are Sweden and Italy, for what are fairly obvious reasons.
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> Jezza will be going to Trafford tomorrow today.
Trafford is the closest thing to Islington in the north of England.
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04.09 Smeeth says she is inclined to support the PM’s deal, especially now that there are assurances on workers’ rights. “Tonight there are consequences for us not moving forward with Brexit… and I won’t have a Labour council.”
04.07 Smeeth continues: “I don’t envy the leadership this decision at all. But we’re losing seats in our core labour heartlands and we’re not winning seats elsewhere… Tonight has to be a wake-up call.”
04.05 Ruth Smeeth from Leave-voting Stoke-on-Trent is on BBC News urging the Labour leadership to look at these results and undertake a “post-mortem”. She says: “My constituents just don’t believe that we’ll deliver Brexit… If you look at the spoilt ballot paper, it’s ‘we don’t trust you’.”
> 2 Tories elected in Bolsover so far
https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1124066317257072641
A clue to that is in the figures in the poll regarding refugees where opinion in the UK is less welcoming than much of Europe.
Among the big outliers on the (currently) unwelcoming side are Sweden and Italy, for what are fairly obvious reasons.
I hope you persevere and succeed.
https://twitter.com/ADCAshfield/status/1124143891924619264
> Commiserations to HYUFD.
> I hope you persevere and succeed.
Thanks NigelB