Imprisoning a reviled dangerous liar in Downing Street is unnatural evidence we live in an unprecedented political crisis.
The Tory Prime Minister who declared “I don’t want an election” only last month and the Labour leader “champing at the bit” just a few weeks ago for a contest trading positions is both extraordinary and understandable.
Boris Johnson, the unfaithful mountebank unable to get an election, is a strategic fool running out of options as Thursday’s Brexit witching hour looms in a Halloween nightmare for the impotent Conservative.
Jeremy Corbyn’s smart not to walk into what would now be an election trap, Britain crashing out of Europe remaining a risk and, let’s be honest, the polls aren’t good for Labour.
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Love or loathe Tony Blair, the guy proved a winner and his Super Spring fresh referendum and election on the same day is worth considering.
The tricky part is how to deliver a good idea when Parliament’s paralysed and, should there be a Grinch election before Christmas, there’s no guarantee that it would produce a radically different result.
The Brexit elite and its noisiest footsoldiers resist another referendum when the truth exposes a 2016 squeaked result pulled off with lies and illegality.
Johnson faces a hat-trick of defeats when attempting again on Monday to trigger the Grinch election on December 12 he was against.
The SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon, suddenly desperate for a contest before a major trial next year, and Lib Dems’ Jo Swinson, in flapping white coat territory if she really thinks she could be PM, embarrass Labour in plumping for December 9.
No 10 briefing it might back the SNP-Lib stunt – after instructing Cabinet Ministers James Cleverley and Nicky Morgan to rubbish the plan – illustrated the desperation of a ball-and-chained Johnson, accused of “throwing tantrums” by Tory ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond.
Corbyn’s best option is to ignore chicken jibes and press for an election that’s best for Labour – not Tories or SNP or Libs.
Fighting Brexit is central. The 19 Labour MPs who believed Boris Johnson cared about workers rights have no excuses after Tory plans confirmed how, outside the EU, he’d cut them.
Brexit’s a class issue when the working class picks up the bill.
