Labour, Brexit and a General Election
Brexit has been overshadowing everything, and not in a good way. I write on the day when the European election results will be counted, with the prospect of Farage and co being the largest party, much of the Labour vote having deserted to the Brexit Party or, probably in considerably larger numbers, to avowedly Remainer parties- The Lib Dems and Greens in particular.
The focus on Brexit has not, of course, prevented other issues breaking through to demand attention. The Climate Crisis rather than Brexit is likely to be remembered as the defining issue of the next decade whilst the funding crisis in public services continues to grow. Politics itself is regarded by many as ' broken' .
The next Tory leader will almost certainly be a ' Hard Brexiteer ' and will become Prime Minister The deadlock in Parliament will continue however, with the proposed Withdrawal Agreement explicitly opposed by most current MPs but the EU adamant that it can't and won'