In the UK, the Brexit party announced today that it would not field candidates for parliament in districts that were won in the last election by the Tories. Basically, this gives the Tory party led by prime minister Boris Johnson a major advantage in the upcoming December elections. The pro-Brexit forces in these districts will NOT be split between the Tories and the Brexit party. Meanwhile the Remain forces WILL be split between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party. The collapse of Labour and the resurgence of the Liberal Democrats will make it likely that these seats will be won by the Tories again. Most likely, the Tories will also pick up a batch of additional seats, so that the large Tory lead in the polls should result in a substantial majority after the elections.
It is not at all surprising that the Brexit forces should unite. After all, the Brexit party would be undermining its entire reason for being if it were to split the Tory vote and put Liberals or Labour members into seats previously held by Tories.
The best part of this development, however, is the reaction to it by Jeremy Corbyn, the bigoted anti-Semitic far left leader of Labour. He actually blamed the agreement between the Brexit Party and the Tories on President Trump. I'm not kidding. Corbyn says that Trump engineered this. Corbyn, of course, doesn't say how the President managed to manipulate these two major British parties into reaching this agreement, but that is no surprise. Apparently Corbyn thinks that mentioning Trump is enough to gain him an advantage in the UK. I really doubt that, however. After all, how many Brits really care more about blaming Trump than about their own futures with regard to Europe?
It is not at all surprising that the Brexit forces should unite. After all, the Brexit party would be undermining its entire reason for being if it were to split the Tory vote and put Liberals or Labour members into seats previously held by Tories.
The best part of this development, however, is the reaction to it by Jeremy Corbyn, the bigoted anti-Semitic far left leader of Labour. He actually blamed the agreement between the Brexit Party and the Tories on President Trump. I'm not kidding. Corbyn says that Trump engineered this. Corbyn, of course, doesn't say how the President managed to manipulate these two major British parties into reaching this agreement, but that is no surprise. Apparently Corbyn thinks that mentioning Trump is enough to gain him an advantage in the UK. I really doubt that, however. After all, how many Brits really care more about blaming Trump than about their own futures with regard to Europe?
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