There was a very narrow, simple majority after a deeply unclear and divisive referendum chock full of lies and fantasy promises that could never be fulfilled.Carlton green wrote: ↑28 Nov 2022, 8:01am That there was public dissatisfaction and a significant desire to leave is clear, but the reality is that our full route out of the EU simply didn’t exist and hence our exit has been far too problematic.
Prior to the issue of a vote being raised in the latter half of 2015 the issue of membership never showed up in top 10 issues polling.
How is any of that a 'significant desire to leave'? Current polling is quite clear that there is significantly more desire the that the whole sorry issue never happened at all.
It's a complement to the relatively small cabal who drove brexit that they've established this sort of narrative and that the issues now a can of worms that shouldn't be touched.
To be clear I'm not suggesting labour put this front and centre just as they shouldn't for electoral reform. The key issues that the public care about aren't those. However, it's perfectly safe to include improving eu relationship as a policy. If they were competent at being politicians the lines of attack should the Tories dare attack them on that inclusion are near endless. Polling is clear that most voters don't think it's 'done', that it's made things worse and that's a conclusion they've come to largely by themselves in the face of a BBC that barely dares mention the topic as being blatantly partly or wholly to blame for a quite a few of the country's current woes
And as mjr points out, to suggest that the current situation is somehow ok is silly. In their desperate effort to chase swing voters in their 'red wall' focus groups (and I have a deep suspicion that these focus groups are getting refreshed and so progressively picking up ever more extreme wavering conservative voters as the polls shift) they are going to going to completely alienate other sections of their vote, this might be fine where that's in safe seats but it's a risk in the seats like Canterbury that were won (from the conservatives) by Corbyn off the back of a motivated younger vote as well as damages their 'get the vote out' manpower.