Listening to Labour colleagues on the media over the last week, I have repeatedly heard the refrain that the problem we faced last Thursday was that “this became the Brexit election”. Let’s be clear: this was always going to be the Brexit election, the first genuine single-issue election in 119 years. Emily Thornberry throws her hat into ring for Labour leadership Read moreAt least then, we never had a choice. It would never have voted to give Johnson the Brexit election he craved. • Emily Thornberry is the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and the shadow foreign secretary

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 12:00 UTC