Labour is now more fundamentally split over Europe than the Tories were under Thatcher and Major. A significant minority, concentrated in towns such as Hartlepool, voted leave and have resented being told that they got it wrong. When that didn’t happen, Labour remainers threw their weight behind the campaign for a people’s vote, a second chance for those who had got it wrong first time to come up with the right answer. When voters in industrial Britain made their unhappiness about being forgotten known in the Brexit referendum, they were patronised and vilified. Accepting this is not going to be easy, because for many left remainers, belief in the EU runs deep.

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2021 16:07 UTC