What were Corbyn’s real beliefs on EU membership?
Gisela Stuart was as bad as Hoey.
Those Brexiters on the left were as ignorant of the EU as those on the right. Many formed their views in the 1970’s and were unable to update their views despite the evident evolving of the EU into a very different beast it was in 1974. That is a very human failing, especially among the highly principled, the ideologically driven and the very loyal, who all can find it difficult to change a position.
The thing is, the key question, is not whether the EU had faults or if it sometimes makes poor decisions. It does. No-one on the pro EU side said otherwise. The question was whether we should leave. Was not being part of the EU better?
Well, to know that, we needed to know what the actual future destination was to be. We only found that four and a half years after the flaming vote. It’s not good. It makes an absolute mockery of the idea that those who voted leave used any kind of clear logical reasoning. They did not. They were ignorant people, duped, shutting their eyes, crossing their fingers and putting a cross in a box that relied on the very worst type of Conservative MP to implement, those with no understanding, no heart and no plan.