also it's too clever (or stupid) by half - hardly anyone thinks Labour has stuck to its promises *because it hasn't*. Raising employers NI broke a manifesto promise! Scrapping Dilnot, while barely noticed, also broke a manifesto promise. And winter fuel was seen that way too
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a big part of UK government planning is built on the premise that a Christian wouldn't go in a small boat.

rejoining in some capacity appeals to some people who voted for Brexit. To go back to Sooz's original talking point. It would help address some of the things that contributed to the Brexit vote (if argued for well alongside other things).

as in the longer we are out the more divergent we become with standards that increase the cost burden of rejoining.

it is hard to tell if they have the capital to not lose enough Labour MPs that the Lib Dems would make up for it and still be a majority because they've never had a fight to try and do something that would be good yet. All the fights they struggle with have been to do bad things.

the window is closing for its efficiency for sure and I agree it isn't a magic bullet and certainly shouldn't be the end sum of any plan. But it would do things that would address the reasoning for Brexit happening in ways that are harder to do not in the single market.

it is fitting considering she is presumably referring to herself as "dark forces" in a warning to Labour MPs per the headline.