I heard an interesting take on Brexit the radio yesterday. A chap phoned into an LBC radio show and said he'd voted Leave because the EU was negotiating TTIP at the time, and the last thing he wanted was for the NHS to become a bargaining chip with the Americans. However, once TTIP had been cancelled by the EU, he switched to Remain, precisely because of the danger of post-Brexit Tories, under the influence of Tory MPs with links to American health providers, using the NHS as a bargaining chip for an FTA. That's an angle I hadn't considered.
Corbyn seems to have stolen a march on both the Tories and the LibDems with his proposal - to negotiate a new deal that safeguards jobs and then put that to a referendum alongside Remain. The other parties risk pissing off a lot of people a lot, whereas Corbyn will piss everyone off a little, which may be the best way of negotiating the current impasse. I could certainly vote for that - in fact I'd be more comfortable voting for that than a complete shredding of Article 50, no matter how much of a Remainer and LibDem I am. It seems a more democratic alternative.
One benefit of this approach is that Corbyn would be so consumed negotiating a new deal and arranging a 2nd referendum that he wouldn't really have time to do too much damage to the country before yet another election was upon him..
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