Labour was once triumphant at conference in spite of Brexit – not this time
Leaving the EU is a potentially fatal issue for any major party. And the opposition’s failure to be clear on such a monumental problem could deliver the final blow
The last time Labour came to Brighton, two years ago, they were triumphant. The shock election result of that summer had changed everything. Right up until 10pm on 8 June 2017, most of the party, whatever their view of Jeremy Corbyn, foresaw a hammering that would spell his end. It didn’t happen.
On the night before the conference began, a very young crowd gathered for a rally in a local park and waited for Corbyn to stride out into the twilight as if he were a festival headliner.
Times have changed. This is meant to be an advert for a government in waiting. They look nothing of the sort. It is chaos.
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