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The Labour Party - Rosettes and Placards in the Face of a Hurricane

Today I received an email from the Labour party, which is not unusual as I'm a member. Given the likely disaster looming for the country, and the party in the coming local elections  I felt compelled to respond.  The content of my letter to them is below. Brexit is no longer "the will of the people" but the party's continuing strategic ambiguity means hard-won Labour support is draining away. The most inept, incompetent and cruel Tory government in living memory are, incredibly, level in polls with Labour. I fear that upcoming Local Government elections will show very badly for the party. When people feel abandoned by their party they will vote elsewhere, or not at all. Members will leave in large numbers and sadly that may include myself.   Catastrophic economic assessments have emerged this week showing all sectors of the economy and all regions will be grievously affected by any form of Brexit. Those areas containing Labour supporters will be among the wor