Comments by "Awesome Avenger" (@awesomeavenger2810) on "Labour NEC rejects calls for referendum on any Brexit deal" video.

  1. If you dont like the deal the EU is prepared to offer, and you rule out leaving with no deal at all, then what incentive does Brussels have to offer a better deal?
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  2. If you don't actually have a policy on Brexit then no one can disagree with it.
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  3.  @sowhat515  The UK government is led by someone who campaigned to remain in the EU. Which in effect makes it a remainer government. And parliament is overwhelmingly in favour of remaining, which is why it voted down both the negotiated leave deal and leaving with no deal at. In fact, the only thing they haven't voted against is to remain. Either way, you can't put this down to those who voted to leave.
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  4.  @VoVo-ev3zz  Protecting workers rights and the environment has nothing to do with EU membership. As a government can make its owns policies on such issues. In fact, in 2016 Corbyn himself claimed he was very concerned at how the EU was damaging workers rights all across Europe and 'secretly negotiating' a trade deal with the US. Remaining in the customs union is not a good idea, as not only would it not be beneficial for the UK when trading with non-EU countries, it would also prevent the UK from making trade deals with non-EU countries. Which is one of the benefits of leaving the EU. So if the UK remains in the customs union then it would not have left the EU.
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  5.  @VoVo-ev3zz  You're making the argument against the right of UK citizens to vote for the government of their choice to enact policies they agree with. Essentially, you see the EU as a way to circumvent the democratic process when it goes against you. That sounds very much like an argument against democracy itself. Yes, trade negotiations do take time. But the UK is as important a market for EU goods as is the US. And the UK can absolutely negotiate trade deals on its own behalf, just as Japan is able to do. This is the very reason why the remain campaign lost the referendum. It relied on the notion that the UK (the 5th largest economy in the world) was unable to stand on it own feet. It offered nothing but pessimism, defeatism, and fear - Thats a very hard sell. And I would argue not a sound basis for a political union with Europe. Which is exactly what the EU is.
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  6.  @phil2854  Labour's preferred deal does not deliver Brexit, and therefore would not give the UK the benefits of Brexit.
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