Appealing to “socially conservative” voters, or a shift to the center, will fail. Corbyn himself may not be popular, but his leftward tack of the party is.
In Sunderland, which has borne austerity cuts on top of the ravages of a neoliberal economy, this is one more issue on which people’s voices aren’t being heard.
The hope for those who oppose his awful Brexit deal is that the number of supporters will collapse once the legislation comes into contact with reality.
