For those interested here is the LeFT founding principles document. This answered questions about how LeFT aims to develop, resist dispersion and promote bottom up working class campaigns and activity.
Core Principles
Three years and this is all there is from the left side of Brexit?
Both the things you have linked to are just wish lists. Whoever is leading this didn't even bother to do half a days work on a website before putting out the founding statement. Where's the social media, how are the working class going to hear about this and get involved? Where's the list of union meetings or actions. Where's the press coverage? Three years, I've seen better campaigns put together in three days.
It's just the usual suspects going round in circles, ever decreasing circles if this is the extent of their efforts.
Then there's the actual content. The list of countries we will be trading with excludes the US and gives no idea how these new relationships will be more beneficial to us and the countries concerned. How to deal with Brazil for example.
How are, British, BAME people actually being represented when 75% voted remain. Same with NI and again no mention of the referendum result there. Are their views just wrong so it's OK for you to do what's best for them and simply ignore the stated aims regarding democracy.
Can't argue with some the realities of EU refugee policy but we don't have a party offering an egalitarian immigration and refugee policy so effectively no solution is offered by LeFT. At least some EU countries have resettled new arrivals to Italy and Greece. Last time I checked we had resettled 0 people and neither main party has committed to changing this. It could be that staying in the EU would lead to Britain being forced to adopt a better refugee policy. Not saying it will but it's as likely as Brexit leading to the same, possibly more so as the more powerful members would like a quota system.
Everybody here makes the assumption that I'm middle class. I'm not and neither are most of my social circle, yet none of us voted leave. How are we represented by LeFT? Against our will? Condescendingly from above? LeFT statements should at least qualify their use of the term with something like "leave voting working class"
Still at least we've got lots of time. Oh.
I can see the backstop issue being solved by rebranding it a border solution with agreed goals that the UK must meet. Basically changing the whole we can't leave without EU permission to we have agreed the solution and will be out when we implement it just like we wanted all along. Same thing different description. If not then it could be no deal exit in a couple of months.
Tories are already in election mode and doing stuff like this.
NHS bosses ordered to 'stick to script' that no-deal Brexit must happen on 31 October if necessary
If LeFT and their tiny website are the response to Tory Brexit everyone who's experienced abuse, lost their job or suffered from the drop in the pound as a result of the leave vote can sleep well tonight in the knowledge that another statement will be along shortly.
