Corbie the crow

For some reason, I was particularly irritated yesterday by a picture in the Guardian of a smug Corbyn saying that he would lead his troops into the no (deal) lobby when it came to a vote. With the Guardian itself being no better, seeming to be doing its level best to print the deal (noticed at reference 1) down.

May and her team have done what they can to balance the various interests and concerns of the half of the country that voted leave, the half of the county that voted remain and our soon to be former partners in Europe. A compromise which nobody much likes but which we can probably live with. Against which background, I don't know what sort of warm and cosy, lefty cocoon Corbyn and his team live in, but from the outside it seems to me to be very unlikely that any deal they would make with Europe would be significantly better or even different from the one we have on the table. Plus, it would be good to be able to move on and to have some government back - sooner rather than later.

Corbyn is the leader of Her Majesty's loyal opposition and this is, in my view, one of the times when the 'loyal' bit of his job title trumps the 'opposition' bit. As I have suggested before, time for he and May to give the House of Commons something to do for once and give them a free vote. The attraction of which has not diminished since it was last noticed at reference 2.

If, instead, he succeeds in forcing a general election, he will be straining my tribal loyalty to (old) Labour to the limit. I have never yet voted Tory - but he might prove to be the crow that breaks the camel's back.

PS: perhaps Corbyn being named for a gregarious but quarrelsome scavenger really is appropriate.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2018/11/brexit-blunder.html. Not looked at since.

Reference 2: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2018/09/worried-of-epsom.html.