Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 17 May 2019 21:48)
I'm not sure tbh. Corbyn has always been playing both sides of the fence when it comes to Brexit.
He knows that his ideas of a socialization of railroads, energy suppliers and so on would be impossible under EU law, and he has been a sceptic/critic of the EU since its inception. Personally, he wants the Brexit to happen, albeit a soft version of it.
He also knows that the whole Brexit mess is tearing the Tories apart, and thus has a strong political incentive to prolong it.
The big problem with all of this is that a clear majority of his party's base are Remainers and want to avoid the Brexit. And with the emergence of the Brexit Party, his half-assed stance on Brexit, his stalling tactic, run the risk of backfiring badly.
As long as Tories and Labour remain internally split over Brexit while the Brexit issue is the dominating topic of British politics, both parties risk losing voters to the two parties which have closed their ranks behind either Remain or Leave: the LibDems and the Brexit Party.