nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191215-060444-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191214s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191215-060444-0 doi eng 342 23 Wilkinson, Michael Author aut The Failure of the Left to Grasp Brexit Wilkinson, Michael Verfassungsblog 2019-12-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Thursday’s General Election was a bad day for the Labour Party, it spelled the end of Remainism and signalled a historic defeat for the Left. There needs to be serious reflection on all of this because the repercussions are severe and wide-ranging, and broader lessons must be learned, not just for the UK but elsewhere. It turned out, contrary to much expert assessment, that the 2016 referendum was, in fact, binding. The Left failed to grasp this and the underlying disconnect it signified. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit Labour Party Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-failure-of-the-left-to-grasp-brexit/ raw object