Labour’s bid for leave voters is failing. It must now look to remainers | Jonathan Freedland

The local council results point to Corbyn’s EU stance gaining few rewards among Brexiters. But by targeting pro-Europeans there are many votes to win

The voters blow a big raspberry to the two main parties and both react the same way: “OK, OK, we hear you. You just want us to get on with Brexit.” That was the line following Thursday’s council elections across much of England from both the prime minister and the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell – although the latter was quick to clarify that when he tweeted “‘Brexit – sort it.’ Message received” that didn’t, strictly speaking, mean he wanted Brexit to happen, just that the issue needed to be sorted out “whichever way”. So that clears that up.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2IWeOyB