Labour’s flip-flopping on Brexit means that many Leave supporters simply don’t trust the party. So Mr S wonders whether it was really such a wise idea for Shami Chakrabarti to heckle a voter on Question Time last night:
Audience member: We’re the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We voted to leave so let’s pull up anchor and sail away, OK.
Shami Chakrabarti: Where you going? … I mean ‘Sail away’ is a lovely song but you need to go somewhere.
Perhaps it’s time for Shami to listen to voters rather than shout at them…

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