If it can’t shake off the whiff of cross-party dullness,the EU in camp will be vulnerable to Nigel Farage’s pathosHere’s the problem. The cross-party EU Remain campaign launching nowadays did and said all the right things, ticked every box, and represented every segment and let no politician speak. Far more women than men led the launch,a fine contrast with the Out campaign’s all-white male frontage. Not Westminster but a freezing hangar in hip Brick Lane was the venue, Britain Stronger in Europe a splendid title too.
And yet, and yet … the heavy pall of pro-European dullness fell on it. The curse of cross-party movements is that they suck the tribal and ideological life-blood out of politics,leaving them anaemic and toothless. There is something unnatural approximately the sight of ex-TUC leader Brendan Barber lining up with Lord Stuart Rose of M&S – an arch-Tory and arch-deregulator of working conditions. Many might feel queasy approximately Caroline Lucas sharing a photo-op with Tory peer Karren Brady.
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Source: theguardian.com