General Election 2017 - LibDems White Flag

Whilst I voted Brexit and have sadly had to let my membership of LibDems lapse, I'm baffled by the parties current position.

Remainers haven't won this election they have lost

Remainers are telling themselves that they have somehow won in this election but it seems to me that is exactly the opposite.

I do think May was lying when she claimed she needed a bigger majority for Brexit, what she actually needed was to be elected with Brexit on the manifesto so the Lords couldn't block it.

However even that is not true, with article 50 triggered May can come back with a deal and dare anyone to not vote for it, after all if it doesn't pass we truly get the full blown non-spun hard Brexit.

A chance to remain in EU

A core principle of the LibDems is remain in EU and the only way of ensuring that is another referendum on the deal put to the British electorate. The LibDems could make that happen by doing a deal with Tories yet they seem to have ruled this out, in turn risking a hard brutal Brexit they so fear.

In addition, what is the alternative? I've read the IFS report on Labour's manifesto, this is with regard to Corporation Tax and I quote (my bold):-

Increasing rates will raise less revenue in the medium to long run because firms would respond by investing less in the UK. This in turn would depress economic activity and lead to fewer jobs and lower wages. There is a very high degree of uncertainty about how large these effects are but estimates suggest that they may be substantial. The potential size of these effects is an indication of why the OECD and others judge corporation tax to have a particularly damaging effect on economic growth.

Labour Lies 

Whilst the Tories were woeful at attacking Labour's tax and spend policy, choosing to use quips like 'Magical Money Tree', I cannot see that the LibDems support anything like these rises.

In fact you would expect the LibDems to be in the middle of Labour / Tory policy, on checking their plans on Corporation Tax were 20%, so in effect closer to the Tories.

Labours Drift to the Left

Labour are drifting off to the far left and whilst doing so claiming that the Tories are drifting to the far right, that is a nonsense, they remain centre-right and the LibDems remain closer to the Tories.

I'm a liberal centrist on most issues and I desperately want the Government to govern on those principles, surely it is fundamentally the responsibility of a Centrist party to do the same.

The LibDems not doing that because they are scared of backlash is a sell out of the highest order.