Tories abdicate responsibility in collapse of strategic industry while other parties focus on obsession with Brexit or at best try to exploit disaster to score points

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The news that British Steel has entered insolvency seems to have bypassed the parties obsessed with Brexit or stopping Brexit.

As of the time of writing, Nigel Farage’s Brexit party has made no mention of the problem on its social media feed, Small wonder, since Farage has offered no policies apart from leaving the EU and his known political positions make a mockery of any claim to represent the working class:

Meanwhile, as the excellent Matt Thomas observed this morning, the pro-remain parties are doing what they do – obsessing over stopping Brexit:

Where British Steel is getting a mention from them at all, it’s being exploited to – you’ve guessed it – try to stop Brexit.

Meanwhile, Labour has announced its plan to save the UK’s steel industry.

Vote Labour tomorrow. Vote Labour every time there’s a vote.

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