nickm
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He's not a great tactician and he's not particularly nimble. This is isn't the first example.We don't know what he was instructed to do or threatened with by outside parties/interest groups.
Even from his position of strength he's too scared to make bold positions. He has a very set political position (to have no real position) and you won't see him budge from it. Corbyn had the same fault, fixated on pre-agreed messaging they falter at every major hurdle that demands a more nuanced approach.
On the other hand, there's not a position on either side of the debate that had or could have any impact on actual events and it won't matter a jot in electoral terms.
I would imagine with a lot of this, he is trying to act as if he was in government, so he probably did not want to get too far outside the US position. That's a challenge for many in the party to come to terms with I think.
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