We forgot about the working class who'd been decimated by Thatcherism/Neoliberalism

On the face of it, holding a second referendum was a totally reasonable policy in my view, because the first was so ambiguous, and clearly led by the hard-right/racists. But it should have been recognised that voters, mainly in the midlands/north, who’ve had their communities destroyed and pretty much been ignored since Thatcher, would see this as yet another betrayal by the political elite in London.

This was not recognized by liberal centrists, either out of ignorance, or just an inability to recognize that it is their entire neoliberal ideology that is to blame.

Corbyn did recognise it. But he was backed into a corner, following a media campaign for a ‘people’s vote’, by those centrists, and backed by much of the PLP and Labour membership, (which was in part, just as much about removing him from power, as it was about stopping Brexit).

Could he have been a stronger leader and resisted it? I’m honestly not convinced that was possible, but perhaps. Either way, a big failure was to not put every effort into targeting those areas once the decision was made, to back the referendum. (Though I very much doubt any effort would’ve been enough).

Corbyn’s plan for some kind of soft Brexit was always the most responsible path forward. But that was denied by centrist/establishment campaign to not accept anything other than a 'people’s vote'.