1. Stronger In gave Labour a clear run at grabbing media headlines. This was rejected in various ways.
2. Milne would sit on campaign materials and speeches until they were rendered useless for "reasons".
3. After Cameron's deal, Corbyn refused to acknowledge the urgency of a referendum, hurrying any discussions among the NEC along and not working on anything. He constantly refused to meet to discuss strategy.
4. Milne and Fisher were highly obstructive.
5. A script was developed early on talking up EU protections on workers rights and the environment. Corbyn never used it.
6. Teagate, as outlined above.
7. Corbyn and McDonnell ignored core script and pursued "Remain and Reform" line, which highlighted everything wrong with EU. The line polled terribly with voters but was not dropped.
8. Corbyn never expressed direct strong support for EU. Ever.
9. While he continued his biweekly Facebook videos for the faithful, not one discussed Europe.
10. The official Corbyn response to Cameron's deal was rewritten by Milne and Fisher over 36 hours. "Journalists regarded it as one of the most incoherent statements by a party leader on a major occasion that they could remember." The fella who wrote the original draft response left Corbyn's office shortly after.
11. Attention was devoted to the local elections in May so they had no idea what their voters felt about Europe.
12. Internecine warfare between people jockeying for Corbyn's ear was more important than developing a Remain campaign.
13. Complaints Stronger In meetings were being held too early. 9am meetings were seen as a way of trying to freeze Corbyn out of matters
icard: Regardless of the time, no one from Corbyn's office would then dial into the calls.
14. Will Straw, one of Stronger In's most senior figures, had one meeting with Corbyn during the whole campaign.
15. Milne banned shadow cabinet from taking part in Stronger In events.
16. A lot of the PLP was sidetracked and distracted as they expected a leadership challenge post vote.
17. Labour battle bus launch press release had no quotes from
Corbyn as he refused to sign off on them. Corbyn then barely used it for campaigning and McDonnell never did.
18. Corbyn's "campaigning" amounted to late night rallies in the arsehole of nowhere with the faithful. He refused to do the usual cycle of pre-briefings, Today interview and speeches, like normal politicians.
19. What he did suggest was traveling to Turkey to talk up the rights of EU migrants out there. This was only shelved at the last minute.
20. Debacle over the wording of an MPs' letter saying it was united in remaining in the EU. Milne proposed a full rewording from his holiday home in Portugal, Corbyn was passive to concerns from Alan Johnson that the entire PLP would need to see a redrafting before signing it again and this was fucking impossible on a Saturday afternoon. In the end, the letter never made the newspapers but a row over its drafting did.
21. McDonnell refused to talk up economic fears over Brexit and instead criticised Project Fear. He declined appearing on Today because he felt he 'didn't have much to say' about Brexit.
22. Alan Johnson was a bit flakey and some Labour In staffers out of their depth.
23. Complete refusal to do anything with Blair and Brown, whether it was joint letters or events.
