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I completely agree. I just think not having a clear message is electoral suicide when the leader of the Labour Party is running at -60.
Nuanced positions require trust in the person offering them. The majority of the PARTY trust Corbyn. The majority of VOTERS don't.
Nuanced positions require trust in the person offering them. The majority of the PARTY trust Corbyn. The majority of VOTERS don't.
Hence my Tweet about the position descriptions not being right.
Labour have now made any election, for them, a test of belief in Corbyn for most voters. That would be a tough sell in a regular election. In one that's going to be single issue ON A DIFFERENT POINT it's insane.
Labour have now made any election, for them, a test of belief in Corbyn for most voters. That would be a tough sell in a regular election. In one that's going to be single issue ON A DIFFERENT POINT it's insane.
And nobody can claim that this policy WASN'T pitched as a loyalty test. That was EXACTLY what the backers, on stage, started doing when it became clear it was close.
And fair enough. It's a legit political tactic.
And fair enough. It's a legit political tactic.
But 'trust Jeremy' WON'T WORK on the general electorate, unless that 'Secret Corbyn Wave' I joke about is actually there.
Oh, and 'trust the leader' was EXACTLY what Blair asked the party to do with the lurch right, which many new members hammer us 'centrists' for. #justSayin
Oh, and 'trust the leader' was EXACTLY what Blair asked the party to do with the lurch right, which many new members hammer us 'centrists' for. #justSayin
There's legitimate grounds for saying in that instance we put electibility above the party. Fair enough.
But hindsight is 20/20 and we were staring back at YEARS of Tory destruction of public services and society which needed to be ended.
But hindsight is 20/20 and we were staring back at YEARS of Tory destruction of public services and society which needed to be ended.
Corbyn was MEANT to be the antidote to that. An INCLUSIVE chance to reset is as a party. It's why I voted for him.
Instead, we've decided just to rerun that decision again, in an EVEN MORE critical time for the country, but this time pick party over electibility.
Instead, we've decided just to rerun that decision again, in an EVEN MORE critical time for the country, but this time pick party over electibility.
That's not fixing the problem. It's just making the same mistake, again, but in a more fatal way.
And the people we all care about most - those without a safety net in the impending Tory brexit shitpocalypse - are going to suffer the most for our collective political zealotry.
And the people we all care about most - those without a safety net in the impending Tory brexit shitpocalypse - are going to suffer the most for our collective political zealotry.
Or, to put it more succinctly again:
🎶 Oh, Jeremy Corbyn 🎶
🎶 Oh, Jeremy Corbyn 🎶
