1/ Corbyn stunned the pundits in 2015, then in 2017—could he do now so again?
When so much reporting can’t see beyond the latest Westminster shambles, it’s hard to say
But @hackneylad dives into the movement behind the man
prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/what-…
When so much reporting can’t see beyond the latest Westminster shambles, it’s hard to say
But @hackneylad dives into the movement behind the man
prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/what-…
@hackneylad 2/ Corbynism has two tribes
The 80s Bennite left—boomers who often bought houses at the right time, & are now starting to draw public sector pensions
The children of the crash—who’ve paid tuition fees but discovered that only insecure work and housing follows
The 80s Bennite left—boomers who often bought houses at the right time, & are now starting to draw public sector pensions
The children of the crash—who’ve paid tuition fees but discovered that only insecure work and housing follows
@hackneylad 3/ The tribes have different ideas
Souped up social democracy — eg build more council houses
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A bolder transformation—eg a “right to buy” off private landlords
Souped up social democracy — eg build more council houses
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A bolder transformation—eg a “right to buy” off private landlords
@hackneylad 4/
The older left looks back on 1945 as Labour’s high noon, and wants to restore the top-down state
The rising cohort have more disruptive ideas about property rights and redistributing power as well as wealth. It's more GDH Cole than Webb, Morrison or Attlee
The older left looks back on 1945 as Labour’s high noon, and wants to restore the top-down state
The rising cohort have more disruptive ideas about property rights and redistributing power as well as wealth. It's more GDH Cole than Webb, Morrison or Attlee
@hackneylad 5/
The ugliest messes of the Corbyn years, for example anti-semitism, have reflected the sectarian, “bunker mentality” of the top-down crowd
It's more inspiring campaigns — on green radicalism and housing — have drawn diffuse support from well beyond party structures
The ugliest messes of the Corbyn years, for example anti-semitism, have reflected the sectarian, “bunker mentality” of the top-down crowd
It's more inspiring campaigns — on green radicalism and housing — have drawn diffuse support from well beyond party structures
@hackneylad 6/
Like or loathe Corbynism, with a mass membership base, it has achieved some things few would have thought possible—notably pushing the centre of gravity of the economic debate leftward
Like or loathe Corbynism, with a mass membership base, it has achieved some things few would have thought possible—notably pushing the centre of gravity of the economic debate leftward
@hackneylad 7/
But a Labour party that is still unreformed in its structures has too often reverted to machine politics—look at the game-playing over Europe at the annual conference
Membership is already falling and will fall further, if a ruling clique runs a closed operation
But a Labour party that is still unreformed in its structures has too often reverted to machine politics—look at the game-playing over Europe at the annual conference
Membership is already falling and will fall further, if a ruling clique runs a closed operation
@hackneylad 8/
In the end, Shenker says, even if Corbyn crashes and burns this year, neither his activists or their ideas are going away. Win or lose this year's election, younger socialists are digging in for a long war
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ENDS
In the end, Shenker says, even if Corbyn crashes and burns this year, neither his activists or their ideas are going away. Win or lose this year's election, younger socialists are digging in for a long war
prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/what-…
ENDS
