United Kingdom

Last edited Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:45 AM - Edit history (1)

Corbyn won that leadership contest handily due to strong grassroots support from people joining Labour after he was first elected leader.

I don't wish to recycle the same arguments about him not being a very good leader of the opposition. I will say this though. The constituency I live in was narrowly retained by Labour at the 2017 election. However the local MP has defected to TIG and unless Labour dumps Corbyn they are set to lose the seat to the Tories at the next general election. Angela Smith's statement resigning from Labour is all that any party standing against Labour will need as ammunition.

The reaction of Corbyn fanboys to the split has been pretty dreadful to be honest. It's clear that their intentions are to drive those from other factions out of the Labour party. And that will make it impossible for Labour to build a broad base of support and work with others to get things done.