Rejoice all you want. This isn't good for anyone. Corbyn has been associating with some very
dodgy people and it's ridiculous this has allowed to have gotten this far. This is for the leader of the opposition and irrespective of how unelectable we assume someone to be that doesn't mean things can't change. The idea Corbyn could win this contest would have seemed outlandish a couple of months ago. The idea the SNP could win almost all the Scottish Parliamentary seats would have seemed outlandish a year ago.
Let's say there is
another economic crisis and the confidence in the Tories plummets. After 5 years of their plan we're back where we started and then suddenly Corbyn's rhetoric appeals to voters. Things can change fast in politics and assumptions that they cannot have caught us out before.
If that happens then we have a Prime Minister who: Has proposed joint-ownership of the Falklands with Argentina, has welcomed anti-Semitic speakers and shared platforms with them and wants to leave NATO. Even without him being PM that is still a ridiculous person to have as leader of the opposition. Farage would have got rightly criticised if he had associated with some of the people Corbyn has.
Even aside from Corbyn only the most myopic of Tories wouldn't be worried about the dangers of a Government that isn't being held to account.
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Originally Posted by Osem
Having come up with a particularly stupid voting system which was always going to be open to abuse, now letters are being sent out to all sorts of Labour supporters telling them they can't vote, simply because the party's definition of democracy doesn't include getting a result they clearly don't want in the form of Corbyn.
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They have screwed the supporter system up but it's worth noting how many of these 'supporters' were campaigning and even standing for other parties in May. Mark Steel for example supported the Greens, campaigned for them and helped raise money for them. One of the things they agree to when they join is that they support the principles and aims of the Labour Party and one of the party's key aims is to beat all the opposition - including the Greens and the Health Action Party.