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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Please, that's not the definition of career politician most would recognise, I think they'd see them as those types that have never had a job outside politics or Westminster unless it was to aid them getting there of course, never give a straight answer or even any answer to any question no matter how innocent, all look similar and whose favourite pass time is trying to get away with trousering as much in expenses as possible.
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Why is Corbyn different? His background isn't too different to others who 'got jobs aiding them getting to Westminster':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn
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After leaving school at 18, he spent two years doing Voluntary Service Overseas in Jamaica before becoming a full-time organiser for the National Union of Public Employees.[6] After briefly studying at North London Polytechnic, he worked as an official with the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, became a member of a District health authority and in 1974 was elected to Haringey Council, representing the Harringay ward until 1983.[4][7] Corbyn worked on Tony Benn's unsuccessful 1981 campaign to become Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and was elected Secretary of the Islington Labour Party.
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Aside from the two year stint in Jamaica it reads a lot like a typical Labour MP CV. Working their way up from official positions within the Union. Hell he was elected a councillor at 25 years old and became an MP at 34.
I will grant you that he has never seemed to interested in claiming much further and has stuck to his principles as a result. I don't think this is quite as commendable as everyone makes it out to be either. He has rebelled constantly throughout his career and whilst this too makes him out to be a honest politician it also shows a reluctance to cooperate or work with others. Party politics and Government requires the ability to do politics, form alliances with a broad group of people, make concessions to strike deals and present a united front.
How on earth is Corbyn going to lead this party once the hype dies down? He has said he expects the loyalty of the Parliamentary Party, a lot of whom don't like his politics, despite the fact he has never shown any to his predecessors.
There is a role for ideologues like Corbyn in politics but I would suggest that it isn't as leader of one of the two main parties.