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Originally Posted by Damien
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
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. |
You just don't get it, the public is sick of party politics, sick of these clones that say nothing and do even less, sick of their shyster deals and ways, how much attention would this contest have got if Corbyn wasn't involved? I hope this is the start of a revolution in politics, they keep saying politics needs to reconnect with the people, it can start by having interesting, principled people at the heart of it, not these Blair clones that'd sell out their mothers and others peoples childrens blood for a bag of cash and a whiff of power.