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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I don't think this is a binary issue. We can be concerned by Mr Corbyn's less than stellar company he associates with at the same time as being concerned by the government.
A strong opposition is vital. If we find ourselves with an impotent opposition, led by a man who is having to spend most of his time with fingers in ears due to it increasingly appearing like he's authoritarian, illiberal and has a disdain for many aspects of 'western' life given his repeated associations with those who dislike us it weakens us.
I was rather hoping for progressive, liberal, left-wing politics from Mr Corbyn as a contrast to the Conservatives. Instead we seem to be getting authoritarian, regressive left-wing politics, straight out of the books of the Social Justice Warriors.
Tempted to start putting Corbyn quotes here as challenges.
Joined the Labour Party in the hope that from the ashes something good would be born. Thusfar I've been.... disappointed. I'm not that far away from leaving.
I would join the Liberal Democrats if they weren't so far up the EU's behind that you can tell when Juncker necks his first cognac of the day by the flush on Tim Farron's face. |
You are right, it is not binary. I was just emphasising the relative importance of the two. We certainly should be concerned but probably when the hyperbole turns into real Labour Party policy. At the moment it is just a "Corbyn's friends are nutters" fixation. At this point the electorate will have a real choice on policy until then it is just media conjecture where he really will take Labour.
I am more worried about where the people who are actually in power are taking the country especially when they are so fixated on simplistic market driven principles together with "run the country like your household" economic policy.
It would be an interesting exercise to compare the leading 1st world countries and look at national infrastructure ownership & investment policy. I wonder how Britain compares in this respect especially the borrowing (at historically cheap rates) to invest in infra projects