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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Yeah what a joke he is, fancy asking the members what they think before supporting something as serious as war, it's almost as if he doesn't realise politics is all about telling people what to do rather than asking them what to do, just imagine if bliar had done the same, it might have saved a lot of British families a lot of heartache
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Corbyn has already said he wouldn't back air strikes. His e-mail asking for thoughts is designed to pressure the PLP into backing him but the PLP is not the Parliamentary representatives of Labour members, they represent their constituents.
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That's not a what if it's a when. Opposition rarely win an election it's more a case of the incumbents losing them.
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There usually needs to be a credible opposition party to take advantage though, people thought that in 1992 but didn't trust Kinnock.