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Originally Posted by Osem
Death threats, intimidation, bricks through windows... The nastiness is really not very far beneath the surface of Corbyn's 'new politics' is it. For someone who apparently abhors such nastiness, he's doesn't seem to be doing very much to stop it all...
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I've not seen Jeremy Corbyn do anything as leader. Nothing before the EU Referendum, nothing during and only a little bit of bitching after.
This is why I don't think he is a good leader. We've had years of the tories doing things that *should* have been a gift for any opposition leader. They've been cutting benefits to the poorest people in society, and all the while seeming to have little impact on the debt they claim the cuts are needed to pay off. Both Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn have failed to capitalise on this. Both barely even made mention of it.
During the referendum, arguably the most important vote of a generation, he seemingly did NOTHING to put his views forward. I listened to Dead Ringers, and they had a spoof interview with Corbyn. The interviewer said he'd done nothing during the campaign. Corbin disagreed and said he'd done one interview on TV and worn a badge. That was obviously a joke, but I don't think it's far from the truth.
After, his own leadership was threatened, and beyond ensuring he can participate in any upcoming leadership contest, again, he has done nothing. He should be attacking his enemies.
He may be a worthy MP and believe in fighting for his constituents (as I have been told by various Corbyn supporting friends), but that is not enough for the leader of a political party. He has to FIGHT for what he believes in. If the party disagrees, he needs to at least try and bring it into line.