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Lately, though, they seem to have developed a bias (or maybe it's just become more evident?) against what you might call the "non-establishment" left, people li
by UncleSlacky 11y ago
Lately, though, they seem to have developed a bias (or maybe it's just become more evident?) against what you might call the "non-establishment" left, people like Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders get unexpectedly short shrift from most of their writers, whereas their (often female) competition, like Yvette Cooper and Hillary Clinton, get glowing coverage. This has been pointed out extensively in the comment sections, to no avail...
- takno 11y agoI think a lot of people over 40ish view Jeremy Corbyn as very much establishment left, with impeccable roots in the years when the establishment left were in the business of losing and losing hard. The guardian certainly give that view a good deal of prominence, but also feature writers who take a much more positive line on the left. The overall quality has dropped a bit with more clickbait and cif nonsense, but it's still the best place to get news, and the fact that they publicly sweat policy like this is a positive sign
- digi_owl 11y agoLikely becase the left has been represented by what i have seen labeled "champagne left". Basically people making "leftist" claims while socially and economically being far removed from the traditional (workers) left.