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Why is Corbyn a weak candidate? I don`t get it why left = communism. Corbyn is a lot like Sanders he can get the youth to vote for some degrees and has good id
by spdy 9y ago
Why is Corbyn a weak candidate?
I don`t get it why left = communism.
Corbyn is a lot like Sanders he can get the youth to vote for some degrees and has good ideas for the majority of a country.
Austerity is not a good solution for the future within the new dawn of technology around the corner (ML/AI driven software)
- matthewmacleod 9y agoWhy is Corbyn a weak candidate? He had consistently poor approval ratings in the run-up to the election, and was hampered by having no support from the parliamentary party. I'd argue that he also had rather muddled and inconsistent policies, but that's open to interpretation. Austerity is not a good solution for the future Completely agreed, but I don't think that the correct response is that kind of leftism.
- ionised 9y agoIdealogues on the right don't think there is room for any kind of leftism, which will be their undoing.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoThat applies to both sides.
- walshemj 9y agoJeremy is well to the left of the majority of labour party members he's a old school socialist not a communist though. David Miliband (the king over the water) or Ed Miliband running on the same platform would have probably got a LAB majority given the disastrous tory campaign.
- hanoz 9y agoNot necessarily, a major component of Labour's pitch to the middle ground was explicitly that a vote for Labour would help keep the Tories in check whilst safe in the knowledge that there was no chance whatsoever it would put labour in government, because of Jeremy Corbyn.
- walshemj 9y agoMM that's really cynical could be some richer tory pensioners (wo may have voted UKIP last time) did that because of the steal your children's inheritance, means testing of winter fuel payments and losing the triple lock.