Corbyn wasn’t a leader. He had too much baggage which made him an easy target for the Daily Heil and co. For the left to win we need a visionary, strategically capable leader who can captivate an audience. It’s not right that this should be the case but alas too much of politics in 2020s is about …

March 28, 2025 - 21:32 UTC

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Oh please. The policy was the baggage. They would attack anyone and make up whatever they wanted to dismiss meaningful policy. Give me someone they hate any day. If they aren't attacking them, then that for sure is a red flag.
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But that will NEVER win an election so is a futile argument. You have to win one, then change the system and bin FPTP THEN you have real change. That is the big disappointment with Starmer. He could literally do anything with his majority - and he has chosen political suicide over transformation
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…optics. You don’t look the part you’re not the part. I don’t like this but it’s the world we live in. Johnson was an exception but 2019 was all about one subject and Corbyn was ambivalent on Brexit. That was his downfall. Corbyn also had too many around him who were toxic. Not a good recipe…
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Give me a Blair type character, young, no baggage, with a vision, with a plan and with policies not unlike Labour 2017 and you’ll see a dynamic shift in uk politics. It’s not just about capturing the vote of those on the left. You have to persuade 35% in the right seats. Corbyn couldn’t do that.
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Oh Johnson was the exception, was he? So not that libs will do anything to stop meaningful left policy?
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