Sometimes political events are baffling. As we know Jeremy Corbyn recently steered the Labour party to its worst general election defeat for decades, but that isn't the baffling bit.
That means the Conservatives will have their biggest majority at Westminster since Margaret Thatcher's 1987 election victory.
Labour, which has lost seats across the North, Midlands and Wales in places which backed Brexit in 2016, is facing its worst defeat since 1935.
One might assume that every single surviving Labour MP would immediately conclude that Something Must Be Done. Seems reasonable enough but these days the party does not seem to be particularly adept at pinpointing what that Something might be.
Yet the best plan for Labour is surely the most obvious - move decisively away from the Corbyn disaster and begin by finding a more pragmatic and more charismatic leader. Even if the search seems futile it must be worth trying. For example it might be a good idea to avoid a boring Corbynite with no charisma who looks like a puzzled assistant deputy librarian struggling with mental arithmetic.
But apparently not.
Rebecca Long Bailey is pitching herself as the "carry on Corbyn" candidate.
It's no big surprise - she has long been a stalwart of Camp Corbyn. She's been ultra loyal to the Labour leader in the shadow cabinet and in the NEC (the party's ruling body).
In her launch article in the Tribune, she makes absolutely clear that she stands by the Corbyn policies that the party put before the electorate.
I do hope Wrong Daily wins. Such fun.
3 comments:
What's brilliant about this is their focus on ticking diversity boxes (Corbyn said the next leader should be a woman, and here she is) rather than choosing someone effective. Apparently, ideological purity is more important than winning. I think she needs some tough questioning on terrorist threats to Britain, though. No true heir to Corbyn would be unsympathetic to the IRA, Hamas, and Iran.
Re the new loser of the party : -
"The manager 'ad to be sent for;
'E came and 'e said "Wot's to-do?"
Ma said "Yon lion's et Albert
And 'im in 'is Sunday clothes, too!"
Father said "Right's right, young feller-
I think it's a shame and a sin
To 'ave our son et by a lion
And after we paid to come in."
The manager wanted no trouble;
He took out his purse right away
Sayin' "'Ow much to settle the matter?"
Pa said "Wot do you usually pay?"
But Mother 'ad turned a bit awkward
When she saw where 'er Albert 'ad gone
She said "No, someone's got to be summonsed!"
So that was decided upon"
(Albert and the lion)
Scrobs often thinks in metaphors, and this is indeed the first one which came into his ageing head, but for some reason, he can't think why...
Sam - yes it's all about ticking diversity boxes, as if they don't even understand political insight, intelligence, ability or even the need to appear human and part of real life as it is actually lived.
Scrobs - I remember Albert and the lion but can't remember where I came across it. "No, someone's got to be summonsed!" Just as true today.
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