Harry Monk:
Rjan:
…The reason long-time Labour voters have deserted them in droves is precisely because of their utter contempt for the working class. Do you really think they are going to start listening now?
Indeed, but that’s precisely the problem - some have tuned out to the point they’re not listening even when Labour has been punished to the point that it is capable of moving in the other direction, and when a swell of the grassroots has thrown up a leader utterly reviled by those contemptuous MPs, their media mouthpieces, and the minority of Blairite members.
And where on earth do you get the idea from that Corbyn is a Eurosceptic? He may have been for decades but that all changed as soon as he got a sniff of the Halls of Power. All Labour are now are Conservatives in red ties, and if you want to vote Conservative then you may as well vote for the Real Deal.
There’s only so far Corbyn can go if all those who are actually willing to join and vote for Labour, even contingently, are Remainers - many of them hardliners, many of them the same old Blairites who are dug in on the belief that they’ll soon be able to bring him down and go back to business as usual.
It’s not “sniffs of the halls of power” that have corrupted Corbyn, it’s the simple fact that as leader of the party he has to make some concession to the views of his party - that is, those who are actually willing to be members and voters.