As a lefty living in Scotland, I have to admit that the whole Labour kerfuffle baffles me.
Wasn't Corbyn was elected as the leader of the Labour party last year for the fundamental reason that he was the only nominee running on an anti-austerity platform? Labour collapsed in Scotland because only the SNP (and Green) voiced anything resembling an investment strategy whilst Scottish Labour refused to recognise how powerful anti-austerity sentiment was. Vote Leave came out on top because it also tapped into the anti-austerity mood whilst Remain sounded like business-as-usual.
Lots of people in the PLP and MSM didn't like Corbyn for ... I have no idea - he didn't wear a black suit? - so started to agitate against him almost as soon as he was elected. Because said people constantly slated him this because the most visible narrative and, funnily enough, resulted in this upcoming election.
Owen Smith doesn't even sound like a terrible person going by his voting history and despite his past employment as a lobbyist. However, because the PLP coup managed to piss off so much of the Labour Party membership (not only Momentum), he's starting the contest with a massive uphill struggle.
It's an absolute fucking farce, and all the shit is landed inside the house instead of over the road in the Tories' garden where it belongs.
Rambling finished.
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clockworkrat has nice pants, Fri 29 Jul 2016, 15:25,
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