JEREMY CORBYN is apparently a delightful man (I have never
met him) – his delightfulness comes second hand from those parliamentarians,
even from the Right of centre, as well as from within all parties. Even
journalists evangelising from either the Left or Right of the centre
perspective, have nothing to criticise Corbyn for as far as his personality is
concerned. Indeed they all seem to admire him for his honesty, free from political
advisers and spin doctors; he is considered a decent if languorous
parliamentarian who has always preferred to sit on the back benches (like the
Beast of Bolsover) criticising both his own party when in government, and the
Tories when in opposition. This has been Corbyn's niche market. He has always
been the critic: he has never had to shoulder the responsibility of governing;
of making decisions (for such a formula will assuredly make him unpopular
sooner or later, with his cantankerous followers who oversee every word he speaks).
He will have to make decisions instead of criticising the decisions made by his
own party: he will have to endure unpopularity instead of promoting it for
leaders whom he disagreed with.
The
defeat of Miliband, whom, no doubt Corbyn had temporarily put his faith in;
concluded from his defeat, as the Left always does, that Miliband's socialism
was not socialist enough as far as the proletariat are concerned; and he, Corbyn,
would personally deliver the socialist dystopia if given the chance. Socialists
believe that if they fall fowl of the electorate; as Labour did in May; then
the only reason they did so was because they were presented with a watered down
version of socialism; which the Left now believe Corbyn can triumph over. In
other words the Left have now found another socialist Pope to lead them into what
they still believe to be the 'post capitalist age': the socialist decay still
has, apparently, its grip on the naivety of the young
Jeremy
Corbyn threw his hat into the ring, never expecting to become party leader; but
only to challenge the right wing of the party, among whom all the candidates
that emerged fitted, from his socialist perspective, as right-wingers. He
decided to throw his hat into the ring, more from emotion than reason. Nevertheless
the deed was done; and now the fate of the Labour Party is in Corbyn's hands.
I do
not think that Corbyn ever wanted the responsibility of leadership. He was a
back bencher-back-biter; his role was purely that of debunking his own and the
Tory Party from the back benches. When he threw his hat into the ring; it was
done merely as a gesture. Corbyn is no leader; he is no more than an
ideological Left-wing trumpeter living on the Labour back benches despoiling all
his own party's policies that he disagrees with. When he found himself ahead in
the polls for the Labour Party leadership – it was a bolt from the blue. Corbyn
now faces the problem of realistically leading the Labour Party. He has spent
all his political life disparaging his own party in government from the back
benches; he has never had to lead his party or make decisions on its behalf in
government – a position which, for the nation's sake, he never accomplishes.
Corbyn
is like the theatre critic suddenly becoming the playwright hoping his
accomplishments will appear in the West End. Corbyn is an ankle snapper and
nothing more. He has sought sainthood among the Left by criticising what the
Left have always perceived to be the evils of capitalism, as well as the right
wing of the Labour Party's endeavours to keep capitalism functioning.
Jeremy
Corbyn is as surprised by his present situation, as was the equally
intellectually challenged Forrest Gump on presenting his arse to Lyndon
Johnson. Corbyn will bring down the Labour Party if he becomes leader. It is
inevitable that if Corbyn wins the leadership battle and is not dislodged from
his position before the next election, by his own party; then the Labour Party
will become split down the middle, and will once more remain in opposition.
Parties, like the Whigs, Liberals, and now the Labour Party, all of whom,
through good intentions, sought to improve the well being of mankind; at the
expense human nature which the Tories once believed drove the capitalist system
will only result in failure.
IF ELECTED TO LEAD the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will
achieve one of two things, each ending in disaster for the Labour Party and the
country. If he were to win the leadership battle, his party would be split down
the middle: if even after this split he was to be magically elected to govern;
he would bring the same kind of ruination to the UK that Lenin, Stalin, Mao,
Pol Pot, Castro and latterly Chávez did to their respective societies. If after
all of this you still believe; then elect by all means Jeremy Corbyn; for he
would be gladly listed among such failures.
Socialism
is dead; it was all part of the infatuation by the Left with the Enlightenment;
where human idealism flourished over human nature to try and create a Utopian
idyll that has never been achieved, and will never be achieved…for it would only
lead to the tyranny of the state that all such countries under the dictate of
socialism find themselves imprisoned in.
Jeremy
Corbyn is no leader. I bet he does not even want the sinecure that the Labour
Party seems to be giving him. Corbyn knows he cannot lead this nation - only
divide it. He has bathed in what he perceived as the respectability of the
backbenches. He knew he could only remain popular within the Left wing of his party
if he did not allow himself to be put in a position where he had to make
decisions. Decisions will always provide opposition from onetime supporters
(particularly on the Left). But if Corbyn wins, he will be subject to the same
criticism from his own supporters as all Labour leaders have previously
suffered: for he will have to make decisions that will ultimately fall foul of
his supporters. Betrayal is the is the clarion call of the Left within the
Labour Party and Corbyn knows he will be subjected to it.
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