Floodplain wrote:This Forum has remained strangely silent on the disaster that is currently unfolding for the Labour Party.
Since we live in an area and borough which is comprehensively dominated and controlled by Labour - we should have more than a passing interest in how things are going to play-out.
Although not Labour voter nor supporter, I am increasingly concerned for the future of moderate voices of sanity within the Labour Party. In other words - politicians that voters feel can can be entrusted with responsible governance.
Once Corbyn and his army of activists and Marxists take over - how long will it be before we return to the wilderness days of the early eighties - when moderate Councillors and even MPs were harassed and threatened with de-selection by the hard-left?
Problem is - that these kids supporting Corbyn have no memory or experience of what living under an extreme left-wing and authoritarian governing political party actually means in practice.
Floodplain wrote:...
Problem is - that these kids supporting Corbyn have no memory or experience of what living under an extreme left-wing and authoritarian governing political party actually means in practice.
Rambling Phil wrote:I don't recall any 'extreme left-wing' government in this country.
Quote:Neil Coyle, MP for Southwark and Bermondsey, said he had now switched his vote to Yvette Cooper or Liz Kendall, although he did not regret nominating Mr Corbyn.
He said: “I don’t think he would be a good leader for our party or this country – and that is what I hope members will be thinking when they cast their final vote.”
Quote:Neil Coyle, who also backed him in June, said: “I don’t think he is credible and I think he knows that."
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