what are jeremy corbyn's flaws?

did things he knew were bullshit to appease people he had too much faith in and lost his insurgent edge in the process

Jeremy Corbyn played a version of 'Doom' that lets you 'kill Thatcher' https://t.co/tJpeQCFP6i

— The Independent (@Independent) September 26, 2022

The absolute best, always been a top ten Corbyn story

Quality pic.twitter.com/H5AaeQ62xU

— Fisted Away (@fistedaway) September 28, 2022

An honour to meet Chris Smalls, who led the first Amazon strikes in the U.S.

Thank you for galvanising a collective movement, whose success has inspired so many others to stand up and fight back against corporate greed.

International solidarity is how we win! pic.twitter.com/YOQJkmeyHA

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) February 21, 2023

"I do not intend to stop fighting for real change on your behalf."

Our economy is characterised by poverty, debt and inequality.

People in Islington North are demanding a more hopeful alternative.

I do not intend to stop fighting for real change on your behalf. pic.twitter.com/s6nB3AgRAh

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) March 22, 2023

If I went out campaigning as a non-Islington resident millenial leftist foreigner would you guys reckon' that would help or hurt?

Help.

The only thing stopping people who voted for Corbyn the last time doing so again if he runs as an independent is the idea that you have to vote Labour to keep the Tories out, which is an inane position to hold in Islington North.

in Islington North

Wondering how much Keir Labour is going to throw away on trying to crowbar some briefcase fool into that seat

I saw an outlier poll where they are only 10 pts ahead yesterday, lol

Yeah, weird how more competent fascism isn’t an argument against fascist policies.

Not only that but Starmer’s whole way of being is so offputting I expect the polling to tighten to within a few percentage points as contact with the reality of the man fully hits people

he's already polling lower than Sunak on a personal basis, unbelievably classic Labour

I saw an outlier poll where they are only 10 pts ahead yesterday, lol

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It's narrowed bcz it isn't the Truss-led shit show and Lab will only have bots to say how Kieth is a top bloke.

One poll indicated a Labour majority of 8.

No reason to believe that particular outcome will occur but it is one of those accidental scenarios that would, in theory, favour a faction like the Socialist Campaign Group, if they had the will to enact that as the ERG did (which they won't). They could make demands in exchange for voting through KS's policies, etc.

I don't think it will happen (don't think the SCG are able to stand up in this way) but hypothetically that would be the result of such a scenario. Hypothetically therefore it could be the best feasible electoral outcome.

You can even imagine, say, a Labour majority of 2, which would be 50% larger if only they hadn't expelled the successful candidate for Islington North. Would make that act look the more self-destructive (as well as morally wrong).

the SCG have not acquitted themselves well in the post-Corbyn era

Let's see them use a slim majority to push socialist policy just you wait.

Tony Blair famously said if he could win from the left he wouldn’t do it. I haven’t seen anything to indicate the current party is different.

Re the og question, I feel like the left needs a hard bastard as a leader or figurehead, and sadly Corbs wasn't that. Mick Lynch seems to have worked wonders for the RMT. Ian Lavery squared up to Johnson on live TV. I know this is simplistic but voters seem to prefer someone perceived as pugilistic. Obviously I'm ignoring the media's role in Corbs leadership, and what they would do to such a hypothetical leader (I remember how they demonised and ridiculed Prescott for defending himself).

Yeah I think it's a consensus take now that Corbyn was too soft.

He was not a leader in any sense of the word. Which is why he was the best leader.

Amazing how close we got to at least some power.

just realised that if Humza wins the SNP vote, all four biggest parties will be led by charisma-free freaks who command absolutely zero respect from anyone. you couldn't say the same about Corbyn, Johnson or Sturgeon.

enter Sir Edward Davey

look, charisma-free freaks is grown-up politics

Sounds like an uncool liberal belief, to me

prefer someone perceived as pugilistic.

It's directness, straightforwardness, and succinctness that are popular. That doesn't necessarily mean being more pugilistic at all

Starmer has problems in that case.

I think that is pretty clear!

It's directness, straightforwardness, and succinctness that are popular. That doesn't necessarily mean being more pugilistic at all

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Personally I thought Corbs was all these things, to a large extent, with the exceptions maybe of Brexit and the EU.

Agree.

I wish Corbyn would sue every one of these fuckers who's called him an antisemite. he could fund a new party with that money.

I'm always glad to see JC happy.

Thank you to the people of Belfast for a truly inspirational visit.

I was honoured to speak at #Feile35 and pay tribute to the Irish community back in my constituency.

Above all, I was buoyed by the hope of young people campaigning for freedom, peace and unity. pic.twitter.com/07TgLm00n1

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 4, 2023

he does an innocuous Hiroshima day post and predictably 99% of the replies are from really nasty and thick friends and apologists of the mass humanity exterminating division of the US military complex. He's already politically finished and had whip removed ffs

JC marks 50 years since the coup in Chile.

50 years ago, a US-backed military coup overthrew the Allende government in Chile.

Chileans never gave up — after 17 years of repression, democracy was restored.

As Pablo Neruda said, “You can cut all the flowers but you can’t stop Spring from coming.” pic.twitter.com/BhYQOXyA4r

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 11, 2023

I've just been reading an oral history of Rough Trade where Piers Corbyn is twice referred to as 'The King of the Squats'.