what are jeremy corbyn's flaws?

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

― anvil, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 15:33 (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

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'.