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Re: Is a shift quietly underway in British politics?
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There will be once they launch the bloody party!!! –Dean via Bluesky
Jeremy Corbyn’s new party is a very Little England version of resistance to the Little England bigotry of Reform. –prettyhatmachine via Bluesky
I want the country I was born in back. I was born in 1955 into social housing, to parents who were always in work, as were all the other adults on my housing estate. We kids had a great comprehensive education. Most of the boys moved into apprenticeships and learned a trade. Others went on to higher learning to become our doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc. All of our council rent and energy costs were nationalised, everything went back to the government and councils. It was a circle of life that supported all. Jeremy Corbyn, like me and other boomers, remembers those days. This country was destroyed by privatisation and capitalisation. –Catherine via Facebook
No, Jeremy Corbyn is as buried as the Conservatives’ Kemi Badenoch. Taking Zarah Sultana onboard was a disaster in terms of reaching a broad public base. They are too extreme to make an impact and their inability to tow a party line gives the electorate no confidence in them running a coherent government –hammertime via Bluesky
In response to hammertime: You really shouldn’t project your personal beliefs as those held by everyone else. The article specifically evidences how well he is ‘reaching a broad public base’. As for the rest of it, life’s too short to waste on those who revel in their own ignorance. –Joobileejoolz via Bluesky
This party could transform politics in the UK. Policies that benefit ordinary people rather than billionaires. –djnorthwest via Instagram
Corbyn’s association may be a liability for this party. He undermined credibility with his perceived intransigence over Brexit. We need a left-wing party, but Corbyn himself may be an issue for this one! –megaxig via Instagram
It’s not impossible. If we are to prosper as individuals and as a country, it’s essential that socialism brings back community, power to the people (not corporations, and billionaires), true equality, a real environmental and climate protection, and peace, within and without. –jakisan via Instagram
The majority of British people are not far left; it’s just that the far left screams and cries louder to get attention. Corbyn is not a threat to Reform UK because anyone voting for Reform would never vote for the far left. He will take votes away from the Greens and the far left of the Labour Party, but that will only help Reform. –markjones via Instagram
Only that the hard-left Marxists will split from Labour, making it much easier for Reform to be the next government.… –agphilpot via Instagram
It would be nice to have a government that is for ordinary people, not one captured by tax dodging billionaires, corporations and warmongers –lancsypoet via Instagram
There better be because Reform will ruin the prospects of a decent life for most, as it sides with a particular interest, i.e. major capital! The only political representatives who are actually bothered with the general interest are Corbyn & co. They work in the interest of all! –Blagi via Facebook
