DanaC • Jun 9, 2017 3:20 pm
So, it's a hung parliament.
Should make for some interesting times in politics.
I've been really impressed with Corbyn since the election campaign started gathering momentum.
I tried to ignore it all and not engage with the hope - but then I watched his speech in Runcorn and found myself feeling engaged again.
Well - a pretty good result all things considered. Ok, the Tories are still in power, but barely - they certainly don't have a sufficient mandate to force ever more right-wing policies and a hard Brexit on the country.
Meanwhile, Corbyn has shown that a more Keynesian approach to economics does have resonance and isn't a ridiculous act of political suicide. Which should hopefully take the wind out of the sails of the 'new labour' wing of the party. Chasing after the tories and trying to prove we're just as uncompromisingly pro-business and anti-poor and down with the neo-con agenda as they are is not the way to win the support of working people. The electorate deserves to have a real choice between different viewpoints and political solutions.
Groovy.
Should make for some interesting times in politics.
I've been really impressed with Corbyn since the election campaign started gathering momentum.
I tried to ignore it all and not engage with the hope - but then I watched his speech in Runcorn and found myself feeling engaged again.
Well - a pretty good result all things considered. Ok, the Tories are still in power, but barely - they certainly don't have a sufficient mandate to force ever more right-wing policies and a hard Brexit on the country.
Meanwhile, Corbyn has shown that a more Keynesian approach to economics does have resonance and isn't a ridiculous act of political suicide. Which should hopefully take the wind out of the sails of the 'new labour' wing of the party. Chasing after the tories and trying to prove we're just as uncompromisingly pro-business and anti-poor and down with the neo-con agenda as they are is not the way to win the support of working people. The electorate deserves to have a real choice between different viewpoints and political solutions.
Groovy.