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- Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:38 am
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I had a conversation elsewhere with a friend earlier who is (to put it mildly) a bit of a hippie and thus rather taken with the image of Corbyn that Corbyn likes to project. He shared a post with the usual blah about what a selfless man he is crucified by the media, and I replied that he really wasn't, and he asked why.
And then I got really annoyed - not with him, but when you list it out it's infuriating. Corbyn has had repeated opportunities to demonstrate the actions that would align with his selfless, caring man persona by making a genuine gesture of leadership - not just a speech or turning up at a protest, but with concrete action that can only come from considered, empathic reasoning. And *every single time* he has instead chosen to do something else or nothing at all. At every opportunity he has had to take one for the team, take decisive action or set an example of leadership, instead he has expected the team to take one for him or set an example of arrogance, and every single time this has directly correlated with conditions and prospects for the most vulnerable in society becoming worse as a consequence.
* EU referendum - couldn't bring himself to even pretend to care and his office deliberately blocked or watered down remain efforts in the party
* Post-referendum - immediately came out for invoking the article to leave the EU, then proceeded to have a vague, shifting stance for years because what he wanted didn't match what Labour as a party wanted, but he neither had the skill nor courage to make his case or accept majority opinion. When millions marched for remain to save jobs, rights and communities, protest-loving Corbyn went on holiday.
* 2017 election - failed to understand the reasons Labour did better than expected, instead arrogantly taking it as a personal endorsement and a "win" when it was no such thing, and proceeded to squander all the good will and tactical efforts by refocusing on northern leave voters and further alienating Labour remain voters
* 2017-2019 parliament - despite his awful personal polling he failed to consider a GONY without him as leader, failed to consider even temporarily stepping aside to allow the remain majority to take down May and later Johnson's government, failed to engage with cross-party or even internal-party collaborative working making remain wins harder to achieve. Failed to lead against 2 of the worst governments of all time.
* 2019 election - gifted lame duck Johnson a GE that was not necessary out of hubris, then - with a hand-picked team in control of every aspect of policy and appearance, and working on the assumption he would waft into No. 10 - proceeded to run a mediocre, disorganised campaign that saw resources poorly allocated and pissed away on petty revenge battles and ideological campains in unwinnable seats, again making absolutely no effort at all at cross-party coordination if not actively pushing against it
* Starmer's first appearance as leader - had to get up that day and make a speech for no reason whatsoever to remind people he exists, thus undermining his successor and not even being polite enough to step back, even for a moment
* Coronavirus - has repeatedly been caught out ignoring or breaking the rules, and has not apologised or attempted to set an example
* Antisemitism - cannot accept that his interpretation of events is wrong and factual records of interference and documented abuse exists, and cannot even see that regardless of what he accepts the best course of action is perhaps not to hamstring the party while it attempts to recover when strong opposition has never been needed more.
Not one of those incidents is related to media perception or pressure, or infighting. They are all poor, clumsy, selfish decisions made by him/his team. And every single one has put what Jeremy Corbyn wants and needs above any consideration of what others might want or need, and what Jeremy Corbyn wants or needs is always the same thing.
He is an arrogant, vain and petty man, a mediocre politician, and a truly pathetic 'leader' - both in the sense of office and in the sense of setting an example.
He hopes to achieve what he always hopes to achieve - validation of his behaviour and beliefs being correct irrespective of any collateral damage pursuing this may cause, and with no ability whatsoever to accept a decision that does not favour him.
I had a conversation elsewhere with a friend earlier who is (to put it mildly) a bit of a hippie and thus rather taken with the image of Corbyn that Corbyn likes to project. He shared a post with the usual blah about what a selfless man he is crucified by the media, and I replied that he really wasn't, and he asked why.
And then I got really annoyed - not with him, but when you list it out it's infuriating. Corbyn has had repeated opportunities to demonstrate the actions that would align with his selfless, caring man persona by making a genuine gesture of leadership - not just a speech or turning up at a protest, but with concrete action that can only come from considered, empathic reasoning. And *every single time* he has instead chosen to do something else or nothing at all. At every opportunity he has had to take one for the team, take decisive action or set an example of leadership, instead he has expected the team to take one for him or set an example of arrogance, and every single time this has directly correlated with conditions and prospects for the most vulnerable in society becoming worse as a consequence.
* EU referendum - couldn't bring himself to even pretend to care and his office deliberately blocked or watered down remain efforts in the party
* Post-referendum - immediately came out for invoking the article to leave the EU, then proceeded to have a vague, shifting stance for years because what he wanted didn't match what Labour as a party wanted, but he neither had the skill nor courage to make his case or accept majority opinion. When millions marched for remain to save jobs, rights and communities, protest-loving Corbyn went on holiday.
* 2017 election - failed to understand the reasons Labour did better than expected, instead arrogantly taking it as a personal endorsement and a "win" when it was no such thing, and proceeded to squander all the good will and tactical efforts by refocusing on northern leave voters and further alienating Labour remain voters
* 2017-2019 parliament - despite his awful personal polling he failed to consider a GONY without him as leader, failed to consider even temporarily stepping aside to allow the remain majority to take down May and later Johnson's government, failed to engage with cross-party or even internal-party collaborative working making remain wins harder to achieve. Failed to lead against 2 of the worst governments of all time.
* 2019 election - gifted lame duck Johnson a GE that was not necessary out of hubris, then - with a hand-picked team in control of every aspect of policy and appearance, and working on the assumption he would waft into No. 10 - proceeded to run a mediocre, disorganised campaign that saw resources poorly allocated and pissed away on petty revenge battles and ideological campains in unwinnable seats, again making absolutely no effort at all at cross-party coordination if not actively pushing against it
* Starmer's first appearance as leader - had to get up that day and make a speech for no reason whatsoever to remind people he exists, thus undermining his successor and not even being polite enough to step back, even for a moment
* Coronavirus - has repeatedly been caught out ignoring or breaking the rules, and has not apologised or attempted to set an example
* Antisemitism - cannot accept that his interpretation of events is wrong and factual records of interference and documented abuse exists, and cannot even see that regardless of what he accepts the best course of action is perhaps not to hamstring the party while it attempts to recover when strong opposition has never been needed more.
Not one of those incidents is related to media perception or pressure, or infighting. They are all poor, clumsy, selfish decisions made by him/his team. And every single one has put what Jeremy Corbyn wants and needs above any consideration of what others might want or need, and what Jeremy Corbyn wants or needs is always the same thing.
He is an arrogant, vain and petty man, a mediocre politician, and a truly pathetic 'leader' - both in the sense of office and in the sense of setting an example.
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