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Corbin "reach out" pledge to Labour MPs

Infinite Chaos

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Jeremy Corbyn has said he will "reach out" to Labour MPs if he is re-elected as the party's leader this week. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said he would build on the support he received at rallies to reconnect the party to voters Link.
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There's no "if" he is re-elected, Corbyn is widely tipped to win by a huge majority. The problem for Labour is however that someone like Corbyn will never appeal to the wider electorate. There is still no sign that the majority of Labour MPs would be able to work with him though 14 former shadow cabinet ministers would return if he is reelected - maybe they are thinking they somehow have to work with him.


He rejected criticism from those who say he is mistaking the enthusiasm of his backers for wider electoral appeal.
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And here is the crux, Corbynistas have flocked to join the Labour Party since he first raised his banner on the leadership bid, many now hold position in constituency parties and will have interesting re-selection meetings with MPs who have refused to back or work with Corbyn. Corbynistas are highly vocal, very enthusiastic and also quite angry at those who have not backed their man.

What then for those Labour MPs who didn't want to work with Corbyn and face deselection? Is it worth their while looking for membership in other parties or creating a new party? History is repeating itself - Michael Foot and Tony Benn once took Labour down roads that forced 4 prominent members to leave and create a new party.
Personally, I hope Corbyn wins as this should guarantee the rest of us vote Conservative and see more conservative government but my one worry is that there should be a competent opposition in parliament. It's not good for our democracy for Labour to be in this position.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
There's no "if" he is re-elected, Corbyn is widely tipped to win by a huge majority. The problem for Labour is however that someone like Corbyn will never appeal to the wider electorate. There is still no sign that the majority of Labour MPs would be able to work with him though 14 former shadow cabinet ministers would return if he is reelected - maybe they are thinking they somehow have to work with him.




And here is the crux, Corbynistas have flocked to join the Labour Party since he first raised his banner on the leadership bid, many now hold position in constituency parties and will have interesting re-selection meetings with MPs who have refused to back or work with Corbyn. Corbynistas are highly vocal, very enthusiastic and also quite angry at those who have not backed their man.

What then for those Labour MPs who didn't want to work with Corbyn and face deselection? Is it worth their while looking for membership in other parties or creating a new party? History is repeating itself - Michael Foot and Tony Benn once took Labour down roads that forced 4 prominent members to leave and create a new party.
Personally, I hope Corbyn wins as this should guarantee the rest of us vote Conservative and see more conservative government but my one worry is that there should be a competent opposition in parliament. It's not good for our democracy for Labour to be in this position.
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Corbyn is a Conservative voters wet dream. When the Corbyn victory is signed off, the country might as well scrub the 2020 election, and preempt the inevitable outcome with an early victory for the Conservative party. The substantive point is the fact Labour is not holding the government to account, which is absolutely essential in an adversarial political arena. Kinnock is the latest to speak out, at the utter incompetence of Corbyn (death of the Labour Party tonight on BBC). The trouble is he surrounds himself with Momentum and similar indoctrinated worshippers, so the future looks very bleak indeed. Anecdotal I know, but the amount of life long Labour supporters I've met who will never vote Labour again, under Corbyn, is vast.
 
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