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I didn't mean to put words in your mouth, but there's has been alot of "tory scum" type jibing from the hard left at the more centrist elements of the labour party.
I think the way to win back tory voters is not to make out that they are bad people, but to convince them in debate. Corbyn has been trying to say this.
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I don't completely agree. Branding is important and it's quite crucial that the Nasty Party label and everything associated with it is made to stick.
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but there's has been alot of "tory scum" type jibing from the hard left at the more centrist elements of the labour party.
I think the way to win back tory voters is
Just my 2p, but as the Tories changed their name to the Conservatives along time ago using the description "Tory" generally has connotations of being part of the reactionary, old fashioned neocon, end of the party scale rather than part of the Liberal Conservative end. This is generally viewed as a negative.
That is why when thingy-bob used the word Tory, you interpreted as inferring Tory Scum. It's a negative phrase, so you infer the point in a negative light. Pretty much the same as the negative connotations that go along with the word socialist.
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Whether Winni was making this point, I can see how you could interpret my words as saying that.
And indeed, public/media perception is going to be Corbyn's biggest battle.
You do a blind tasting of policies and I'm going to guess that the majority of the electorate would come out backing Corbyn... but a lot of people won't vote for him because 'left' is an ugly word for them.
It's a tough one indeed.