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Labour's dramatic loss of support came down to the Iraq war, Gordon Brown's pathetic attempt to be PM without a mandate, the myths around his causing the financial crash, and a natural desire for change after three terms of labour in office. These should not be insurmountable issues for a unifying Labour leader.
Re-read this. You are fucking mad if you think Corbyn, who hasn't even been leader for a year, is going to overcome all the things you listed in the face of a hostile media, world of austerity, and post-truth political climate.
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in the face of a hostile media, world of austerity, and post-truth political climate.
He's also up against the parliamentary Labour party, who can't get behind someone who has written off as right-wing the most electorally successful Labour leadership in history. It's possible to hate Blair, and I do hate Blair, but also recognise that period of success, and work with those elements of the party who were part of it.
William.
The tories were split down the middle on the issue, Labour needed to capitalise more on that. That does not mean I don't blame Cameron for calling the fucking thing in the first place, and Johnson for lying and pandering to prejudice.
Labour's dramatic loss of support came down to the Iraq war, Gordon Brown's pathetic attempt to be PM without a mandate, the myths around his causing the financial crash, and a natural desire for change after three terms of labour in office. These should not be insurmountable issues for a unifying Labour leader.