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Ha, no. I mean Corbyn's quote about winning over tory voters is in direct contradiction with the main argument of many Corbyn supporters, i.e that Corbyn's strength is that he does not pander to the centre ground, but sticks resolutely to his principles. I agree with his point that Labour needs to win back Tory voters. I don't think Momentum etc agree though. I don't really think he does either.
You seem to assume that the only place where potential Tory voters and Labour's appeal to them meet is the 'centre ground'. That obviously holds true for a lot of people, but there are plenty of Tory voters who believe that the Tories are the party for the poor and to whom the way of persuasion wouldn't be anywhere close to the centre ground. John Harris did a couple of very interesting pieces on that a while ago, as part of his 'anywhere but Westminster' series.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/anywhere-but-westminster
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Ha, no. I mean Corbyn's quote about winning over tory voters is in direct contradiction with the main argument of many Corbyn supporters, i.e that Corbyn's strength is that he does not pander to the centre ground, but sticks resolutely to his principles. I agree with his point that Labour needs to win back Tory voters. I don't think Momentum etc agree though. I don't really think he does either.