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I agree with the overall pessimistic assessment, but I'm not sure that e.g. actually 'apologising for antisemitism' would help matters. You can bet that would be exploited to the max by the Tories just like the lack of one is being exploited now.
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I agree with the overall pessimistic assessment, but I'm not sure that e.g. actually 'apologising for antisemitism' would help matters. You can bet that would be exploited to the max by the Tories just like the lack of one is being exploited now.
If, right at the start, they'd not tried to excuse it and had been seen to do something about it then it'd be a non-issue. As it was their response left enough room for the Tories to keep pounding on them and for swing voters to doubt their truthfulness.
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Agree - an apology would be an admission of being a racist, which is worse than swerving the direct request to apologise with a response of "any form of racism or intolerance is abhorrent"
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Pasty_Spumante
Corbyn has fucked this campaign up. He and/or his advisors refusal to see that nuance is (currently) dead in politics is destroying them. I have some sympathy for his position and it is good to see that someone has convictions and sticks to them, but in the current political climate it's an unelectable stance.
On Brexit the refusal to answer direct questions about how he would campaign looked shifty and could have been handled so much better.
On anti-semitism the lack of apology and lack of clear action is disastrous.
His style of leadership is completely at odds with what people want to see now. They know Johnson lies, but he does it with conviction and doubles down if challenged. Everything is so polarised, having a strong 'position' is more important than what the position is. Black and white - no room for nuance. Corbyn's tactics are 20 years out of date and rely on the (misplaced IMO) hope that a grassroots upswell will happen at the last minute.
It's going to be a tory landslide.