General Election 2019

Yes. I read that earlier and thought how it mirrored the discussion we had in here.

A damming but fair verdict

I especially liked this bit;

And if judged not by the academic standard of “expanding the discourse”, but by the hard, practical measure of improving actual people’s actual lives, those hate figures of Corbynism – Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – achieved more in four hours than Corbyn achieved in four years. Why? Because they did what it took to win power.

Are you posting this ironically?

Nothing to do with the four year long onslaught by the press that turned Corbyn from someone who was a bit scruffy into a radical demagogue. Not even a mention of it. Articles like that make me wonder if these journalists have actually ever stepped outside of London and spoken to regular people. It doesn’t take long before you hear countless people regurgitating the same untrue Daily Express, Telegraph, Sun and Mail headlines verbatim.

If people are really going to swallow that one dimensional narrative without even acknowledging the part that misinformation has played since Corbyn became leader and during this election campaign - they photoshopped Diane Abbot’s fucking shoe on election day - then we really are doomed.

His surname is actually Freedland

Jonathan Freedman's column is very good.

Remarkable, inventive even, I’ll give it that. Is he a London based Remainer by any chance?

I think it’s fair to say that Corbyn and McDonnald lost credibility across the board (including regarding the NHS) in the eyes of many Leavers because Labour were set to overturn the referendum result. Corbyn was seen as weak because he capitulated to Remainers in his party.

How is this mistrust not about Brexit?

And that just leaves his dislike for Corbs. Which isn’t an argument.