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The entire policy base of the Corbyn years was exactly this.
It was the politician that was undermined (and admittedly in some ways flawed), not the politics. This is lost on the Labour Right who spent the last 5 years salting the earth beneath their own feet rather than develop a compelling political standpoint, and/or counterpoint to the rampant populism and poundshop libertarianism the Tories are managing to sell.
Listening to voters is only useful if you're able to translate that to a clear, compelling political offering.
Mandelson, Watson and their shit gang of Blairdad grifters lack the self awareness to acknowledge that they were and continue to be most unappealing, unelectable aspect of the Labour Party.
Currently the labour party is a shitted bed, and I'm personally a little glad I don't sleep in it anymore.
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I'm sorry but I completely disagree - Labour went to the left after Brown and have lost the three subsequent general elections touting left wing policies, which the British electorate have consistently rejected. They have to move away from that if they want to be elected again.
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Mandelson, Watson and their shit gang of Blairdad grifters lack the self awareness to acknowledge that they were and continue to be most unappealing, unelectable aspect of the Labour Party.
The problem with that assertion is that they actually did get elected and formed a government.
Three times.
Unlike Labour in 2010, 2015, 2017 or 2019.
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Whether you like it or not, Corbyn was immensely unpopular with the parliamentary party and, ultimately, the country. That’s why he was challenged.
Maybe just this once, rather than eating itself in yet another bout of infighting, the Labour Party should actually listen to voters, rather than scolding them, and come up with some policies that address people’s concerns?