Some people find it convenient and comforting to dismiss things that don't fit with their world view in that way.
I happen to believe that the primaries in 2016 and 2020 were skewed by the DNC to avoid a Sanders victory. But let's say for argument's sake that they weren't. Why then did they decide not to hold a primary this year when they had two challenging candidates demanding one?
Don't say it was because they had a sitting president, because the immediate precedent was 1980 when they did have a primary.
I deleted my references to UK parallels as I didn't want to derail the thread!
But certainly the right wing of the Labour party are the soulmates of the Democrats.
Some people find it convenient and comforting to dismiss things that don't fit with their world view in that way.
I happen to believe that the primaries in 2016 and 2020 were skewed by the DNC to avoid a Sanders victory. But let's say for argument's sake that they weren't. Why then did they decide not to hold a primary this year when they had two challenging candidates demanding one?
Don't say it was because they had a sitting president, because the immediate precedent was 1980 when they did have a primary.