Rex Kramer wrote:Moggy wrote:Errkal wrote:That's because corbyn is a twat.
Yep. He has plenty of fans and to be fair to him he did very well at the election, but I don’t think he has enough support to win an election and he is unlikely to gain many more supporters as people just don’t like/trust him.
If he ever wins an election it will be because people have (finally!) woken up to how bad the Tories are, not because the majority like him much.We really are in a shitty situation, both major parties are being ran by a group of absolute incompetent twats.
I don't believe this is true, the situation now is such that the middle ground would normally be jumping ship. And they aren't. The only way Corbyn is winning an election is if the situation got so much worse that even Michael Foot could have won. Personally, I'd rather not have to wait until that point before we get any opposition.
That’s what I am saying though. Corbyn will only win an election because the Tories have pushed people away, not because he has appealed to the majority. Other than the Cobynites (I hate that phrase
) people voted Labour last year in spite of Corbyn, not because of him.
The next election is in 2022, I would imagine Theresa May will be kicked out in 2020/early 2021, which will give the Tories the opportunity to get somebody more appealing in, while also laying the blame for the Brexit disaster at the feet of May. With Corbyn putting people off of Labour and perceived change in the Tory part, I think the Tories will probably succeed in hanging on until 2027, Corbyn will be 78 then, even if he survives election defeat in 2022, he is going to be far too old by 2027.
Corbyn winning an election is never going to happen. And we will not have an effective opposition until Labour party members realise that.