Lex-Man wrote:Moggy wrote:Lex-Man wrote:I think the Corbyn thing is a bit of a red herring. Most people could beat Corbyn. May managed it while running one of the worst election campaigns in history.
I think that was true in 2017 when May was still being touted as the new Iron Lady, when she was shouting "Brexit means Brexit" and when she went to scowl at the House of Lords.
But things change quickly. Leavers have gone from wanting a Norway style deal to demanding WTO only rules. Half the Tory MPs are looked at as betrayers by Leavers, Hunt is definitely one of them.
The Tories will lose a bucket load of votes if somebody like Hunt is in charge as the Leavers will see him as Maybot 2.0. With the Brexit Party there ready and willing to scoop those votes up.
Johnson will not have that baggage if he takes over and if he pushes a hard Brexit agenda. As much as I dislike Johnson he is possibly the only person to save us from Farage gaining a lot of seats. But as he will do it by acting like Farage, Johnson can strawberry float off imo.
True, I guess without Brexit anybody could beat Corbyn. With it I don't think anyone will be able to. I guess my point is he isn't the uber powerful guy he's made out to be.
I agree Corbyn is a long way from being an uber powerful guy. And Brexit is going to hit him just as hard, Leavers don’t trust him, Remainers don’t trust him. The Lib Dems and Greens ought to do well out of Corbyn’s handling of all of this.
If Corbyn thinks his route to power is to continue to sit on the fence, then he is in for a shocking awakening at the next election. He needs to pick a side and go all out on it, because Johnson will be hoovering up all of those Leave voters.
I guess Corbyn is hoping the next election comes after Brexit is done and dusted. But even if the next GE is after Brexit, people will have long memories.