By: Toby Gould, Editor
The hard-left is showing its true tendencies – they’re demanding conformity, or else you’ll be blocked out
So much for this ‘straight talking, honest politics’ that
Corbyn keeps going on about. The
hard-left is showing its true tendencies – they’re demanding conformity, or
else you’ll be blocked out. Corbyn’s
actions are completely contradictory to previous promises by the leadership
that Labour is a ‘broad church’. This
doesn’t necessarily prove that Corbyn isn’t willing to listen to other
view-points - although the evidence does strongly suggest this is the
case. However, it does prove that Corbyn
in a poor leader. Not only can’t he keep
his MPs under control (the number of MPs publicly condemning his key policy
decisions and leadership in general is astonishing), but he’s also proved that
he will submit to pressure from his core support – the hard-left supporters and
trade unions.
To be a good leader he needs to lead the party as a
whole. This isn’t done by ignoring the
politics of a large number of Labour MPs and supporters (not to mention normal
voters), and then by hiding behind his group of hard-left supporters. He needs to compromise with moderate
opinions, not only to make his party electable but also put a stop to the
childish infighting and name-calling. At
the moment, the party appears disorganised and a complete mess. Many of the leader’s opinions conflict with
the majority of MPs, and they’re not afraid to let the media know. It isn’t all the fault of Corbyn and his
supporters – the moderate MPs need to grow up and focus on convincing their
leadership that their views are valid and popular. But more so than this, the leadership needs
to wake up and start leading and making amends to unite the party. They want to have ‘one voice’ on key
issues. This can’t be achieved by
pretending that MPs with different opinions don’t exist.
The Labour leadership needs to learn to compromise
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