In this post, from 2007, I forecast that New Labour were in danger of begetting the current catastrophe. The article also predicted that the Lib-Dems would probably not go into coalition with Labour (and why), and readers may want to note the identity of the nightmare ‘back seat driver‘ that a mandated parliamentary party would be forced to take direction from….
https://twitter.com/paul0evans1/status/752074496694247424
I’m re-posting a portion of an older, longer post here because it is important that we all understand how any attempt to remove Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party will play out.
It isn’t very comfortable reading, I’m afraid. Sorry.
I’ve written a four-part short essay with a personal view on why Labour got itself into its current difficulties, how it could have avoided it, and why this is a big issue either way (because this is very bad time to be complacent about democracy). They essay finishes with a look at what the opportunity is for Labour along with a contrast between the success of Bernie Sanders and the backward-steps of Corbynism
https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/717469713056600064
https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/717470515208851456
https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/717471537218134016
https://twitter.com/Paul0Evans1/status/717472232495312896
Comments welcome, as always.