Tell us what you think about the Labour candidates
Now the Labour leadership race is down to Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith, who do you think would be better at the job?
Click on the link below to vote in our poll of Left Foot Forward readers. We’ll publish the results on Monday.
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57 Responses to “Poll: Who would be a better Labour Party leader – Jeremy Corbyn or Owen Smith?”
John Woods
Looks like Jeremy is going to win again. It was like this after 1979 when the Labour Party turned in on itself. Ed Miliband claimed a lot of credit for preventing this happening after 2010 but it made no difference. Perhaps Labour is only intended to rule for 10 out of every 30 years as it takes that long to create a leader and for that leader to fail the membership. I am thinking of the 1931 – 1945, 1951 – 1964, 1979 – 1997 periods. The swopping between Heath and Wilson/Callaghan between 1970 and 1979 was caused by economic decline rather than politics.
John MacKinnon
So there you are, “Left” Foot Forward. What do you do now? Swing behind Corbyn, who has overwhelming Party support, or cling to your Blairite principles, which will consign you to the sewers of history?