Comments on: Five ways Jeremy Corbyn can win over his sceptics

By: Jane McLaren

Jane McLaren — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:55:29 +0000

I would probably vote for anyone who could oppose the folly of the Brexit decision. However, that apart I believe Jeremy Corbyn is right as is the article in the main that there really is no merit in thinking we would be more likely to win by offering austerity- lite. What we have already seen particularly here in Scotland is a refusal to accept the past image of Labour regardless of merit. People hunger for a new approach and are finding it in Corbyn ( or mistakenly in the SNP). Owen Smith resigned unattractively from helping an elected leader in a time of crisis , he tries to smear ineffectively e.g. the anti semitic arguments, and just keeps repeating his ability to win. It is simply not a credible alternative view despite the truth that Labour wil have trouble gaining enough seats to win. We have no faith his policies would necessarily win either.. People can translate this Corbyn momentum of engagement into a persuasive huge turnout. My own view is that at a likely snap election the greatest need will be a cross party movement to oppose or delay EU exit or we are all doomed to mass emigration and brain drain amid a growing recession, the Irish troubles, poor security, and nationalism in Scotland. Democracy is representing our views responsibly not merely conveying them as a result of a wickedly misinformed campaign by the Leave campaigners. Where are our statesmen and women?

By: Michael WALKER

Michael WALKER — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:59:43 +0000

I see Grace Blakely has recently graduated .

I also see she wants to outlaw lying by senior public officials.. but not politicians. Why not?

Silly question : she graduated with a degree in – politics.

By: James Kemp

James Kemp — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:53:58 +0000

Err to the person that say’s Jeremy won’t debate on TV what’s on tonight? He had a previous engagement on Monday so he said he could not attend why was this wrong?

After seeing Owen on Monday’s C4 news I still don’t understand a thing about the man or his real policies as they constantly seem to change, he talks around every answer rather than just give a response.Maybe because he comes up from the slick sounding PR departments past, sanoundbite politics personally I do not like. I like more meat on the bone regarding policies and sticking to principles rather than going with the ever-changing flow…

By: Richard Cooper

Richard Cooper — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:05:33 +0000

Excellent ideas full of workable ideas. If only Labour had a leadership which was at all interested in winning back millions of Labour voters and thus winning power in order that these ideas could be put into action. Instead we have a leadership which is interested in no more than controlling and reshaping the Labour Party as a protest group. Political parties exist to win elections, nothing else. This is what the thousands of admirably idealistic but politically naive new members still do not get. So you have a party full of people who don’t understand what the party is actually for and it is therefore headed for electoral oblivion. And the leader does not actually care.

By: Victoria Priestley

Victoria Priestley — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:54:01 +0000

Thank you Grace Blakely. I am a Green Party member, I hope for a Green Government. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party offers hope for us all. On various pro-Corbyn forums, Green ideals have been praised. I will be circulating this article.

By: CR

CR — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 06:36:29 +0000

Mmm….
– Under Corbyn a decade or more of ideologically pure opposition is the future.
– Under Smith a possibility of New Labour style Government in 2020.

I have no idea how I’m going to vote.

By: Carol Angharad

Carol Angharad — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 06:10:03 +0000

An excellent article and should be widely circulated, makes me want to say ‘come on Jeremy we can do this this’.

By: jeremy beer

jeremy beer — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:21:56 +0000

Shame JC is refusing to do any tv debates…speaking to confirmed supporters at rallies without any real policy debate may win him the leadership but I fear again he his team misses the point that Labour should be talking and persuading the electorate at large. The most disastrous Tory government in living history and he seems to only want to speak to his narrow band of converts. Not a good policy for Labour taking power and working for real change.