To people who knew anything about him, yes. But most people didn't or wouldn't.
And I suspect they didn't want to look either because after years of being bullied and vilified by the media they just wanted it to stop.
I cannot articulate how many dozens and dozens of long conversations I had laying out Kier's dodgy backing, his wrecker shit in the cabinet, his fucking ghoulish history before joining the party as an MP.
If they're like the Democrats in America, no they don't. The DNC is a private corporation that will nominate whoever they please. When they cheated Sanders out of the nomination he sued. And lost, because the Democrats' lawyers said this in court. The judge agreed.
I remember reading about how the Blairites has changed the bylaws of the party, gutting democratic elements, to avoid a new Corbyn from happening. I don't remember the details though.
They have also been working tirelessly to marginalise and purge proletarian elements, including weaponised frivolous allegations of antisemitism, thereby denying the opposition from organising.
For the briefest moment there was some measure of party democracy and only a series of fuck ups and surprises allowed Corbyn to sneak in. That's been locked down tight now.
doesn't labour have its own democratic mechanisms? how did they get someone in charge who fundamentally undermines their own political project?
Gaslight the ever living fuck out of the base against :long-corbyn: . Double down on Red Scare 3.0 instead of calling it out or countering it.
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Wasn't it clear from the beginning that it was bullshit, given how the Blairite ghouls accepted him?
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To people who knew anything about him, yes. But most people didn't or wouldn't.
And I suspect they didn't want to look either because after years of being bullied and vilified by the media they just wanted it to stop.
I cannot articulate how many dozens and dozens of long conversations I had laying out Kier's dodgy backing, his wrecker shit in the cabinet, his fucking ghoulish history before joining the party as an MP.
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If they're like the Democrats in America, no they don't. The DNC is a private corporation that will nominate whoever they please. When they cheated Sanders out of the nomination he sued. And lost, because the Democrats' lawyers said this in court. The judge agreed.
If they're like the Democrats in America than they're fake opposition.
That's a bingo.
I remember reading about how the Blairites has changed the bylaws of the party, gutting democratic elements, to avoid a new Corbyn from happening. I don't remember the details though.
They have also been working tirelessly to marginalise and purge proletarian elements, including weaponised frivolous allegations of antisemitism, thereby denying the opposition from organising.
What political project tho?
I mean, wasn't old labour an actual political party with some kind of ideological underpinnings? forgive me, i come from yankland
They pretty much threw everything out the window when Blair came to power
The ideology of the urban upper middle class? A deep loathing for the smelly working class? That ideology?
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For the briefest moment there was some measure of party democracy and only a series of fuck ups and surprises allowed Corbyn to sneak in. That's been locked down tight now.
could've asked the same thing about Blair