Just buy more flags Sir Keith :agony: :ukkk:

UK is still in lockdown btw. That surge hasn’t even happened yet. Local elections in May. TERF Isle sinkage imminent

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah I know, but Corbyn should have purged anyone slightly opposing him, that's how electoralism is played.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The organised and powerful Labour right wing was one of the main reasons Corbyn lost. They sabotaged the Labour campaign, they started the antisemitism smears, they caused the flip-flopping on Brexit. They would rather loose to the Tories than win with Corbyn.

      I don't know if it was possible for Corbyn to do or not or if he was simply too nice a person to fight dirty but the fact that he didn't led to his defeat. I can't see how a leftist could ever win if they didn't forcefully defeat the disloyal right wing in their own party.

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        If Corbyn fought as a cutthroat they would have simply smeared him as a Stalinist instead of in addition to an anti-semite. There were no tactics he could apply which change the fact that elections are run by the media and the media is firmly in the pocket of capital.

        I think playing the game in good faith was the correct choice for Corbyn and Sanders. They showed us just how pointless elections are.

        • drdestroyer9 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          They will call anyone left of Thatcher stalinist anyway, might as well be politically effective at the same time

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      He couldn't do that. He purged a bunch of people. You can't purge everyone and if you try you'll just drive a massive split through party and the establishment will destroy you. Parties like Labour are inherently and structurally limited like that.