Jeremy Corbyn - The New Leader of The Labour Party

[Judgemental]

Jeremy Corbyn the new leader of the Labour Party is a fully paid up member of The League Against Cruel Sports. He is a passionate proponent of Anti Hunting measures.

He is also opposed to RICH landowners and farmers coupled to the scale of the Single Farm and Rural Payments, now referred to by the Conservative Farm Minster, The Rt Hon George Eustace MP as INCOME SUPPORT.

Interestingly of all the MP's in Parliament, Mr Corbyn's expenses claimed, are the lowest of any member.

His profile on Wikipedia is worth a read and that of his brother Piers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn

 

[Alec Swan]

Corbyn's understanding of our rural environment is a worry, I agree, but I'm now considering that his expenses 'plan', is that by being lily-white,when he retires he'll get his claims (or lack of them), back and with interest. Blair's now a millionaire several times over, and so will Corbyn be, providing that he presents a clean enough countenance!

There is not one politician who I trust, regardless of how well they present themselves.

Alec.

 

[Judgemental]

Corbyn's understanding of our rural environment is a worry, I agree, but I'm now considering that his expenses 'plan', is that by being lily-white,when he retires he'll get his claims (or lack of them), back and with interest. Blair's now a millionaire several times over, and so will Corbyn be, providing that he presents a clean enough countenance!

There is not one politician who I trust, regardless of how well they present themselves.

Alec.

Alec, clearly he is a clever chap and sometimes the folk who stand on the sidelines for years, (aged 66) in many professional spheres, come to fore in later life. It is an interesting development and has fundamentally changed politics at a stroke throughout the UK.

I stress the UK because I would surmise he is very much Mrs Sturgeon's cup of tea.

For example and wholly misguided they share the same views on Trident.

Undoubtedly they will do business and Mr Cameron with his wafer thin majority needs to proceed with caution.

 

[Judgemental]

In my opinion there is going to be a fundamental issue that will surface quite regularly and that is the fact Mr Corbyn first entered Parliament in 1983, i.e 32 years ago and Mr Cameron was only 17 and still at school.

Taking the maturity of the Presidential candidates (late to mid 60's) in the US election and the adoration of Mr Corbyn by so many young people, looking for a "father figure".

Maturity in the governance of the United Kingdom may become a feature rather sooner than might be realised.

Of course it should be remembered Winston Churchill was 65 when he became Prime Minister in 1940. He was 77 when he became Prime Minister for the second time in 1951.

 

[Dave the dog]

At last a Socialist in charge of the Labour party! Judgemental you are correct a change is in the wind, perhaps politics will be about the people and not the peoples money.

 

[Judgemental]

At last a Socialist in charge of the Labour party! Judgemental you are correct a change is in the wind, perhaps politics will be about the people and not the peoples money.

Dave, indeed what David Cameron and his team has failed to realize that there are millions of young people, all aching to get on the house ownership ladder, as did their parents, which is simply impossible at current prices.

Those young people see a mature man like Jeremy Corbyn as a 'pair of hands' that gives them hope.

In 1976 Harold Wilson's government imposed a ceiling on mortgages that could be granted to keep the level of prices under control.

 

[Isbister]

Dave, indeed what David Cameron and his team has failed to realize that there are millions of young people, all aching to get on the house ownership ladder, as did their parents, which is simply impossible at current prices.

Those young people see a mature man like Jeremy Corbyn as a 'pair of hands' that gives them hope.

In 1976 Harold Wilson's government imposed a ceiling on mortgages that could be granted to keep the level of prices under control.

Personally I think the only sober view to take of Corbyn is that he is the final nail in the Labour Party's coffin. They are already dithering and squabbling about policy and it will only get worse from here on. I detect not the slightest groundswell of support for him, not from the young or anyone else. Hardly a day passes without him alienating this or that sector of the population. I would respect him more if he had the guts and decency to proclaim his republican sentiments, but instead he resorts to awkward and unconvincing dodges, like a hiking holiday in the Highlands to avoid having to bend his knee to the Queen.

Much good Harold Wilson's policies on housing and the economy did him (or the country generally) too. Have you forgotten the three-day week, power shortages, Leicester Square blocked with rotting refuse, non-stop industrial unrest, the country on its knees and having to beg the IMF for loans? There was even talk of a military coup around 1974/75. Much like present-day Greece, whose leaders Mr Corbyn, I have no doubt, admires greatly.

The shame of the Labour Party's present predicament - which is entirely self-inflicted, at the behest of their last imbecilic leader - is that it risks leaving the country with a flawed democracy. The Conservatives now completely monopolise the centre-ground of politics, and there is no credible opposition south of the border.