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As a lifelong labour supporter, I get what you mean, but ultimately feel as though I’ve been duped by this logic one time too many; the labour party are closer to the modern tories than they are the labour that brought us reforms like the NHS and so on.

I’m tired of labour being the only viable option because they’re the limp-dicked version of the Tories; Corbyn was the closest we got to seeing a supposedly left wing party actually introduce some socialist policy; and look at the furor that kicked up in the papers… The powers that be were clearly concerned about him, as we had a real chance for change (particularly with him having sights on taxing the rich their fair share) but instead he was smeared and the party showed its true colours by jumping at the opportunity to oust him.

No man or woman is above corruption; and people shouldn’t blindly follow anyone; but Corbyn has a lifetime record of activism… So if the options are Tory lite Vs a new party led by a lifetime activist. The question for me isn’t; “will this split the labour vote” but rather “why would anyone continue to vote labour, despite it being ultimately fruitless?”.

It wasn’t the Tories that just said no to a 500k strong petition to repeal the online safety act afterall. Fuck the Tories and fuck the Tory lites.

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feddup@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Agree. I voted labour to get the conservatives out that we’ve been suffering under for so long and we just ended up with another awful government, as you said, Tories lite. If we don’t end up with something better for the next election I have no idea who I’d vote for.

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- disgrunty@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I wouldn’t even call them Tory Lite. They are Tories with red branding.
  
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hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

but instead he was smeared and the party showed its true colours by jumping at the opportunity to oust him

Now then, I voted for Corbyn for leader twice. But his statement after the report in to antisemitism came out was of his own doing. He was asked to remove a single sentence - about it being overblown by fake reports, even though was exclusively regarding substantiated instances - and refused to.

We really need to stop with this faux persecution narrative. Policywise he was great, but at literally everything else he failed, and often by his own actions.

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- javiwhite@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This is exactly my point. The antisemitism angle was pushed so ferociously by the media, that it caused people such as yourself to act against your own interests.
  
  Tell me, do you still think ousting Corbyn was the right move? Are we in a better position now under Kiers labour?
  
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  - echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I don’t think Corbin should have been ousted but at the same time he literally to smear him with.
    
    What concerns me about him is he thinks that having principles is enough, he thinks that if he truly believes in something that’s the end of it and no more thinking about the matter is required. Righteously or wrongly, if you want to make an impact in the political world you have to play the political game, and part of that means limiting your exposure to smear campaigns.
    
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    javiwhite@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The material he gave them was campaigning against Zionist activities in Gaza way back in the noughties; before all the genocidal stuff happening now, and his defence was anti-zionism </> anti-Semitism… which I think in today’s light is a very obvious statement, but back in 2019; the average person wasn’t aware of what was happening in Gaza, and so the papers ran with the antisemitism angle.
    
    I get what you’re saying about playing the game; he could have been dishonest and claimed that the parties issues with Israel’s warmongering was actually antisemitism, apologised and given an empty promise about change, to which no-one would bat an eye (a politician lying is a politician breathing etc…), but that’s the exact problem with politics… Corbyn was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise toxic environment; unapologetically honest, and cantankerous when it comes to people pussy footing around an issue, and this is exactly why the media dogged him so heavily… they couldn’t buy him, and he was gunning for their owners hoarded wealth. If it wasn’t the anti-Semitism angle, they would have found something else to try and beat him with.
    
    Even now, he’s attempting to force the UK to address the ongoing British involvement in the Gaza genocide; ofcourse the Tory lites rejected any investigation, which in itself is reminiscent of Blair’s labour and Iraq.
    
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  - hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    that it caused people such as yourself to act against your own interests.
    
    Continuing to vote for someone who lost two elections - regardless of how “fair” the other side fought is much more against my interests.
    
    Tell me, do you still think ousting Corbyn was the right move?
    
    I think any leader losing two elections is grounds of them to step down.
    
    Were there unsubstantiated claims? Yes, absolutely.
    
    But the report was not about those, it was about the ones that were proven to have happened. Replying to that report by bringing up unproven cases is very #notallmen energy.
    
    Are we in a better position now under Kiers labour?
    
    Better than under the Tories? Absolutely. I’m a trustee of a local foodbank, since July this is our first 12 month period ever where usage has reduced. That is directly related to increases in UC, the minimum wage, and DWP being moved to be helping people access benefits instead of finding any excuse to sanction them.
    
    Is it better than what Corbyn campaigned on in 2017 or 2019? No, it’s not.
    
    But actual improvements are better for those people who would otherwise be literally starving, compared to hypothetical alt futures.
    
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    javiwhite@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Do you truly believe kier beat the Tories on his own merit, rather than the Tories self imploding? Even after winning, he had around 1m less on the popular vote than Corbyns loss in 2019… Why? Because voter apathy and a general disdain for the tories handed labour the last election, rather than them winning on their own merit.
    
    The only reason I and many other people voted for Kier was exactly as you said, 14 year of tory regime has decimated the countries welfare, and intentionally so… But the countries complicit nature In the bombing of children in Gaza continues, if it wasn’t for good ol’ Jeremy there wouldn’t even be an inquiry as labour have rejected the bill to hold an independently run tribunal to investigate the governments complicit nature in the Gaza genocide and that is just too big of a pain point for me. I refuse to have the blood of innocent children on my hands, even if it means life at home gets easier.
    
    This is ultimately how democracy works right. Labour pretending to be the left wing option of the UK has left many voters disenfranchised… Now, labour can own up to being the centrist party they’ve become, and those who want the lesser of two evils can continue to vote for them… The rest of us who want to see real societal change, can try a new approach.
    
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