11-05-2017, 17:41
Though the internal leak was obviously meant to make Labour look chaotic, getting decent, honest and reasonably left-wing policies out there early can only be good.
Naturally it will confirm the Telegraph/Mail view that Mr Corbyn can't control his own party ....... but if he did exercise that kind of control the charge would be that he's a Stalinist. The other day Mr McDonnell was under fire for admitting to being influenced by Karl Marx. If you're a left-wing politician and you haven't been influenced by Marx you're in the wrong party. If having read Marx is a crime, every politics student in the country is going to jail (including Michael Gove!)
Unfortunately however brilliant the manifesto in draft or final form, I don't think it will be as influential as threatening to be a bloody difficult woman. I fear that one phrase will be worth a 100+ majority.
Naturally it will confirm the Telegraph/Mail view that Mr Corbyn can't control his own party ....... but if he did exercise that kind of control the charge would be that he's a Stalinist. The other day Mr McDonnell was under fire for admitting to being influenced by Karl Marx. If you're a left-wing politician and you haven't been influenced by Marx you're in the wrong party. If having read Marx is a crime, every politics student in the country is going to jail (including Michael Gove!)
Unfortunately however brilliant the manifesto in draft or final form, I don't think it will be as influential as threatening to be a bloody difficult woman. I fear that one phrase will be worth a 100+ majority.