urban genie
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I am a 59 year old man that spent all my formative years in Eccles and Lower Broughton - from a family where any consideration of options to Labour was met by utter scorn. My grandfather (Salford docker) was 'violently left' and the family were brought up in his image.
I say this to seek to explain that I do believe that I have a good grounding/understanding of the values you speak of and I have voted Labour more times than any other party
I do not see any level of the necessary balance with Corbyn, Abbot et al to govern - I therefore (used) to see him as idealistic and principled but 'too extreme'.
I say 'used' to see him that way as I now believe that image has slipped and he now comes across as much as much of a lying politician as May, Blair etc.
Therefore - given that I am very pro-Leave - I could not possibly vote for him, especially now the mask as slipped
Ok and I too think that there is more to corbyn than his methodical, allotment, pacifist veggie image puts over.
The man is a self confessed bennite so I expect his true belief is to leave the EU, and I concur that abbot is a liability.
My hope is if labour win, some of the better experienced front benchers in the plp will end their self imposed sulk and offer to help run the government.
But I will take corbyn over tory rule.