Two main reasons voters are turning against Corbyn -- WHAT???Archived Message
Posted by scrabb on February 16, 2019, 1:58 pm
A YouGov poll reported on Yahoo (so you know what you're going to get folks) there were two main reasons former supporters of Corbyn are turning against him. One was Brexit, the other was antisemitism. But when you look at the actual figures of those sampled, only 8 PER CENT stated AS a reason why they had changed their minds. So AS is NOT one of the major reasons as claimed in the headline. Many more (according to this poll) are disappointed in what they see as JC's weakness in dealing with Brexit. For myself, I can understand this. It would have been far better for JC to have nailed his colours to the mast and supported Brexit wholeheartedly rather than leaving the door half open for a so-called People's Vote. OK, he might have lost some remainers, but he would have come across as a much stronger, more authoritative figure rather than the wishy-washy vacillating one he now presents.
This is also his failing in dealing with the AS bullshit. I'm very disappointed in his handling of this. It really smacks of weak leadership. He should have told Watson and McDonnell right from the start that their spineless and craven concessions to the Israeli/Zionist lobby was not to be tolerated. All they did was to play into that creature Hodge's hands and stoke up the flames so that it encouraged her and her masters to keep up the pressure. We know that JS has most the of the corporate media (including the BBC) against him, but he doesn't do himself any favours by his poor decision-making and lack of control over his own shadow team.