Re: I seem to recall an attempt was made to create a second Deputy to water down TW's power but it didn' Archived Message
Posted by dovetailjoint on March 2, 2019, 2:46 pm, in reply to "I seem to recall an attempt was made to create a second Deputy to water down TW's power but it didn'"
I think, from the very beginning, Corbyn's position in the PLP has been... problematic. A substantial majority never wanted him as leader. He only became leader by 'accident.' The chasm between what the membership, the activists, wanted and the MPs, was never bridged. These two groups wanted to go in different directions. So, in reality, two Labour Parties emerged in opposition to each other, with a leader, Corbyn, who was almost a hostage, unable to do very much apart from survive, hoping that despite the opposition he'd succeeda at elections and force the MPs to back him, or at least not actively undermine him. The 'survival' strategy has worked, sort of. It's the rest that lagging behind.
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