Re: Ali Abunimah sums it up perfectly. Archived Message Posted by dovetailjoint on March 5, 2019, 9:00 pm, in reply to "Ali Abunimah sums it up perfectly." I can see why Abunimah thinks like this and he could, unfortunately, be correct. One has to remember that Corbyn only became leader of Labour by accident. It wasn't supposed to happen that way. The PLP only had him on the ticket to make it appear like there was a choice. But they were suprised by the level opposition at the grassroots level, and it was these people, the ordinary members that lifted Corbyn to the position of leader against the wishes of the MPs. This was always going to be an unsustainable 'partnership' a leader so far to the left of the majority of MPs. Corbyn only survived this far because his support from the grassroots was so strong, as well as from leading unions and Labour did far, far, better at the last General Election than anyone thought possible. But then the Blairites adopted another tactic to undermine Corbyn, attacking him as a racist and antisemite, destroying his credentials as a decent man with the highest moral standards, for a politician! It's obvious that Corbyn's isolation inside Labour made his position incredibly difficult and uncertain. He wasn't just fighting the Tories, but a majority in the PLP too, and he seems to have meant that keeping the party together and not giving the Blairites an excuse to breakaway en masse, with dire consequences to follow, was a priority. Without him as leader the Blairites were bound to return to power. Only using all one's energy hanging on and surviving, isn't really a proactive policy. It's way too passive and demoralises the very base he relies upon to win the next election. All that doesn't mean that Corbyn was the right man for the job and the challenges the left faces, but, it's also true that he was... the only man available at the time. There was no alternative to Corbyn and there still isn't and that's not his fault, but the fault of the left and the times we live in. Message Thread: Conforming to establishment media groupthink could destroy Corbyn - Joe Emersberger - brooks March 5, 2019, 4:10 pm He destroyed himself in 2015 - Keith-264 March 5, 2019, 6:22 pm Re: He destroyed himself in 2015 - brooks March 5, 2019, 7:07 pm Re: He destroyed himself in 2015 - dovetailjoint March 5, 2019, 7:16 pm Re: He destroyed himself in 2015 - dovetailjoint March 5, 2019, 7:24 pm Smashed by Callaghan actually - Keith-264 March 5, 2019, 10:20 pm Ali Abunimah sums it up perfectly. - Morrissey March 5, 2019, 7:46 pm Re: Ali Abunimah sums it up perfectly. - dovetailjoint March 5, 2019, 9:00 pm This is true. Amen : ) ... nm - Tomski March 5, 2019, 10:08 pm I should qualify ... some bits are true : ) nm - Tomski March 6, 2019, 12:39 pm Re: Ali Abunimah sums it up perfectly. - brooks March 5, 2019, 10:23 pm   Searching