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Jeremy Corbyn's re-election in Islington North during the 2024 UK General Election stands out as one of the most genuine and uplifting moments in British politics in recent times. Despite the controversies and his expulsion from the Labour Party, Corbyn’s return to Parliament as an independent MP is a testament to his unwavering commitment to his principles and the support he continues to receive from his constituents.

Corbyn, for all his faults, remains a politician of sincere convictions and genuine left-wing ideals. He has always been transparent in his beliefs, advocating for social justice, wealth redistribution, and a kinder, more inclusive society. His flaws, if they can be called that, lie in his decency and honesty—traits that, ironically, have proven to be liabilities in the ruthless world of politics. It’s a damning indictment of our political system that such qualities are seen as weaknesses rather than strengths.

The fact that Corbyn, at 75, continues to represent the people of Islington North with the same passion and dedication he has shown since 1983 speaks volumes about his character. His re-election, despite the lack of support from the Labour Party’s infrastructure, highlights the deep respect and trust his constituents have in him. It also underscores the power of grassroots campaigning, with volunteers from across the UK rallying behind him.

In a political landscape increasingly dominated by cynical manoeuvring and hollow rhetoric, Corbyn’s victory is a reminder that integrity and commitment to one’s beliefs can still resonate with voters. While he may not be the most conventional or strategic politician, Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election is a refreshing affirmation of the values that many in the UK still hold dear. It is, without doubt, one of the most wholesome and heartening developments in British politics in a long time.
That is a very hagiographic perspective.
Original post by Gazpacho.
That is a very hagiographic perspective.

Well, I was being quite playful with it as well. Sorry if my humourous tone wasn't very obvious. I do think he does seem to be a decent guy, though, honestly. I would have a pint with kind of guy.
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Original post by Rincewind_Bored
Jeremy Corbyn's re-election in Islington North during the 2024 UK General Election stands out as one of the most genuine and uplifting moments in British politics in recent times. Despite the controversies and his expulsion from the Labour Party, Corbyn’s return to Parliament as an independent MP is a testament to his unwavering commitment to his principles and the support he continues to receive from his constituents.
Corbyn, for all his faults, remains a politician of sincere convictions and genuine left-wing ideals. He has always been transparent in his beliefs, advocating for social justice, wealth redistribution, and a kinder, more inclusive society. His flaws, if they can be called that, lie in his decency and honesty—traits that, ironically, have proven to be liabilities in the ruthless world of politics. It’s a damning indictment of our political system that such qualities are seen as weaknesses rather than strengths.
The fact that Corbyn, at 75, continues to represent the people of Islington North with the same passion and dedication he has shown since 1983 speaks volumes about his character. His re-election, despite the lack of support from the Labour Party’s infrastructure, highlights the deep respect and trust his constituents have in him. It also underscores the power of grassroots campaigning, with volunteers from across the UK rallying behind him.
In a political landscape increasingly dominated by cynical manoeuvring and hollow rhetoric, Corbyn’s victory is a reminder that integrity and commitment to one’s beliefs can still resonate with voters. While he may not be the most conventional or strategic politician, Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election is a refreshing affirmation of the values that many in the UK still hold dear. It is, without doubt, one of the most wholesome and heartening developments in British politics in a long time.

You could also make the same points about Liz Truss. Convicted to her right wing views and given the opportunity followed through on them. To this day she stands by her principals just like Corbyn. Corbyn never got his chance to put his ideas in to practice but I think it reasonable to predict they would have been met with equal catastrophe. For this reason, folks like Truss and Corbyn are always more effective on the side lines of our politics, not at the centre.
Original post by hotpud
You could also make the same points about Liz Truss. Convicted to her right wing views and given the opportunity followed through on them. To this day she stands by her principals just like Corbyn. Corbyn never got his chance to put his ideas in to practice but I think it reasonable to predict they would have been met with equal catastrophe. For this reason, folks like Truss and Corbyn are always more effective on the side lines of our politics, not at the centre.

Very well put and I think you're right.

Lizz Truss was an interesting situation in politics showing us who really holds the power. It isn't in government, it's the institutions around them who can destroy them rapidly if they do something that the institutions in charge don't like. I'm sure they'd have done the same if Corbyn got in power too.
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Original post by Rincewind_Bored
Very well put and I think you're right.
Lizz Truss was an interesting situation in politics showing us who really holds the power. It isn't in government, it's the institutions around them who can destroy them rapidly if they do something that the institutions in charge don't like. I'm sure they'd have done the same if Corbyn got in power too.

It's not even the institutions. It is us and the effect of many people all doing the same thing. The institutions work on our behalf (we all have pensions of one sort or another) or they look after our money. We saw a run on Northern Rock where people queued in the street to withdraw their money. Had the institutions not acted in the way they did, we would have ended up reacting equally unpredictably and with consequences for the government. We hold more power than we give ourselves credit for. The only difference is we each only have a tiny amount of power. Collectively we are unstoppable.
Original post by Rincewind_Bored
Jeremy Corbyn's re-election in Islington North during the 2024 UK General Election stands out as one of the most genuine and uplifting moments in British politics in recent times. Despite the controversies and his expulsion from the Labour Party, Corbyn’s return to Parliament as an independent MP is a testament to his unwavering commitment to his principles and the support he continues to receive from his constituents.
Corbyn, for all his faults, remains a politician of sincere convictions and genuine left-wing ideals. He has always been transparent in his beliefs, advocating for social justice, wealth redistribution, and a kinder, more inclusive society. His flaws, if they can be called that, lie in his decency and honesty—traits that, ironically, have proven to be liabilities in the ruthless world of politics. It’s a damning indictment of our political system that such qualities are seen as weaknesses rather than strengths.
The fact that Corbyn, at 75, continues to represent the people of Islington North with the same passion and dedication he has shown since 1983 speaks volumes about his character. His re-election, despite the lack of support from the Labour Party’s infrastructure, highlights the deep respect and trust his constituents have in him. It also underscores the power of grassroots campaigning, with volunteers from across the UK rallying behind him.
In a political landscape increasingly dominated by cynical manoeuvring and hollow rhetoric, Corbyn’s victory is a reminder that integrity and commitment to one’s beliefs can still resonate with voters. While he may not be the most conventional or strategic politician, Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election is a refreshing affirmation of the values that many in the UK still hold dear. It is, without doubt, one of the most wholesome and heartening developments in British politics in a long time.

Corbyn is a fraud. He shills for Iran and Russia, is overtly anti-semitic, and sucks up to every terrorist and dictator he can get close to. He has kowtowed to Assad and Chavez, and hung out with Hamas and the IRA. Endlessly disloyal to the Labour Party, as its leader he led the party to the its worst defeat since the 1930s, inflicting Johnson and Brexit on the UK. Let Corbyn dwindle in the backbench obscurity he deserves.
It ****es off a lot of the Blairite slime which is great👍
Original post by SaucissonSecCy
It ****es off a lot of the Blairite slime which is great👍

The enemy is the Tory Party, but Corbynistas hate Blair more than they hate Thatcher (if they have even heard of Thatcher). This is a skewed priority. I know a Corbynite who has no clue who Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson were. She would not recognise democratic socialism if it bit her on the bum.
Original post by Stiffy Byng
The enemy is the Tory Party, but Corbynistas hate Blair more than they hate Thatcher (if they have even heard of Thatcher). This is a skewed priority. I know a Corbynite who has no clue who Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson were. She would not recognise democratic socialism if it bit her on the bum.

Actually I've heard this patronising argument many a time. I am well able to delineate these people and what they stand for, I trace their lineage from Iraq, David Kelly, privatisation, smear campaigns, and most delightfully, using the intelligence services against innocent people, I have personal experience of that one. The Blairites are vile and do not represent any substantive philosophy or socialism.
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I am not a fan of Blair, but, as well as the Iraq war, which was illegal and a catastrophe, and the mistakes of PFI and PPP and devolution (all terrible ideas), Blair/Brown did the following:-

Massive investment in schools and hospitals (things were really bad in 1997 after years of Tory misgovernment)

Sure Start

Civil Partnerships

Minimum Wage (too low, but better than nothing)

FOIA (Blair regrets this one)

The Human Rights Act 1998

The Equality Act 2010

Lawful armed interventions in Sierra Leone and Kosovo

The Good Friday Agreement

Blair is now mad as a hatter and has become a cartoon villain, but he was not all bad when in power. He made huge mistakes, often through arrogance, and his key error apart from Iraq was his adherence to Thatcherite Neoliberalism. It is too early to say whether Starmer and Reeves will return to some form of democratic socialism.

I note that some Corbynites now hate Starmer more than they hate the Tories. The hard left is always preoccupied with fighting other leftists, which is why the hard left never gets anything useful done, and why it is an unwitting ally of the Tories. Corbyn was the Tories' best asset in the 2019 election.
Not sure whether people like Luciana Berger and Louise Ellman would say that Corbyn's flaws lie only in his decency and honesty!
Original post by Stiffy Byng
Corbyn is a fraud. He shills for Iran and Russia, is overtly anti-semitic, and sucks up to every terrorist and dictator he can get close to. He has kowtowed to Assad and Chavez, and hung out with Hamas and the IRA. Endlessly disloyal to the Labour Party, as its leader he led the party to the its worst defeat since the 1930s, inflicting Johnson and Brexit on the UK. Let Corbyn dwindle in the backbench obscurity he deserves.

How is he a shill for Iran and Russia in the Ukraine war he wants a ceasefire same in gaza do you want to be a poor teenager being conscripted to die in trenches in Donetsk and why are you so against corbyn meeting sinn fein leaders not IRA the troubles ended through negotiation not through bloodshed you have him to thank so you don't need to worry of a car bomb going of at the mall
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Original post by favourite-parake
How is he a shill for Iran and Russia in the Ukraine war he wants a ceasefire same in gaza do you want to be a poor teenager being conscripted to die in trenches in Donetsk and why are you so against corbyn meeting sinn fein leaders not IRA the troubles ended through negotiation not through bloodshed you have him to thank so you don't need to worry of a car bomb going of at the mall

Corbyn has been paid to appear on Iranian and Russian TV stations. He wants Ukraine to make peace on Putin's terms. Corbyn wants Israel to make peace on Hamas' terms. It is not clear whether Corbyn, an old school hard-left anti-semite, recognises the right of Israel to exist.

Corbyn made no significant or positive contribution to the peace process in Ireland. His claims to have been instrumental in the process are as fraudulent as everything else about him. Those who actually made the peace have rubbished Corbyn's false claims on this subject.

Corbyn hung out with the IRA when the war was still in full flow, and negotiations were a way off. He did so because he has never moved on from student politics, and he naively views every terrorist as a freedom fighter, and tends to see dictators as liberators. In the real world, the British and Irish governments worked together against the terrorists, and Corbyn did nothing but get in the way. Incidentally, I come from a long line of Fenian bomb-throwers (including one of the signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising in 1916), and we all think that Corbyn is a poseur and a joke.

Corbyn also hung out with Hamas and Hezbollah, two terror groups which oppress the Palestinian people and wage unsuccessful terror campaigns against Israel, at the behest of Iran.

Note that Corbyn is matey with George Galloway, a massive fraud and hypocrite who, like Corbyn, has toadied to Assad. Hamilton also toadied to Saddam Hussein, which, to be fair, Corbyn didn't do. You can tell a lot about a person by the people he is friendly with. Corbyn has the worst friends.

The best thing about Corbyn is that he is now irrelevant.
Original post by Stiffy Byng
Corbyn has been paid to appear on Iranian and Russian TV stations. He wants Ukraine to make peace on Putin's terms. Corbyn wants Israel to make peace on Hamas' terms. It is not clear whether Corbyn, an old school hard-left anti-semite, recognises the right of Israel to exist.
Corbyn made no significant or positive contribution to the peace process in Ireland. His claims to have been instrumental in the process are as fraudulent as everything else about him. Those who actually made the peace have rubbished Corbyn's false claims on this subject.
Corbyn hung out with the IRA when the war was still in full flow, and negotiations were a way off. He did so because he has never moved on from student politics, and he naively views every terrorist as a freedom fighter, and tends to see dictators as liberators. In the real world, the British and Irish governments worked together against the terrorists, and Corbyn did nothing but get in the way. Incidentally, I come from a long line of Fenian bomb-throwers (including one of the signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising in 1916), and we all think that Corbyn is a poseur and a joke.
Corbyn also hung out with Hamas and Hezbollah, two terror groups which oppress the Palestinian people and wage unsuccessful terror campaigns against Israel, at the behest of Iran.
Note that Corbyn is matey with George Galloway, a massive fraud and hypocrite who, like Corbyn, has toadied to Assad. Hamilton also toadied to Saddam Hussein, which, to be fair, Corbyn didn't do. You can tell a lot about a person by the people he is friendly with. Corbyn has the worst friends.
The best thing about Corbyn is that he is now irrelevant.

How come Gerry Adams rates him?
Genuinely out of interest, bro

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