Corbyn: For the Many - For Fairness - For + Change
Amidst the ever-increasing assault of lies, damned lies and manipulated statistics being poured out by the UK's billionaire-owned 'mainstream media' and the usual suspects among the lickspittle 'independent' polling companies it is well worth pausing to reflect a moment on the staggering importance of what is really at stake in December's election - and possibly right after it.
Following the 2017 Labour Conference - then the biggest in Labour's history as the tiny, tokenistic 'conferences' used and so abused by the Blairite propaganda machine were finally swept aside - Jeremy Corbyn announced that this Labour, the Labour of the true Left was now the "new political mainstream".
Two years on only a few would fail to recognise that while this may now be true of the Labour Party membership itself, Corbyn and his allies from McDonnell to Momentum and beyond have had to fight tooth and nail - and do so to this very day - to consolidate that reality.
Fight not least in the face of constant undermining and even downright sabotage from the rotting husk of Tory-Lite Blairism: a threat from within which haunts the party to this day. Gazing in through the windows with hungry, glazed and hate-filled eyes akin to the living dead who stalked the Hypermarket of George A Romero's classic horror film. But more on this in a moment.
The Blairites want their 'meal ticket' back...
As the December 12th election draws closer the question of becoming the 'new political mainstream' for the the country as a whole obviously remains a whole different ballgame. And one that for all of us who yearn for that better, fairer world we know only a government pursuing a program grounded in 21st Century Socialism can bring about lies wrapped in a highly dangerous reality.
Yes, the 'once in a generation opportunity' as described by Jeremy really can become a reality - so long as every man, woman and teenager who yearns for this pull ourselves away from the TVs, the pubs, clubs and/or whatever else understandably distracts us in less important times to knock on doors, leaflet, persuade and cajole our friends, family; blog, Tweet, Facebook message or anything else we have personal access to in order to try and focus minds to ensure all who can really do get out to vote.
My old slogan from my own political days "If you don't do politics - politics will do you!" really has never seemed so relevant.
Call me sad if you will. But ever since it became obvious that an election was going to happen sometime before Christmas I have even been pursuing this covert awareness raising operation under the guise of 'chatting' to other dog owners every time we go walkies.
To this regard, apart from one instance with a gentleman I honestly believe would likely vote for Hitler were he able, contrary to the polls from my encounters there actually seems a huge disatisfaction with the MSM's beloved Boris. Yet what is also clear is that the constant misrepresentation of Jeremy Corbyn by the MSM also needs to be challenged constantly and positively with the true facts - for some of the mud is sticking.
My old slogan from my own political days "If you don't do politics - politics will do you!" really has never seemed so relevant.
Call me sad if you will. But ever since it became obvious that an election was going to happen sometime before Christmas I have even been pursuing this covert awareness raising operation under the guise of 'chatting' to other dog owners every time we go walkies.
To this regard, apart from one instance with a gentleman I honestly believe would likely vote for Hitler were he able, contrary to the polls from my encounters there actually seems a huge disatisfaction with the MSM's beloved Boris. Yet what is also clear is that the constant misrepresentation of Jeremy Corbyn by the MSM also needs to be challenged constantly and positively with the true facts - for some of the mud is sticking.
Johnson: win & the joke will be on ordinary people
Yet there is possibly an even bigger message to take on board here. And this is what I want to flag up for thought within this blog. I am not alone in this concern I know.
Imagining that we can focus only on the next five weeks could - if our Everest cannot quite be scaled on December 12th - result in the Left itself slipping back to the wilderness of the souless scam that was New Labour: indeed, it really could become the 1980s all over again. For as I stated above - the ragged remnants of Blairism really do see any kind of electoral defeat as the ideal opportunity to try and drag the party back to the mythical promised land of the political 'centre'.
This is why I just hope - and I must admit the fact that I personally cannot see any outward evidence of such planning is a real worry - Jeremy, John and his immediate team do have a Plan B for such an occurrence: and a Plan B that is well advanced in terms of readiness.
Not emerge, at the very least as the biggest party after December 12th, and the pressure for Jeremy Corbyn to step aside will be ramped up at pre-2017 levels and beyond. In such a scenario - and I say this being of the opinion that Jeremy has been the best, and most necessary thing to happen to the Labour Party in my lifetime -the true Left need to have his successor lined up.
And it should be a successor already agreed with, and supported by, a whole legion of fellow travellers at senior level. There are of course a number of viable candidates and, if things do not go as I hope in just over a month's time I will likely do a blog on the subject. All I will say further on the matter for now is this.
Firstly, it really should be a woman next time around - for in my personal view we are currently lucky enough to have a few women right now who have both ability and really can be seen to be singing from the same 21st Century Socialism songsheet as Jeremy himself. It must be the best person for the job who gets it for sure - man or woman. But there you go...
Secondly, that I really hope it doesn't prove necessary until around late 2024: Jeremy Corbyn truly deserves to be in 10 Downing Street so let's make sure we put him there!
Imagining that we can focus only on the next five weeks could - if our Everest cannot quite be scaled on December 12th - result in the Left itself slipping back to the wilderness of the souless scam that was New Labour: indeed, it really could become the 1980s all over again. For as I stated above - the ragged remnants of Blairism really do see any kind of electoral defeat as the ideal opportunity to try and drag the party back to the mythical promised land of the political 'centre'.
This is why I just hope - and I must admit the fact that I personally cannot see any outward evidence of such planning is a real worry - Jeremy, John and his immediate team do have a Plan B for such an occurrence: and a Plan B that is well advanced in terms of readiness.
Time to keep your friends close & your enemies closer...
Not emerge, at the very least as the biggest party after December 12th, and the pressure for Jeremy Corbyn to step aside will be ramped up at pre-2017 levels and beyond. In such a scenario - and I say this being of the opinion that Jeremy has been the best, and most necessary thing to happen to the Labour Party in my lifetime -the true Left need to have his successor lined up.
And it should be a successor already agreed with, and supported by, a whole legion of fellow travellers at senior level. There are of course a number of viable candidates and, if things do not go as I hope in just over a month's time I will likely do a blog on the subject. All I will say further on the matter for now is this.
Firstly, it really should be a woman next time around - for in my personal view we are currently lucky enough to have a few women right now who have both ability and really can be seen to be singing from the same 21st Century Socialism songsheet as Jeremy himself. It must be the best person for the job who gets it for sure - man or woman. But there you go...
Secondly, that I really hope it doesn't prove necessary until around late 2024: Jeremy Corbyn truly deserves to be in 10 Downing Street so let's make sure we put him there!
