Devoid of agility, charisma and credibility, Corbyn has led Labour into the abyss

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/jeremy-corbyn-labour-manifesto-antisemitism-brexit

Devoid of agility, charisma and credibility, Corbyn has led Labour into the abyss

The nightmare has happened. The worst of men is elected prime minister. The hardest of times lie ahead. Unfit in every way for any kind of office, Boris Johnson takes up the reins of absolute power bestowed on any leader with such a majority.

This blow has fallen on a country ravaged by a decade of decay in the public realm and a stagnant economy. We have become an embarrassment abroad. Brexit was the wicked weapon Johnson used to dethrone his last two leaders in order to lever himself into their place. Reckless in everything but personal ambition, he has trapped us into the worst Brexit imaginable, withdrawn from the EU next month and out with a disaster of a “deal” next year.

Five crucial years will be lost in the fight against the climate crisis. In search of deals, he will bend to every interest, every lobby, every fossil fuel and fracking pusher, hiding behind his empty 2050 zero emissions pledge. The shriveling of every service is cemented into his budget plans: enough to stop outright NHS collapse, not enough to get schools or police back to 2010 levels, and everything else destined for never-ending decline. Expect no sudden change of heartlessness. We Cassandras have wrung our hands and howled out loud warning of rising poverty, homelessness, collapsing legal and social care systems, living standards in reverse. Yet people voted for all this woe.

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1. Too bad Corbyn didn't get out before he drove the Labour Party over the cliff.

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2. They had the chance following the referendum

But Corbyn and Momentum's internal dominance of the party ensured his victory in that leadership contest.

I strongly felt that Corbyn should have gone in 2016 and said so ad nauseum on here at the time. I don't stand by every opinion I've ever expressed on DU but I do stand by that one.

However, I do also feel that many of Labour's problems go well beyond Corbyn.