12-20-2019, 04:14 PM
Bandwagons usually make me sceptical, but I've been taking the trouble to listen to Lisa Nandy (by some distance my preferred candidate for the leadership) since a couple of weeks before the election. I'm not much for shouters and blusterers; more drawn to those of a quieter disposition.
In her usual analytical way she calmly dissected Johnson's amended Brexit plan and presented it as an attachment to a tweet. Whether you agree or dispute her analysis is obviously a matter of opinion: what I found revealing was the tone of many of the responses - some thinly veiled, some less so - from ostensibly Labour supporters who clearly believe that what happened last Thursday was absolutely not of their making. As an aside, a number of the comments were also totally ill-informed.
A long time in politics...
It seems that nothing will placate these people in their search for ideological purity; certainly nothing as trivial as a northern MP who actually managed to hold onto her seat. Anyone with an inclination towards weighing complex issues in the balance; reconciling conflicting arguments; setting aside their own instincts in order to represent those of their constituents; concessions and compromise, clearly isn't the answer they're looking for. All of those are just different forms of treachery.
I'm at a loss; seriously. I have no idea how this ends, or even where it goes next.
In her usual analytical way she calmly dissected Johnson's amended Brexit plan and presented it as an attachment to a tweet. Whether you agree or dispute her analysis is obviously a matter of opinion: what I found revealing was the tone of many of the responses - some thinly veiled, some less so - from ostensibly Labour supporters who clearly believe that what happened last Thursday was absolutely not of their making. As an aside, a number of the comments were also totally ill-informed.
A long time in politics...
It seems that nothing will placate these people in their search for ideological purity; certainly nothing as trivial as a northern MP who actually managed to hold onto her seat. Anyone with an inclination towards weighing complex issues in the balance; reconciling conflicting arguments; setting aside their own instincts in order to represent those of their constituents; concessions and compromise, clearly isn't the answer they're looking for. All of those are just different forms of treachery.
I'm at a loss; seriously. I have no idea how this ends, or even where it goes next.