Re: Pros and Cons of election result?
Originally Posted by
Boot
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They didn’t. I don’t think he had a lot of support from the MPs in the selection process.
Of all the candidates nominated for the Leadership Selection by Labour MPs, Corbyn received the fewest MP nominations.
It is the members of the public who have Registered as Members of the Labour Party who vote for the Leader from the choice of nominees put forward.
I believe for a membership fee of £3 you get a vote on who will be the next leader.
Corbyn’s margin of victory was said to be "the largest mandate ever won by a party leader", though no previous Labour leader had been elected with so little support from their own MPs.
I have heard this comment several times over the past 12 months or so -
That many people have taken advantage of the Labour Party's £3 membership to join so they can vote for a suitable leader - but suitable for whom?
Many of those members are not Labour supporters at all; quite the opposite in fact, and they have chosen Jeremy Corbyn not because he is the best leader on offer, but because he is the worst
They do this, setting up a long term Trojan Horse, in the hope and expectation that their choice would ultimately and eventually lead to their desired result, as shown on 12 December
After all, £3 is a small price to pay to keep Labour in a minority, and it explains why Corbyn had a large support from members, but only the minimum from Labour MPs
The Labour Party have obviously not twigged that when they boast that they are the biggest political party in Europe, all is not what it seems