The labour leadership battle is heating up. The Blairites are very worried that all their hard work in 'modernising' the party will be undone, and think the party will be consigned to just being a protest party. It possible, I suppose, but then they are assuming that the majority of the UK population have moved towards the right of politics. This may well be true at the moment, but we know that these things ebb and flow all the time.
The political situation in Greece is interesting. They elected a left wing 'anti-austerity' party, and have ended up with an austerity party, and if they stand for re-election which is likely, they will still get in. My conclusion, is that if the leader is popular, then what the party stands for comes second as was the case in Blair's day. He turned the party towards the right but stayed popular with the voters (even though he doesn't have any fans nowadays).
Therefore, my conclusion is that if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership election all he has to do is be popular with the ordinary man in the street. I quite like him, but then again I'm easily swayed by a smooth talker. I also liked TB.
Biked to and from work yesterday taking the long way back home via Brigg to give me 52 miles instead of 40 ish. I had my quickest ride in ever in the morning, coming in via the bypass for a change and getting some slipstreaming from the lorries.
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