A few days late, but I need to comment on Jeremy Corbyn's win as Labour party leader. There's so much comment in the press, there surely cannot be any more to say, but they manage to regurgitate the same stories with a slightly different slant. I notice a few variations on the shadow cabinet selection meetings, but it was essentially the same thing - a space filler trying to invent theories on why a particular candidate turned it down/accepted.
The press are essentially right wing, so most of the stories have a contemptuous feel to them, pouring scorn on decisions, actions and statements.
Personally, I think having a left wing opposition is good for politics in the UK, although there's no way I agree with a lot of what they stand for. Mind you, it's the same with the Tories. I'm a bit of a democrat at heart with a liberal dose of conservatism thrown in when the wind blows that way.
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