firemonkey wrote:
JohnPowell wrote:
Removed? I'm sorry him being against bombing people bothers you.
That doesn't bother me at all. I have no problem with him as an individual. It's his leadership skills, and how Labour are doing with him in charge, that are the problems for me.
Yes... removed!
He is unelectable. The right-wing press have done a number on him and he has failed to counter it effectively. He has been in opposition against one of the most shambling and inept administrations ever (due to get more shambling and inept) and failed to take them to the cleaners. Regardless of the fact that he may be principled and a general good egg, he is perceived (or allowed himself to be perceived) as weak. Michael Foot was similar, if I remember correctly (but I don't always remember correctly).
Worse still, Boris is garnering support because he is holding this guy up as a bogeyman (like the 5 minute hate in "1984").
He will never be PM, but it will probably take a humiliating GE defeat to shift him.
They said he was unelectable before the last election when he got the biggest rise in Labour votes since 1945. Not bad since the government has been spending millions on fake stories about him (integrity initiative) and the Israel lobby wants him removed.