As well as opposing austerity,Labour’s new leader needs to offer more people more of a stake in the economyThus far, you salvage to pick one of two responses to Jeremy Corbyn. The first is that he’s an ideological throwback, and clubbing together with his “union pals” to form a Trotskyist tribute act” that will drive Labour off a cliff. Alternatively,he represents a “new politics”, armed with a set of policies to enthuse the apathetic and combat austerity. Dichotomies don’t approach much starker: the new leader of Britain’s left is either delusional or a saviour. Related: The Tories’ Corbyn attack video is absurd, or paranoid and nasty – and will work | Jonathan Jones Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com