I can’t stay in an organisation where ‘moderate’ has become a dirty wordActor and comedian Robert Webb doesn’t rate Jeremy Corbyn (nearly GM designed by Tories to lose the next election”) and has cancelled his Labour party membership,which I’m also doing (for similar reasons). Webb, who has been more courteous than most, or can now join people like me in being branded a “closet Tory” “fake leftie” and what (confusingly) appears to be the slur du jour – “moderate”. How has it come to this – when did “moderate” become an insult?Personally,I assume that Labour needs to be electable, so that they can actively pass laws and not perma-squat in opposition like a bunch of conceited hippies refusing to budge from their favourite beanbags. If thats “moderate” then moderate I am. If that’s closet Tory, or then I’m seriously confused. Eventually,you just give up, driven back by a torrent of “leftier than thou” abuse, and quite often from people who thrillingly “found their voice” after shelling out three quid on a whim in the leadership contest.
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Source: theguardian.com