I'm not so naive as to think that. Clearly there is a big split in the views of the majority of Labour Party members and the type of leader they want in comparison to the parliamentary party, hence the current problems the party faces. But then having said that, it's the same to a lesser extent in the Conservative Party, with a lot of their members to the right of the parliamentary party.
Thick as pigshit more likely
I'm not saying that Labour would necessarily get elected on the traditional left-wing mandate which Corbyn and his members support. You only have to look at the party performed under the leadership of Michael Foot to see that. However, it would certainly help if the parliamentary party got behind Corbyn as leader and accepted the democratic wishes of the membership, who have overwhelmingly voted for Corbyn. I do think Labour would be performing a lot better in the polls if it wasn't for the internal feuding within the party. Ultimately, divided parties don't win elections.
I don't think its because the PLP are made up of nasty people. I just believe they view the whole point of the party in a different way to the membership. They see Labour achieving power and making a real difference through parliament, while a lot of the membership and Corbyn believe the party's route to success is to create a mass grassroots movement. Personally, I think you need both to be a successful political party and I'd like to see the membership and the PLP come together to do what they should be doing and that's opposing this Tory government.
is the answer - because the new labour hierachy spent 2 decade parachuting new labour clones into safe labour constituencies often against the will of the local constituency parties?
pretty sure that corbyn and the cast majority of the membership also recognise that the best way to achieve their aims is by being in government, they just happen to think that the best route to get into government without having to betray their core principles is via an enthused mass membership rather than by sucking up to the tabloids and hoping the city will finance your election campaign
for a periodically obsessed prick you're not very good at keeping tabs. Same party I was in the last time you asked, and the time before and time before that. Though not very actively atm.
You could always try. Or donate. That seems to help.
I signed the Green candidates nomination paper, no chance with the current NEC position.
are you honestly concerned over what ed miliband thinks of a foreign political party?
ok yeah I was wrong to use 20 years as the time frame, but that's probably the core reason for the current massive disconnect between the PLP and the membership, along with the mass surge of new (or old and rejoining) left wing members who wouldn't have been joining were it not for Corbyn / another serious left wing leadership challenger.
He'd be able to cover that pate with a "Make Britain Great Again" cap.
