Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We’ll keep the red flag flying here
We’ll keep the red flag flying here
I attended the Momentum rally last night,
together with my son Tom and about 10,000 other people. It was a brilliant and optimistic rally with
a clear message – Jeremy Corbyn isn’t going anywhere.
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| Making their way to the rally |
John McDonnell, Corbyn himself, Dennis
Skinner, the President of ASLEF and others had a simple message – Jeremy Corbyn was elected by Labour’s members
and only they will vote him out.
Skinner, the President of ASLEF and others had a simple message – Jeremy Corbyn was elected by Labour’s members
and only they will vote him out.
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| Corbyn speaks to the rally |
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| At last night’s rally |
Only the blind and stupid will believe the
New Labour pretext for attacking and trying to depose Corbyn – that it was all
down to the Brexit vote. The vote in the
northern working-class constituencies for Brexit weren’t the doing of Corbyn. UKIP gained 4 million votes in the May 2015
election. Those who remember that awful
election night will recall that the Sunderland constituencies each delivered
votes of approximately 8,000 votes to UKIP.
Just like the decimation of Labour in Scotland, the erosion of working-class
support for Labour took place on New Labour’s watch.
New Labour pretext for attacking and trying to depose Corbyn – that it was all
down to the Brexit vote. The vote in the
northern working-class constituencies for Brexit weren’t the doing of Corbyn. UKIP gained 4 million votes in the May 2015
election. Those who remember that awful
election night will recall that the Sunderland constituencies each delivered
votes of approximately 8,000 votes to UKIP.
Just like the decimation of Labour in Scotland, the erosion of working-class
support for Labour took place on New Labour’s watch.
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| One of the New Labour traitors |
The idea that Corbyn could reverse the damage
that New Labour had done, at the same time that New Labour in the form of Wes
Streeting, John Mann and Hilary Benn were waging war on him, is fanciful. From the time that Corbyn was seen as a
credible candidate last summer to today, the Right has waged a war against Corbyn
in alliance with the Daily Mail and the Tory press. Today the Daily Mirror, a paper that once
supported Oswald Moseley’s British Union of Fascists, joined in the witchhunt.
that New Labour had done, at the same time that New Labour in the form of Wes
Streeting, John Mann and Hilary Benn were waging war on him, is fanciful. From the time that Corbyn was seen as a
credible candidate last summer to today, the Right has waged a war against Corbyn
in alliance with the Daily Mail and the Tory press. Today the Daily Mirror, a paper that once
supported Oswald Moseley’s British Union of Fascists, joined in the witchhunt.
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| John McDonnell speaking to the rally |
There will be some people who supported Corbyn
who will not lost heart and succumb to the nonsense that this is all about Corbyn
winning the next General Election.
Without New Labour muddying and diluting Labour’s message of an end to
austerity there is no doubt that Labour under Corbyn could do much better than
Ed Miliband. The only obstacles to this
is New Labour which is determined to ensure that Labour remains a safe
alternative party of capitalism.
who will not lost heart and succumb to the nonsense that this is all about Corbyn
winning the next General Election.
Without New Labour muddying and diluting Labour’s message of an end to
austerity there is no doubt that Labour under Corbyn could do much better than
Ed Miliband. The only obstacles to this
is New Labour which is determined to ensure that Labour remains a safe
alternative party of capitalism.
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| Corbyn making his way to the rally |
The Right started off the attack with bogus
‘anti-Semitism’ and it has now ended with Hilary Benn’s treachery. It is fortunate that his father Tony Benn is
dead otherwise he would be aghast at the behaviour of his son in emulating the
worst characters of Labour historically such as
Ramsay MacDonald.
‘anti-Semitism’ and it has now ended with Hilary Benn’s treachery. It is fortunate that his father Tony Benn is
dead otherwise he would be aghast at the behaviour of his son in emulating the
worst characters of Labour historically such as
Ramsay MacDonald.
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| At last night’s rally |
With the Tories in disarray and Britain
facing a constitutional crisis and with Chilcot around the corner, the Labour
Right was desperate. What they feared
was that at a general election Corbyn could win. As Tony Blair said
facing a constitutional crisis and with Chilcot around the corner, the Labour
Right was desperate. What they feared
was that at a general election Corbyn could win. As Tony Blair said
“Let me make my position clear: I wouldn’t
want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the
route to victory, I wouldn’t take it.”
want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the
route to victory, I wouldn’t take it.”
It is essential that the left in the Labour
Party should keep their powder dry, support Jeremy Corbyn, build Momentum and
above all deselect those who tried to stab Corbyn in the back.
Party should keep their powder dry, support Jeremy Corbyn, build Momentum and
above all deselect those who tried to stab Corbyn in the back.
Tony Greenstein
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