I knew I had to do everything I could to stop Jeremy Corbyn
IF Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t quit this weekend, Labour MPs should drag him out on Monday. People like him, John McDonnell, Len McCluskey and the rest of the hard-left gang that led Labour to its record defeat must be shown the door before the party can even begin to think about rebuilding. And Momentum — the […]
IF Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t quit this weekend, Labour MPs should drag him out on Monday.
People like him, John McDonnell, Len McCluskey and the rest of the hard-left gang that led Labour to its record defeat must be shown the door before the party can even begin to think about rebuilding.
And Momentum — the party within a party set up to defend Corbyn — must be booted out too.
Labour MPs rushed to lay the blame at Corbyn’s door — but what took them so long? They can’t say they weren’t warned.
Even before he was elected leader, I told the party Britain would never put an extremist in No10.
People in places like Dudley couldn’t imagine these people running the country or standing up for us abroad.
I lost count of doors I knocked on where lifelong Labour voters told me they could never vote Corbyn.
People want leaders they can trust to defend us. They believe hard work pays off and want our borders protected. And they won’t stand for racism.
I pleaded with Labour MPs to replace Corbyn with a decent leader.
Imagine how different things could have been if the charismatic Jess Phillips, Pat McFadden or Caroline Flint were leading the party.
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Instead, Corbyn and the zealots around him promoted people who were clearly not up to the job because they would toe the line.
Labour MPs agreed with me in private. They knew Corbyn was unfit to lead but kept their heads down hoping the public would solve the problem.
I am traditional Labour, but I knew I had to do all I could keep him out.
People like Corbyn and McDonnell had spent their entire time in politics working with and defending extremists and in some cases terrorists and anti-Semites.
I never thought they loved our country or could be trusted to defend it.
Their economic policies would have chased away investment, putting businesses at risk and people out of work.
And everyone knew the Brexit policy was a farce.
Most shamefully, a party with a history of tackling racism was poisoned with anti-Jew hatred under Corbyn.
Labour’s moderate MPs should show more courage than they managed in the past four years.
First, they must kick Corbyn and the rest out and get a mainstream leader to axe the communists, cranks, racists and extremists.
Second, they need to back a way through Brexit that brings the nation together.
Third, get back on the side of the decent, patriotic majority with plans that back aspiration and reward effort, protect our borders and keep us safe.
Who thought Corbyn could negotiate a decent deal and why would the EU give us one if they knew it would be put to another referendum?
Most ridiculous, he couldn’t even say which side he’d be on! But this is what happens when you treat voters with contempt.
Two years ago they promised to uphold the result of the referendum and back a Brexit deal. But they did all they could to block Brexit.
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Easier said than done. The Marxist maniacs may have lost the election, but their main aim is to cling on to power. Many new MPs are more left-wing than their predecessors.
Most Labour members have joined to back Corbyn too, so it’s hard to see how people who have not shown much fight so far can win back control.
But if they don’t, Labour’s heartlands will stay blue for decades.
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