He is one of the most consistent politicians advocating for peace throughout his career, and his heart is definitely in the right place, but unfortunately he's also been consistently demonstrating terrible political instincts.

I was initially quite excited with the announcement of a new party led by him and Zarah Sultana, but my excitement has definitely dwindled quite a bit because of how messy everything surrounding it has been so far. It also doesn't help that he's been bringing people like Adnan Hussain onboard, who is a self-proclaimed social conservative kombucha-disgust (anti-abortion, anti-queer rights) and a landlord, which immediately undermines the party's supposedly left-wing opposition to Labour. I don't know what the fuck he's doing, but things are already not looking good.

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope it's because they intend to use the strategy of recruiting a lot and purging a lot

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

doubt It makes little sense to assign reactionaries to high level positions within your new left-wing party with the intent of purging them later. Also, as leader of the Labour Party he had the opportunity to purge the Blairite wing, but instead chose to work with them while they undermined him from the inside. There's no reason to believe there will be purges.

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah you're right I'm way too optimistic sometimes