04-04-2020, 12:46 PM
(Edited 04-04-2020, 12:47 PM by Shuto Makino.)
(04-04-2020, 12:40 PM)Morph Wrote: My eyes were first opened to it when Corbyn was smeared as a backwards women hater who was going to segregate women into different carriages on the train.
On this subject: note how those who smeared Corbyn supporters as sexist because 'Labour should be led by a woman' ended up choosing Starmer over the two women he was running against.
That's not a problem in itself if they thought he was a better candidate - representation for its own sake isn't something anyone should be promoting - but does show the extent to which certain people weaponise identity politics purely to smear the left.
I'm actually not that disappointed over Starmer winning - he's probably a steady enough pair of hands. The real disappointment for me today is to see Dawn Butler performing so poorly, as imo she was the best of any of the candidates for either leader or deputy.