Comments by "" (@col.hertford9855) on "Mick Lynch’s incredible speech about Keir Starmer" video.

  1. Mick voted for for a right wing brexit. The RMT advised members to vote for brexit The RMT stopped funding Labour and lost whatever influence it had there. You reap what you sow.
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  2.  @bobrayner1093  please advise which bit is factually incorrect?
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  3.  @banksarenotyourfriends  I don’t think most people actually knew who he was tbh. 2017 was as much a protest vote against Brexit, May, and the Tories, as much as a vote for Corbyn. The Lib Dems were still persona non gratis after the coalition. So sure he picked up votes, but he didn’t appeal to the small c conservative swing voters to capitalise on the voter share. He didn’t win back Scotland. Getting youngsters out to vote is great, but they need to be where it counts under FPTP. A Leaders only as good as their last election you can’t say he was great in 2017 and 2019 don’t count. He lost both elections, and Labour tanked in 2019 and it was clearly down to his lack of leadership. The fact he never seemed to come out for interviews during the 2019 politics tensions didn’t help. The fact he wouldn’t step aside to allow a government of national unity be created meant a lot of people voted LD or Green instead of labour. Also in the build up he allowed a power vacuum to form and the shadow cabinet filled it, again this just reinforced the perception he was weak. Interesting you mention PR, because whilst I believe Corbyn is supportive of PR, Labour under Corbyn were against it. And while the members seem to have finally woken up to it last year, it’s unlikely to be a priority whilst Labour are winning under FPTP. The biggest issue with JC right now is he has, rightly or wrongly, become a vote loser. I do feel it’s a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. But currently, it feels like Corbyn is the only attack line Sunak has on Starmer at PMQT. So making that a viable attack line is politically a mistake.
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  4. Exactly, this is shutting the stable door 7 years after that horse bolted.
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  5.  @bobrayner1093  I’m fully aware of the rather odd position of the RMT and it’s roots. It’s pretty clear the RMT did not understand EU as it was, or indeed as it had been, and never really bothered to try. It is entirely possible to make private companies public within the EU. Issue is political will and desire in Westminster. However, my point is he voted for a right wing Brexit. His left wing variant was never on offer. The extreme elements of the right wanted some form of Brexit since at least the 1980s. Certainly It became extremely apparent by the mid 1990s (Maastricht) that the far right of the Tory party were gunning for Brexit with there media machine. Initially this was via creation of UKIP, then by Trojan horse insertion into the Conservative party itself. The fact the referendum happened at the behest of Tory back Benchers really should have been a warning sign. The left had long abandoned that position. Because the RMT are a very Change resistant organisation, I do somewhat doubt the anti modernisation position they have taken is entirely with merit. Reliability engineering is a very good tool for predictive maintenance and he discounts out of hand. I find this peculiar as it’s entirely risk and performance based. He’s been clear it’s the process, not the output he doesn’t like. My personal view is there should Be a cross party select committee look at this with representatives from the Train Operators, RMT and independent expert review and validation of the proposals. Having been involved in the aftermath of a train crash, it’s not something I want to see repeated. But be under no illusions I support the RMT members right to strike.
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  6.  @yellowgreen5229  sure get rid of one who may be actually electable. I’d suggest finding a suitable leader first. You have only chosen two who could actually win power in over half a century, and only one who wasn’t a complete failure when in office.
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  7.  @paulwainwright6903  bless, their brexit gave us higher levels of immigration if you see it as a negative. So yeah, vote for the muppets who never did anything of any note in the country but make it poorer and weaker.
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