How much life is left in the Labour Party?

Yet another disaster is set to take place for the party with polls showing that they may lose 125 seats in the Scottish council elections and control over the big cities. Of course the right wing media is blaming Corbyn but the Blairites in Scottish Labour are responsible for most of this. Is there any way back for the party in Scotland or the UK as a whole?

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GlassDog · 41-45, M

I think it's really short-sighted to blame Corbyn for the ills of the party. There is a much bigger world picture, and UK picture. What I wonder is how far we will swing to the right and what event may bring us back. If we follow history, I predict high unemployment, food shortages, civil unrest and, perhaps war.

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

You think perhaps we need an extreme in order to have it rejected and so 're-calibrate'(for want of a better term)?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Picklebobble2: What is extreme about Corbyn's policies?

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Nothing. That might be the problem ! That's what i'm saying. I don't for one minute think Corbyn will make it to be the Labour leader going into the next election. That's half the problem !!

CaptainCanadia · 41-45, M

None of the political parties really have any sense of who they are anymore because the left/right split has kind of fallen apart. Even the Conservatives are kind of lost as the neoliberals and ultranationalists pull in different directions. The question is increasingly about globalization vs protectionism, and at the same time reactionary vs progressive social values.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Picklebobble2: But wherein does the problem lie?

To left leaning cynics I always ask the question; "Show me an easier way."

If there is a better option I am all ears. Does the answer really exist with the mainstream of the post-Blair Labour Party who accepted austerity light even under a 'soft-left' leader like Ed Miliband? Does it exists with the Greens or the radical left grouplets to the left of Labour.

I respect your opinion. I get it and I am not a naive optimist. None of this is to diminish the challenges faced and indeed Corbyn has made some mistakes. Our country has spent twenty+ years under neo-liberal lockdown though; across media, both political parties and other institutions. Any challenge to that has entrenched political forces against it to the nth degree. For me, it is still the best of available options is to try and reform the Labour Party. If you have a better solution, I am all ears.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

There are those who will vote the way they always vote. Myself included. But that's because i've seen the worst of Conservatism and don't ever want to go there again, at any price !
But it's not me he has to convince !
It's other 'would be' Labour supporters. And i'm not sure he has enough about him to carry the country.

SandInMyShoes · 36-40, F

Hardly any.
They can't shake Corbyn from his perch, and if he could the Momentum ones and £3 Tories would vote for someone just as stupid.
Labour lost their connection with the working class, who are concerned with immigration and mainly pro-Brexit.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

I'm sighing 😂

SandInMyShoes · 36-40, F

You're welcome to, but it's true!

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

It's annoyed me endlessly to see Corbyn chirping away on Facebook when perhaps he ought to be out there talking to folk.
The rest of them that get paid to represent their constituents too !

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

Not much Corbyn can do. Anybody who agrees with his views are probably SNP now and Scottish Labour wants to take votes that are now Tory votes (something Jeremy certainly won't want to be involved in).

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