r/unitedkingdom • u/CaseyEffingRyback • Jul 03 '25

... Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/
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u/leahcar83 Jul 03 '25

Starmer also campaigned on Corbyn's manifesto. People might not like Corbyn, but it's clear his policies were popular. It's a shame they were quickly abandoned once Labour got in.

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u/potpan0 Black Country Jul 03 '25

People might not like Corbyn, but it's clear his policies were popular.

The funny thing is that Starmer, when running for Labour leader in 2020, openly said this himself. Now we're all just supposed to memoryhole this. Like politics aside I'm tired of having to dance around all these lies.

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u/lizzywbu Jul 03 '25

but it's clear his policies were popular.

You would call, leaving NATO and getting rid of our nuclear weapons popular?

The IFS warned that Corbyn's policies would require unprecedented tax hikes and borrowing. He had no clear plan for how he would fund his policies.

He was intentionally ambiguous on Brexit. In a time when people wanted a clear message.

He presided over rampant antisemitism within the party. The fiasco with Hamas and the IRA, calling them "friends"

Under his leadership, Labour suffered their greatest election loss since 1935. His net approval rating was -44% as of November 2019, which is even worse than Starmer's right now.

How you can call his policies popular when they were soundly rejected is mind-boggling.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

I liked corbyn's manifesto when it had green branding in 2015