Sadly we live in a society where a large proportion of the people seem incapable of thinking for themselves; they believe what they are conditioned to believe. They tend to believe that leaders should be loud, arrogant, and forceful with steadfast non-compromising ideas. They also confuse leadership with management. The two are entirely different animals.
Leadership inspires, facilitates and empowers. Leaders can't tell you what to do. Leaders don't organise, managers do that.
I get really angry when people say that Jeremy Corbyn isn't a good leader. That's nonsense. After Tony Benn he's the most inspiring politician that I've ever heard speak. Through Jeremy we are moving towards the Labour Party membership being truly empowered. And his willingness to entertain a mix of ideas and to promote inclusiveness would seem to me to be facilitating. Jeremy with a vibrant and dedicated party behind him can make a difference. It's the non-believers that will be the downfall of the party. If they don't want to be part of a positive, democratic socialist party I wish they'd just do the decent thing and fuck off to a place where they're more comfortable, please.
The entirety of my immediate family will all be voting for Corbyn. I think (and hope) that the media's shameful coverage of this election may have reached a kind of tipping point, whereby Corbyn's supporters are becoming increasingly suspicious of the ability of the media to report with any degree of impartiality. With regards to the actions of the PLP or the NEC, words (almost) fail me.
ReplyDeleteThey fail me too. They really do.
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