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On Iplayer for another month or so.
I know it's been mentioned on the Corbyn thread but I think it merits a thread of its own. Amazing thing. Just had chance to watch it.
Kinnock Junior's face on election night truly the highlight. In fairness, I am sure the result was a shock to everyone. There really does seem to have been a sea change in the party and older sceptical supporters like me have been a bit sidelined.
That would have been OK if we'd lost. We could have stuck to the "Corbyn is unelectable" line. But he sort of won. Definitely won in terms of increased seats and vote share. Most impressive was his enthusing of young people. Received wisdom is that they never vote. I think they might have been lied to a bit, but politicians have been lying to get votes since forever. My hackles used to rise a bit when the likes of cockneyrebel would advocate banding together to unseat centrist MPs. I now think he's on to something. There is a generational change going on. The younger membership want different things to me. Maybe we should be a bit more honest with each other. The Momentum people are just moulding the party in their image. They've earnt the right to do that. They're the ones who got the vote out in June even if they can no longer rely on mine.
On Iplayer for another month or so.
I know it's been mentioned on the Corbyn thread but I think it merits a thread of its own. Amazing thing. Just had chance to watch it.
Kinnock Junior's face on election night truly the highlight. In fairness, I am sure the result was a shock to everyone. There really does seem to have been a sea change in the party and older sceptical supporters like me have been a bit sidelined.
That would have been OK if we'd lost. We could have stuck to the "Corbyn is unelectable" line. But he sort of won. Definitely won in terms of increased seats and vote share. Most impressive was his enthusing of young people. Received wisdom is that they never vote. I think they might have been lied to a bit, but politicians have been lying to get votes since forever. My hackles used to rise a bit when the likes of cockneyrebel would advocate banding together to unseat centrist MPs. I now think he's on to something. There is a generational change going on. The younger membership want different things to me. Maybe we should be a bit more honest with each other. The Momentum people are just moulding the party in their image. They've earnt the right to do that. They're the ones who got the vote out in June even if they can no longer rely on mine.
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