Labour after Corbyn's #reshuffle kerfuffle
Labour's reshuffle caused lots of amusement on the internet, at Prime Minister's Questions and for the largely right-wing press who have all been sharpening their knives since Corbers (yes, that's what I call him) won the Labour leadership by a landslide - giving him the biggest ever mandate. Yet, no one is allowing him to utilise it.
We're conditioned to believe that the shite the media churns out on a minute-by-minute basis is the general mood and opinion of the country, when in reality they're pushing their own agenda - normally motivated by money. Jeremy Corbyn threatens this, as he's against war (which is a huge money spinner), he's for nationalising the railways (which is currently making a handful of people very rich), he's all about helping those most vulnerable (which George Osborne would rather throw into a gladitorial ring for ravenous tigers to take care of) and he wants to protect the BBC and NHS (which stands to make Rupert Murdoch and the CEO of some healthcare company a lot of muller). He's all about pissing off a powerful few for the good of the many. Beautiful Aristotelian ideology.
Yet, he can't even bow without being lambasted by just about everyone. These people are forgetting that in every episode of BBC's Question Time, the audience vehemently backs Corbyn and let's not forget the Labour members who voted him in.
Thanks to Jezza, there has been a massive resurgence in left-wing politics. Karl Marx is once again hitting the best seller lists and Owen Jones has never enjoyed such exposure. We need to take a step back and think about why this is.
In short, people are disillusioned with the establishment. It's antiquated, elitist and corrupt. People are waking up to the fact that everyone and everything has its price. People are tired of working 40 hour-weeks only to see a pretty decent wage disappear instantly on payday and go straight into the pockets of fat cats at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Citibank. People are angry the government isn't helping refugees of wars they're complicit in, parents, the sick and disabled, the disadvantaged, poverty-stricken and destitute. People are sick of being exploited by huge corporates to buy unnecessary things which plunge them further into debt while poisoning the planet - therefore enslaving them to the aforementioned bank. These actions are destroying two of the most precious and sacred things we have; humanity and the environment.
Nobel Prize winning economists all agree the key to a country's prosperity is investment in its population. This investment comes in education, opportunity, infrastructure and health. Our government is working hard to ensure these are suppressed. The education system is under threat with free schools, the health system is for sale and our doctors/nurses are being driven away and the media is designed to keep us in the dark.
This country has become Man V Government and Corbynites are determined to change this paradigm in order to create a nurturing culture that helps and looks after its citizens - what's the point in it existing otherwise.
Don't forget, Corbers is at the pinnacle of his 30 year career as an MP. He successfully campaigned for this time and had a rep as a rebellious backbencher. He's now in charge of the whole party. That's some career leap. It's like Colin the computer programmer suddenly becoming CEO of IBM.
He doesn't know what it's like to manage a group of intelligent, strong-willed individuals with their own ideologies and agenda. He doesn't know what it's like to be a frontbencher. He doesn't know what it's like to be under such scrutiny. He doesn't know the detail of what he's been asked to deal with. And he doesn't know what it's like to devise and implement strategy. He's just a man with new ideas, promising to change the world.
This is a learning curve. He's on a journey and he's taking us all with him. A reshuffle happens in every political party, company and even family unit. I'm glad it was considered and involved a dialogue, instead of a knee-jerk reaction. And I'm glad Hilary Benn wasn't chastised for disagreeing on Syria; politics is about a fair and free debate, in order to make the right and informed decision.
Some Corbynites might see this as a leadership failing and might be starting to lose faith in him. I see leadership, as being brave enough to do something and real power is in the initial followers who truly wield the power to influence the masses.
We're conditioned to believe that the shite the media churns out on a minute-by-minute basis is the general mood and opinion of the country, when in reality they're pushing their own agenda - normally motivated by money. Jeremy Corbyn threatens this, as he's against war (which is a huge money spinner), he's for nationalising the railways (which is currently making a handful of people very rich), he's all about helping those most vulnerable (which George Osborne would rather throw into a gladitorial ring for ravenous tigers to take care of) and he wants to protect the BBC and NHS (which stands to make Rupert Murdoch and the CEO of some healthcare company a lot of muller). He's all about pissing off a powerful few for the good of the many. Beautiful Aristotelian ideology.
Yet, he can't even bow without being lambasted by just about everyone. These people are forgetting that in every episode of BBC's Question Time, the audience vehemently backs Corbyn and let's not forget the Labour members who voted him in.
Thanks to Jezza, there has been a massive resurgence in left-wing politics. Karl Marx is once again hitting the best seller lists and Owen Jones has never enjoyed such exposure. We need to take a step back and think about why this is.
In short, people are disillusioned with the establishment. It's antiquated, elitist and corrupt. People are waking up to the fact that everyone and everything has its price. People are tired of working 40 hour-weeks only to see a pretty decent wage disappear instantly on payday and go straight into the pockets of fat cats at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Citibank. People are angry the government isn't helping refugees of wars they're complicit in, parents, the sick and disabled, the disadvantaged, poverty-stricken and destitute. People are sick of being exploited by huge corporates to buy unnecessary things which plunge them further into debt while poisoning the planet - therefore enslaving them to the aforementioned bank. These actions are destroying two of the most precious and sacred things we have; humanity and the environment.
Nobel Prize winning economists all agree the key to a country's prosperity is investment in its population. This investment comes in education, opportunity, infrastructure and health. Our government is working hard to ensure these are suppressed. The education system is under threat with free schools, the health system is for sale and our doctors/nurses are being driven away and the media is designed to keep us in the dark.
This country has become Man V Government and Corbynites are determined to change this paradigm in order to create a nurturing culture that helps and looks after its citizens - what's the point in it existing otherwise.
Don't forget, Corbers is at the pinnacle of his 30 year career as an MP. He successfully campaigned for this time and had a rep as a rebellious backbencher. He's now in charge of the whole party. That's some career leap. It's like Colin the computer programmer suddenly becoming CEO of IBM.
He doesn't know what it's like to manage a group of intelligent, strong-willed individuals with their own ideologies and agenda. He doesn't know what it's like to be a frontbencher. He doesn't know what it's like to be under such scrutiny. He doesn't know the detail of what he's been asked to deal with. And he doesn't know what it's like to devise and implement strategy. He's just a man with new ideas, promising to change the world.
This is a learning curve. He's on a journey and he's taking us all with him. A reshuffle happens in every political party, company and even family unit. I'm glad it was considered and involved a dialogue, instead of a knee-jerk reaction. And I'm glad Hilary Benn wasn't chastised for disagreeing on Syria; politics is about a fair and free debate, in order to make the right and informed decision.
Some Corbynites might see this as a leadership failing and might be starting to lose faith in him. I see leadership, as being brave enough to do something and real power is in the initial followers who truly wield the power to influence the masses.
First published 07/01/2016
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