To think that Jeremy Corbyn has something about him..?

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Watching The Last Leg, can't help but think he has a certain appeal...

Prepares to be flamed

Sorry bakeoff in my eagerness to post i didnt notice your comment.

Seems a genuine enough guy but, I have no idea how he'd fund his ideas?? Good opposition/protest politician but, don't think he'll appeal to the middle ground that swing elections. Think they need Dan Jarvis or David Miliband leading them, if they ever want to run the country again. Admire Corbyn for his principles though

There's more than a touch of the Jedi about him - but guessing that's not what you meant

My friend played him in the play they did about him recently - I can't look at him without thinking of him, so it's a bit yucky weird for me! (And I never thought of it before so can't think back to a time pre-eewwww ness!)

Have you all seen the Green Party advert, with the little boy who another child refers to as 'Jemery'? He's absolutely gorgeous.

Lord no. Not ever. < shudders>

I watched it as someone who has paid zero attention to corbyn and thought what a charmless man with zero appeal. I sat about what i've heard others rave about. I cant see it at all.

I love his morals, and his refusal to get involved in the 'tit for tat' crap.
He is truly a sincere socialist, and pacifist. I am astonished that he was elected, given the vitriol he receives for not being 'just vaguely left of the middle'. He actually gives a shit, instead of playing political games. I would love it if he became PM.
My eldest DD (13) thinks he is like 'a lovely old granddad'.
Ex-H's family are born Tories. Amusing, as he was decidedly working class when we met, and I was mocked (by him),for being middle class.
I have raised my children to have socialist views. It causes fabulous arguments in their house! She is rather intellectual, and understands politics better than they do. I did study politics, so have given her a more comprehensive view than most parents, although obviously biased towards socialism.
I see JC as human, whereas DC is a privileged twat with little understanding of real life. I was never enamoured with Ed Miliband due to his pseudo socialism, although David Miliband was quite beautiful, and seemed more believable.
I cannot forgive him for 'banana gate'.

I'd totally do him.

I think ideally you would have JC in the background writing all the policies and set out the course the party will take but you would have a different person to be leader, a figurehead that will appeal to more people.

I think to be an appealing leader and a PM you need a certain confidence/slight arrogance about you which JC perhaps hasn't got.

Christ no way.

I hate myself for this but I'm sometimes bizarrely attracted to Osborne. I once posted about this before. There's something, sometimes, camera angle, whatever, where he has a resemblance to John Cusack who I love. Another poster agreed with me, in my defence.

He looks like my Dad. And he wears vests. Even my Dad doesn't do that.

YANBU OP.

Seems a genuine enough guy but, I have no idea how he'd fund his ideas??

That's easy. We have record low interest rates, so we borrow at near zirp and soon to be nirp and use it in two ways. One, use it to build infrastructure for the public good instead of building it and giving it to private corporations, and 2, put £10k in every citizen over 18s bank account to get our consumer led economy moving. The effect of the 1st would be well paid jobs, the effect of 2 would be GDP being raised due to increased spending. The combined effect would be an increase in inflation and the ability of the BoE MPC to raise interest rates and let the zombie banks die.

Austerity as it;s promoted by Gidiot and the IMF is counter productive. Taking money from the poorest reduces our spending power, therefore we spend less so GDP goes down. So we spend less, retailers lose out, and ultimately so do manufacturers.

As for Corbyn, he's the reason I'll be voting Labour at the next election, something I swore I'd never do after Blair decided to ignore history and invaded Afghanistan with all the evidence of 9/11 being backed with Saudi money and personnel.

Gidiot
Another JC fan here.

I cannot see any sexual appeal in Corbyn. He has the look of someone who might feel guilty afterwards, try and discuss the miners' strike or play The Smiths on an actual record player while dissecting the meaning of the lyrics.

On the political front, it's sort of odd I think because people have got used to the Left being like proper socialists who got a TOWIE makeover and are now shiny but cool in a geeky way and loved by actors and pop stars. Corbyn is the one who actually still had some socialist-type beliefs so people don't know whether to freak out or embrace him as vintage.

I cannot imagine the repeat of Milifandom myself. I see him as someone who is a long time campaigner who never thought he would be elected as leader.

JC definitely features in my thoughts. YANBU OP!

Hands a lot of mntters some glasses! No accounting for taste is there. I dont trust anyone in politics any further than i can throw them and thats not far🤗

He comes across as a very personable man. He seems to truly believe in his politics and his heart seems to be in the right place,

Unfortunately it takes more than good intentions to run a country abc I happen to thoroughly disagree with the vast majority of his policies.
A nice enough chap but God help this country if he ever becomes pm

God no as wet as piss! You have a very low bar op