I will explain why I could never vote Labour under JC. It’s not to do with him, it’s not particularly to do wiht his policies. It has everything to do with what I see as the ‘power behind the throne’.
The current Labour ‘support’ organisations have developed a nasty reputation for being misogynistic, vile bullies. Many would say this is undeserved, but I’ve seen this firsthand.
On a disability support group a fervent JC/Momentum suppporter was posting the usual memes about tory MPs voting for benefits cuts while claiming expenses. I’d add that none of the MPs expenses came close to McDonneell’s (who happens to employ Seb Corbyn but that’s beside the point). Anyway, ALL of the tory MPs singled out were women. The comments made about them were vile and misogynistic - everything that these ‘types’ of supporters are accused of in the right-wing press.
I made a comment about the language used and misogynistic tone of the comments. It was passed off with the excuse ‘it’s just becasue wer’re passionate about the murderers in the tory party - they deserve it’. They then turned on me. One ‘passionate JC supporter’ - I could name and shame but won’t - made some truly vile remarks. The moderators of the group were very slow to deal with it - citing the old ‘passions run high’ argument.
Every time this issue has been made to Labour leadership the response has been mealy-mouthed and woolly. Suspensions from party membership have been very late in happening. Whether its misogynistic remarks, anti-semitism or angry transactivism, it’s the same story.
Someone said earlier in this thread ‘it’s my opinion so there’ (or words to that effect). It is my opinion that hiding behind JC is a pretty nasty bunch of men. I spent a large part of my adult life living in Labour heartland in the coal mining communities in the North East, and I’ve seen too much of how some of these people operate. I cannot and will not support a party whose direction is so heavily influenced by them at present.
Like I said, just my opinion...