Corbyn to hold 'top 10' rally as Burnham and Cooper scramble for support

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Jeremy Corbyn is to set out his 10 priorities should he win the Labour leadership race, with the party regaining support in Scotland at the top of his list, as Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper scramble to convince MPs that they are the candidate to prevent his victory.

On Friday, the day the first ballot papers are sent out, Corbyn will hold a rally in Glasgow to outline his plan, entitled Standing to Deliver, saying it is a commitment to “a new kind of politics: a fairer, kinder Britain based on innovation, decent jobs and decent public services”.

It will include opposing austerity, a lower welfare bill without cuts, action on climate change, public ownership of the railways and energy sector, rent controls, no more illegal wars, and an end to privatisation of the NHS.

Corbyn faced the first detailed critique of his policies from a rival candidate when Cooper said on Thursday that it was a false promise that he could re-open coal mines, and it was not credible to fund an infrastructure investment programme through quantitative easing.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/13/jeremy-corbyn-top-10-rally-labour-burnham-cooper-scramble-support

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This appears to be turning into a "soul of the Party" election...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Jeremy Corbyn should win

I remember Jeremy Corbyn from the good old days of the Labour Party. The Blairites however are scrambling to push their insipid candidate forward to maintain Conservative-lite in the Labour Party and the Conservatives' privatization strategy. Corbyn is a formidable character, a populist who will bring the Labour Party to victory in the UK.

[brooklynite]

2. FWIW, the liberal Guardian is endorsing Cooper.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Liberal Democrats?

Cooper is much of the same - she could easily be a Liberal Democrat. Jeremy is a socialist - what the Labour Party should be.

[T_i_B]

4. I don't think Corbyn is a "formidable character"

But he is offering positive policy ideas, expressed clearly and simply.

Compare that to the endless negativity and waffle from the other three and it's easy to see why he's become the frontrunner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33921047

Labour's moderate wing has well and truly lost it's way.

[Recursion]

5. Because the generation formed in the dark days of the 80s is retiring

Cycle of life. Similar in a lot of ways to what our party is going through: the leadership that came of age in an era of double-digit losses is passing.

[T_i_B]

6. I have serious concerns with the current crop of Labour politicians

We are seeing too many career politicians who've been fast tracked into senior positions in the party. Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall are all part of this. The current crop of senior Labour politicians are pretty dreadful. They display little to no independent thinking, and no beliefs or principles other than a belief in power for it's own sake. No passion or positivity either

People need a change from the weak leadership displayed by Labour under Ed Miliband. And what we have on offer at the moment is very unsatisfactory.