Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on stage at the Glastonbury Hate Fest is not summertime back-slapping. It is much more.
Remember that it was Jeremy Corbyn who built a Trump-style populist base only to be kicked out of the nest by Cuckoo Starmer. Before Corbyn, Labour had approximately 194,000 members, a historic low. By the end of Corbyn’s tenure as leader in 2020, Labour had in excess of 500,000 members. In short, he connected to a radical base. Under Starmer, that membership has plunged to around 300,000.
Why? Well, the base is furious with Starmer.
And Corbyn will feel hugely aggrieved at having built a base that was snatched off him. All the Corbyn base priorities - cost of living, welfare and Middle East - are snubbed by Starmer. Globalist Starmer has other priorities
There is talk of a breakaway Leftist movement. Could this happen?
George Galloway's Workers' Party is too socially conservative for many Labour voters (he is not keen on trans or abortion).
Corbyn is OK with those things.
Corbyn is also an MP.
Corbyn's Glastonbury appearance is clear political brand building.
At a reent political event, Corbyn said:
I hear the call for a new political party. I fully understand that, and that political party needs to be well-informed and effective. One that gives out a central message of peace, of justice, of equality, of diversity within our society…
It may well be a precursor to the 2026 Welsh elections, after which, with Starmer expected to lose badly, Corbyn, currently independent, may try to woo away sitting Labour MPs and definitely Labour voters. There will be fury against Starmer in Wales and this perfectly suits the Corbyn agenda.
It is Corbyn who built the voter base in the first place.
And on these things: cost of living, welfare and Middle East, the Labour vote is on the same page as Corbyn, not Starmer.
It will be an easy sell to that base.
The Establishment will not want to see the Labour party and Tory party implode at the same time.
They really won't like a Corbyn party. But that’s what they might end up getting.
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Corbyn is well, just Corbyn but he was no match for the duplicity of Starmer. Remember those 10 pledges he was elected Labour on? Neither does Starmer…
If it comes to pass, hopefully it will split the left vote and keep both factions from power. They've done quite enough damage