Ahead of the leadership election announcement a week from today, the following list was compiled by GQ magazine's George Chesterton. Originally entitled the "20 Most Annoying Things About The Labour Leadership Contest", this is inspired...
1. Boasting about how working class they are.
If they were really working class, they wouldn’t be standing for leadership of the Labour Party.
2. Admitting they took drugs when they were students.
Nobody cares if they smoked something in Amsterdam. And nobody cares if they didn’t, either.
3. Defending Jeremy Corbyn No1: "Jeremy inspired 300,000 people to join the Labour Party".
Perhaps, but does Labour really want to be the sloppy seconds of the Socialist Workers Party and the Stop The War Coalition?
4. "Labour will take action to tackle anti-Semitism in the party..."
...with an exciting new intake of MPs and party officials who have records of anti-Semitism.
5. Saying: "Tony Blair’s three victories don’t count because he wasn’t a proper socialist".
This is reason #173 why Labour is unelectable.
6. However, also saying: "We should be proud of Labour’s achievements under Tony Blair".
Make your mind up.
7. Defending Corbyn No2: "He smashed the post-war consensus".
No. Thatcher did that for the other team in 1979. Also, Corbyn lost. Twice.
8. "We will defend our NHS".
You can’t, because you lost. That’s why you need to win. Jesus.
9. Insisting it would be a shame if the new leader is not a woman.
True, but not if they are all unelectable (OK, Lisa Nandy is pretty good.)
10. "Labour won’t win anything by lurching to the right".
Labour didn’t win anything by lurching to the left.
11. Defending Corbyn No3: "Jeremy was attacked by the media more than any other politician in history".
Not unfairly.
12. "Labour will always believe in comprehensive education".
Except for the children of Labour MPs.
13. Maintaining that Len McCluskey has an important role to play in the leadership contest.
Dominic Cummings may stop laughing by 2021. May stop laughing.
14. Defending Corbyn No4: "Labour’s share of the vote in the 2017 general election was the largest since 1945".
Two words: Theresa May.
15. Hating on Tory voters.
Hate really isn’t a great look.
16. Claiming that "our policies were popular on the doorstep".
Allow us to refer you to the general election. And even if they were, doesn’t that make it worse?
17. Rating Jeremy Corbyn out of ten.
This is a totally pointless exercise, even if the answer is zero.
18. Saying they would stand up to Donald Trump.
They’ll never get the chance.
19. Defending Corbyn No5: "Jeremy’s legacy will last for generations".
Translation: Labour will be out of power for generations.
20. Richard Burgon.
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| Reason 20 - no explanation required |
