Editor’s Note.

Columns One of the many problems for Jeremy Corbyn was that he was never able to convince his own MPs that he was the right man to lead the Labour Party. It's true that many Labour MPs were from the beginning set on "bombing him out" of office, as the MP Jon Cruddas, who was no Corbynite but believe...

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Publicado en:New Statesman Vol. 149; no. 5520; pp. 7 - 8
Autor principal: Cowley, Jason
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Publicado: New Statesman Ltd. 5/15/2020
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Sumario:Columns One of the many problems for Jeremy Corbyn was that he was never able to convince his own MPs that he was the right man to lead the Labour Party. It's true that many Labour MPs were from the beginning set on "bombing him out" of office, as the MP Jon Cruddas, who was no Corbynite but believed Corbyn deserved a fair chance, once put it to me. But Johnson's fist-clenched performance and ambiguous phrase-making merely deepened the confusion: the broadcast was condemned by business and education leaders, trade associations and trades unions.