Corbyn treated unfairly by media
IN THE general “let’s attack Corbyn” mood that exists in most mainstream media outlets, unhelpful facts have given way to a dominating theme, whereby the ability of Corbyn to be elected as Prime Minister has become obfuscated by a mendacious plot that chooses to deny what has happened in the recent past.
These attacks are similar to those previously inflicted upon Michael Foot, who also chose to be not a be a sheep and follow perceived perceptions.
Tony Blair was elected to power in 1997 on a vague promise of a change from existing Tory policies. In order to bring about this he elicited the approval of persons such as Murdoch and other media magnates. In so doing, any concept of change was doomed. While he would implement some policies that would be of benefit to specific groups, overall, nothing would change for working class people. Indeed, the Labour vote in what had hitherto been solid areas, disintegrated; namely Scotland, northern England and the English Midlands. It is only in Wales that his vote did not altogether wither.
It is an undeniable fact that throughout the Blair/ Brown tenure as leaders of Labour that conditions for the working classes deteriorated while those of the elite grew. This was evident in the financial sector, where restrictions were removed in order to facilitate even more huge profits for these organisations.
Margaret Thatcher had set in motion policies that destroyed the manufacturing industry and enabled entrepreneurs to close their businesses here and set up in whichever country offered them the cheapest labour. Under Blair/Brown these policies of exploitation were continued.
Where previously young people could leave school to either choose further education or join the workforce through an apprenticeship, throughout the Thatcher/ Blair/Brown era, these opportunities were denied our young people. Thus we entered the era of zero-hour contracts. We would have regular news broadcasts all telling the same story, as to how unemployment was falling, but never informing us as to the form of employment the majority endured. Poverty both in work and without became a daily fact of life for working-class Britain.
Eventually the people of Britain had enough of this obfuscation and in 2010 a coalition government replaced Brown, who spent many hours selling his very soul in order to cling to the vestiges of power.
Then came Cameron/ Clegg; Cameron/Brexit/ May. Party membership in all main political parties was falling as the population failed to distinguish any policy difference between the Tories and Labour.
Scotland was lost to Labour and has been reduced to a sideshow; again only here in Wales do Labour cling to power, although we have the spectacle of Ukip littering Assembly seats.
Thus Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Labour leader by an overwhelming majority of the membership and yet the mainstream media have set in place a predetermined policy to undermine any changes he has sought to enact that might improve the lot of the working classes.
They seek only the status quo whereby austerity is the norm, the rich get richer and the poor remain in abject poverty, beholden to their “masters”.