Class war returns

MANy have expressed the view that the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the opposition means the end of Labour and that the party will take years to form an electable force in UK politics — but they are wrong. Corbyn’s election means the resurgence of the party and will allow those who feel excluded from our society to express their anger.

For years, the Left hasn’t been able to express its old loathing of those perceived as having some unfair advantage — Tories, property owners, those in the professions, the Royal Family, the military and many more.

This class hatred is obvious in the words of politicians and union leaders who feel their time may have come.

Around 35 per cent of the electorate regularly vote against the status quo, while the same number, give or take a few, vote for it. This leaves a substantial proportion who either can’t be bothered or who actively reject participation because it gets them nowhere.

Now those people have a focus for their feelings. Those who might be regarded as the disaffected, together with those who usually vote Labour, can now form a majority of the electorate.

The possibility of radical change, with the elimination of those features of our society which are so hated, might attract many people, and it’s foolish to imagine that this group will self-destruct.

Can the Right do anything to prevent the lunatics taking over the asylum? yes: bread and circuses, it worked before and it will work again.

MICHAEL GAILER, Pirbright, Surrey.