COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOHN RENTOUL IN THE INDEPENDENT
“Jeremy Corbyn is a
right-wing Red Tory who offers no alternative to the Government”
And, John Rentoul, if anyone really wants a political
columnist with something to say, he or she will have to read someone else.
Truly, this man dreams up words to fill space.
I won't, but I easily could, write an essay about how naive
and lacking in political understanding this piece is.
I'll only say this. In real politics, most voters do not
vote for programs or platforms. To think that they do is so outdated, it is
Victorian. It is actually childish.
Any modern election is about whom you can trust with the
nation's future, at least in the short term.
In American elections, they spend so much money - Hillary
spent about $ 1,200,000,000 - that all sense of a candidate is fogged over with
pre-packaged imagery and stage sets and fake claims and idiotic sound bites -
all making it very hard to even know the people.
America has been said to have the best government money can
buy, and that is completely accurate.
At least in Britain, it still means something to be out on
the hustings.
I'm sure people can sense Corbyn is about as decent and
honest as national politicians go. Not perfect. Not telling us his every
thought. But decent.
