John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS
"As U.K. election poll predicts Conservative majority, Labour can't shake its most vexing problem: its leader"
The last thing the world needs is another Donald Trump, which is precisely what Britain has in Boris Johnson.
In almost every detail, only excepting an Eton accent.
This is a dangerous man. Britain will deeply regret his election, both in terms of the effects of BREXIT and of his readiness to put almost everything British (including the National Health Service) on the negotiating table with Trump for a big British-American trade deal to replace the EU.
His views on everything from migrants to military adventures are right in line with Trump's.
Jeremy Corbyn is a decent and thoughtful and fair-minded man on the whole - a fairly rare thing in Western national politics.
But he has been under relentless, well-organized attacks from special interests since his first days as leader.
Those who do not keep up with the British press may not appreciate the extent of the effort, but it has been like nothing I've seen before, often resembling the worst days of America's McCarthy era.
