OPINION: The UK's toxic choice: a leader who won't show up or one who can't decide
It has proved much harder for Corbyn to sell an earnest message of hope in the cold and dark days of the British winter.of vast spending on public services, many of which he wants to see returned to state ownership, has lost the novelty that served him so well in the 2017 election.
Corbyn, now more of a known quantity, has run a lacklustre campaign with a cascade of big spending promises, and an inability to demonstrate any clarity ofFor all that people may not be happy with Johnson and his disrespect for the institutions required in any liberal democracy, they at least understand his position on the European Union.
Corbyn, on the other hand, is like the person who aspires to be captain of the ship, but as the iceberg gets ever closer, can give no direction to the crew on where to steer. Like a distracted bearded dreamer, Corbyn stands on the bridge more comfortable reminding everyone of his abstract position on the relationship between steel hulls; prevailing winds and currents and the rigidity of ice.Despite aspiring to national leadership, against the European project from the start of his political career yet leading a political party whose MPs and members are strongly in favour of remain, Corbyn continues to equivocate.
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