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fwdpropaganda | 7 years ago

For our American friends, this is like finding that the Democrats screwed over Bernie Sanders during the election campaign. Sounds familiar?

There's a difference, which is that here Corbyn actually became the Labour party leader. However despite that he's still portrayed as an outsider by the establishment and the media.

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untog|7 years ago

The two situations really aren't that similar at all. You don't have to make everything into an opportunity to bring up the 2016 election all over again.

nextstep|7 years ago

You’re right, the difference was that Labour was unable to prevent Corbyn from becoming the party leader, while the DNC was already decided on anointing Hillary regardless of her actual popularity or electability and was able to prevent all opposition.

rashkov|7 years ago

I think this is more like finding out that the republicans screwed over Donald Trump. There's a strong case to be made for Corbyn being in the mold of Trump, but from the left instead of the right.

rashkov|7 years ago

I would love to find out why I am being downvoted but the parent isn't. My post is no more uncivil or substantive than by the one by "fwdpropaganda".

ryanobjc|7 years ago

This is very different.

In the American case, private emails in the dnc were talking about preferences of officials. Don’t forget that Bernie Sanders isn’t even a Democrat! So the officials had a preference for a Democrat to win, whatever.

No one has pointed to actual harm caused. Ultimately Bernie lost in the primaries even before the super delegates kicked in. Probably didn’t help he didn’t campaign in the south which is a requirement for winning.

Bernie lost fair and square and no one has alleged specific wrong doing. Just vague “but emails” - this is worse than circumstantial evidence.

So yeah I’d say a far reaching ad campaign to deceive is not at all the same.