'No other candidate has a single memorable political idea - beyond idea of themselves as leader'

[kpete]

Wow, this rings a bell for ME:

At long last, the left is asking itself whether power without principle is worth having.

The big problem with Corbyn is that he throws the collapsed vacuum of mainstream Labour rhetoric into sharp relief. None of the other three leadership candidates has a single memorable political idea beyond the idea of themselves as leader. The anointed heirs of New Labour appear to believe in nothing apart from their right to rule – and they seem agnostic about even that, given the invertebrates they have put up against the Corbyn threat.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/08/what-corbyn-moment-means-left

[hifiguy]

1. Hmm, Corbyn reminds me of someone,

but I just can't think of who.....

[kpete]

3. actually

I am MORE reminded about all the rest - over the years EVERYWHERE who:

believe in nothing apart from their right to rule

[cantbeserious]

2. Hmm, Wonder Who That Might Apply To - Either Right Or Left

eom

[starroute]

4. Another excellent article by Laurie Penny

If you don't know her name, you should. Almost everything she does is worth reading. I first became aware of her when she was over here in the US reporting on OWS and mainly using the name Penny Red.

http://laurie-penny.com/

Laurie Penny is a journalist, feminist, geek and author of five books including Unspeakable Things (Bloomsbury 2014), Cybersexism (Bloomsbury 2013) and Meat Market (Zer0 2011). Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Contributing Editor at New Statesman. Writes and speaks on social justice, pop culture, gender issues and digital politics for The Guardian, The New York Times, Vice, Salon, The Nation, The New Inquiry and many more.

[tblue37]

5. KnR. nt