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In reply to the discussion: Oh My! Boris Johnson rules himself out of Tory leadership race after Gove ditches him [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)although the right-wing in both parties AND the media will try to make it about that. It's about policies, policies that help the average person while not demonizing an oppressed subset of the population. If Corbyn comes out strongly on a class based, anti-austerity platform that encompasses everybody currently living and working in the UK, he's got a shot IMO. That is what the Labour Party was originally constituted to do after all, stand up for working people. It's a "back to basics" type of thing. As far as I can tell, he would be the ONLY candidate and Labour would be the ONLY party to have this platform. All the rest basically are going to support austerity in one form or another and to a greater or lesser degree.
BTW, I know this is from April, but here's a poll from Business Insider (certainly no socialist publication ) that shows Labour ahead with the general public in an election matchup.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-media-is-ignoring-the-fact-that-jeremy-corbyns-labour-is-pulling-ahead-in-the-polls-2016-4?r=UK&IR=T