Expose the Lib Dems

Your editorial rightly states that the "Tory tactic is to make this election exclusively about Brexit is shared with the Lib Dems", but isn`t that because neither party has anything else to offer "Morning Star, 12/11/19)? They can hardly tell the voters to look back at their records over the last ten years!

   Labour`s leadership team has made an error of judgement on this. Support should have been given to Jo Swinson over her complaints about not being included in some of the televised election debates. Had Corbyn spoken out immediately on her behalf, he could have appealed to all those who think her badly treated, and scored valuable electoral points, supporting the right of his opponents to a democratic voice, and such like.

    The sad truth is that Labour will lose many votes to the Lib Dems in the election, so the more important reason for getting their leader in a TV debate is that Corbyn can take the opportunity to expose her past voting record, her involvement with the callous austerity measures of the Tories, and her support for zero hours contracts. The more voters know about her political views the better! Can she explain, for example,  why she thinks "caution" is needed before an increase to the minimum wage is granted, or why she is opposed to forcing companies to reveal their gender pay quotas? 

     Winning the election is the top priority for Labour; it cannot afford simply to rely on the popularity of its policies, and has to take every opportunity to expose all weaknesses in the opposition!