Is Dan Jarvis really "seen as the leader the Tories
fear most" (Saturday interview,09/01/16)? Even a "former major who has fought in
several war zones" has to have policies and ideas more likely to appeal to an
electorate clearly fed up with, as Jarvis himself said, "more of the same".
It is precisely because Corbyn "represents
something quite different" that he is being attacked so viciously by the
right-wing press; his proposals would actually transform our society. Why are
the Tories so intent on reducing the franchise, with their individual
registration requirements which will affect non-Tory voters principally, if they
do not see Corbyn`s Labour as a real threat? Why are they openly attacking what
Cameron calls a "core British value", democracy, with their constituency
boundary changes, and reductions in "short money" to rival parties, when the
Opposition is so "unelectable"?
The answer is obvious, and it`s clear from the
interview that Jarvis is beginning to realise that a Labour party under the
leadership of Jeremy Cobyn has a real opportunity to "renew itself", and win in
2020.
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