Why the Tories won

The electorate voted to leave the EU. The majority was greater than that of any party in Westminster. The Tory slogan was ‘Get Brexit done’. This appealed to those who voted for Brexit. It also appealed to those fed up to the back teeth with the whole bloody issue. 

The ‘leadership issue’ was Blairites who preferred a Tory victory to a victory for Corbyn. The disingenuous report issued by Miliband, an expert on losing elections, translate this as Corbyn’s leadership putting off the voters. They want to have it both ways. 

If there is to be a party of the working class in the UK it is clear that Labour is rapidly becoming a ‘second eleven’ for the bosses. Trade unionists need to seriously consider the need to break from the class compromisist position of Keir Starmer. 

James Connolly said that the working class is strongest when it matches under its own banner. That is a thought worth pondering.