Not at all. While the right-wing was initally filled with glee at the prospect of a Corbyn victory they have now begun to panic as it seems jc is very popular with the public. Now, weather you think that that is because he is selling them pie in the sky or because he presents a viable alternative to austerity is beside the point, he is very popular with joe public. In a scenario where he was leader the debate about if austerity is needed would be back on the table and this is what the tories don't want. They were overjoyed with labours acceptance of austerity as essential because it allowed the centreground to be moved to the right where the tories are confident that they have the upper hand. Moving the whole debate back to the left and shifting the centre ground is not what the tories want, especially when come the next GE cameron will have been in power and making cuts for a number of years. Again, regardless if you think that austerity is essential or not it is clear that the tories would rather go into the next election fighting a party that has already accepted the cuts as unavoidable. Thus the media has progressed from amusement at the prospect of a jc victory to outright panic. Will this help or hinder jc's campaign? We shall see.......

Please see above post. I would add that i don't disagree that panic has gripped some members of the labour parlimentary party who see their chances of slipping into a tory-lite government and then retiring with a cosy back-hander from big business are disappearing. Funnily enough though the more they bitch the more popular jc becomes. You can tell that the right-wing media is begining to panic by the progression from light barbs to full-on insults that they are now begining to use and by the amount of articles they are writing to demonise him. Again though, the more they write the more popular he gets.

What are the main ways in which Labour have "shafted" the working man?

The figures released by the ONS this morning show that net migration rose to 298,000 in the year to September 2014, an increase of 88,000 compared to the previous 12 months. In other words, the level is now nearly three times the Tories' target of "tens of thousands" (of which David Cameron declared in 2010: "If we don't deliver our side of the bargain, kick us out in five years". Worse, net migration is now higher than when the government took office, meaning that the Conservatives can't even boast that the trend is downwards.

Thought you might find this interesting. Immigration worse under Tories than under Labour.

Red and Blue Army!

Labour started the ball rolling though. The Tories are too spineless to do anything about it. There needs to be a complete ban on immigration, then they need to deport the people who are here who shouldn't be, but of course this won't happen, it'll just keep climbing. It's a God dam invasion.

Thanks for a very up front answer.No,I get it,Your view is that labour have betrayed the working man by supporting the welfare state and having "diversity" as their number one priority.

Interesting.

Edited by legaleagle (01 Aug 2015 7.20pm)