I'm not sure any politician is on the side of ordinary people. However for many the fear of Corbyn and McDonnell meant they either stayed away or voted Tory.

Johnson has no excuses he's been given the keys to the kingdom if he mucks up he only has himself to blame. My guess is that we will follow a steady as she goes middle of the road policy. Some will think he is not doing enough but the alternative was very radical and people got scared.

Most people want more money for the NHS and the police etc. However to pay for that you have to have a well run economy and I think most people didn't believe Labour could do that this.

Some of Labour's policies had traction but to sum up my feelings "too much too soon".

One more point

Ok...

At least since the mid-70s, assets as opposed to labour has determined your wealth. Thomas Picketty has written extensively on this: that across the world, governments have aided those who own property to simply accumulate wealth off that ownership to the point that they need not work on top of it.

They have helped do this through cutting top rates of tax, relaxing laws on property and selling off enormous parts of the state to create yet more assets for the wealthiest in society.

So those who have, have found it easier and easier to get richer. This has a negative result however. As their share of the pie has increased, those born without assets have seen theirs go down. Even if you work incredibly hard and try to do the right thing with your money, it has become harder for you to gain wealth as value is based in assets, which are getting more and more costly, and you don't have any. So the people who own property make money off you for, say, renting out a house or taking a loan, which you have to do, but these things which you are working for are making you poorer.

This is why we have seen such enormous levels of inequality blossom in that time. Why where I work in East London, there are now enough skyscrapers to rival Manhattan, yet I'm teaching kids underneath them who turn up without food or clean clothes.

What would Labour have done? Well they would've at least attempted to stem this tide. Raise things like corporation tax to levels similar to other G7 nations, use that money to invest in affordable social housing, and enhance legislation which stops individuals and companies from monopolizing areas of the economy. Would it have been enough? IMO they were fairly conservative commitments in the manifesto but of course anything like this is portrayed by the media as basically Communism so it didn't have the popular support it needed.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Corbin steps down ready for his next leadership role where a vacancy currently exists and certainly requires his much acclaimed expertise.....

Manager of Arsenal!!

I think you're onto something here.

- Islington north MP, local lad
- Anti-Semite, Spurs
- Unable to rally his supporters
- Tactically clueless

Seems a perfect fit

Well said! Definitely nothing worse than a working class Tory.

As an aside, why are so many football supporters right wing, often bordering on Fascism?

I'm saluting and clicking my heels whilst my Prince-nez have nearly fallen off with rage. I'm off to take it all out on some lowly untermenschen.

Red and Blue Army!