Labour’s endless internal rows leave it with little energy for real opposition | Helen Lewis
There is no shortage of attack lines ready to be deployed against the Tories, but infighting is sapping Labour’s energy for the fight
Perhaps it’s the heat. On Thursday night, a hashtag started to trend on Twitter: #WeAreCorbyn. Surveying the gelatinous tributes to the Labour leader, I experienced something strange: a grudging burst of respect for the prime minister.
There are few good things to say about Theresa May, but one of them is this: she doesn’t encourage her supporters to treat her like a baby bird with a broken wing. Jeremy Corbyn, by contrast, can feel like a victim perpetually in search of an oppressor. No one doubts that he has been subject to harsh, and sometimes unfair, criticism. But so has May. And no one is posting moist-eyed memes about her saintliness.
John McDonnell has signalled that he wants to do whatever is necessary to move on
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