Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Values’ And ‘Patriotism’ Under Fire As Labour Suffers Big Losses In Local Elections

by Guest Sat May 06, 2017 9:07 am

And in the crunch contest for the West Midlands Metro Mayoralty, the Tory candidate Andy Street - and former boss of John Lewis - won by just 4,000 votes out of an electorate of half a million. Defeated West Midlands Labour candidate Sion Simon blamed the result on the party leadership’s failure to connect with the “values” of its core voters in areas like Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Although he refused to name Corbyn directly, Simon made clear he meant the Labour leader and his team had let down its traditional supporters on key issues.
In his concession speech, he said:

“We can’t duck the reality of what we heard in the places we won on the streets of cities and towns like Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and Sandwell.
“Traditional working class voters, who we were born to serve, quite simply want to hear a clearer, stronger message about traditional values like patriotism, hard work and a defence of decency, law and order.”

On the BBC later, he added: “They don’t have confidence that we share their core values.”Our regional campaign was overshadowed by national political issues. “We should have been talking about transport and housing…but we ended up talking about defence, immigration and Brexit.

“And on those issues Labour voters in Labour areas were saying ‘we don’t feel confident you are strong enough in our traditional values’. That’s the lesson we need to learn and we need to learn it soon.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-corbyn-under-fire-sion-simon-west-midlands-metro-mayoralty-tory-victories_uk_590caf0fe4b0e7021e975a7f?utm_hp_ref=uk

by The Devil, You Know Sat May 06, 2017 9:20 pm

west Midlands dodged a bullet by not electing simon, he is a totally rotten egg as far as I can see.

should mp's and mep's or anyone else in public office be allowed to stand for a second office without resigning their original one first. I think that should make a worthwhile change in election law.

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Values’ And ‘Patriotism’ Under Fire As Labour Suffers Big Losses In Local Elections

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Values’ And ‘Patriotism’ Under Fire As Labour Suffers Big Losses In Local Elections

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