Okay, it's Labour's party political broadcast:
I perhaps wouldn't have included the Saudi prisons issue on the grounds it's not particularly well-known among the public, but the rest of it was fine. It was clear, set out an alternative to what the government's doing, focused on matters of everyday concern, and did a good job of positioning Jeremy as a man with a coherent view and obvious sense of direction. As a Corbyn sceptic, I thought it was very good.
Thoughts?
"I perhaps wouldn't have included the Saudi prisons issue on the grounds it's not particularly well-known among the public"
ReplyDeleteMy god, you are wretched.
Or just aware of what people know and don't know. But still, as you were.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's not about Saudi prisons, its about Saudis, and I think more people are aware of them than you may think.
ReplyDeleteThe trouble is that it is a reminder of what is wrong and what could be right, only won't be.
I would have kept the reference but added a couple more words; I agree that the prison deal isn't already common knowledge, but I think it's actually a good example of Labour changing the agenda.
ReplyDeleteI'm not the target audience, but I thought it was pretty good too - inspiring in a solid, realistic way, as Labour should be. (By the end I was wishing he'd stand up straight, though.)
It's a thousand times better than the Scottish Labour one that was on TV this week
ReplyDeleteAs a liberal, I won't be supporting Jezza, but I applaud his challenge to the Islamic State of Saudi Arabia. Doesn't it beggar belief that Dave arms people who commit atrocities in this way, there's no strategic or moral ground for supporting them but apparently the Islamic State of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State of Turkey can strut around doing whatever the hell they want and Dave will be there to underwrite them.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm the terrorist sympathiser for pointing out that Dave's "strategy" won't work unless he stops acting at the behest of people that I'd love to hear another word for than terrorist.
But then, the issue of the Gulf Islamic States has also been taken up by Tim Farron, hasn't it?
In Jeremy we trust.
ReplyDeleteApart from the bit about...
Jeremy should have mentioned the importance of sitting down to talk with our comrades in ISIS to negotiate with them and find a way round their policies of aid worker beheading, Yazidi women enslaving, gay men killing, child crucifying, pre-pubescent girls raping, French people massacring, disabled Californians massacring and English people massacring.
ReplyDeleteBut Jeremy didn't say anything about Britain or the US negotiating with IS, did he?
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