If you look at the background and history of Corbyn and McDonnell their entire careers have been about overthrowing capitalism. They’re trying hard to hide some of their past and to appear way more moderate than they truly are. McDonnell is very good at this, he looks like your friendly reasonable local bank manager at the moment rather then the hate filled extremist he truly is. Make no mistake there’s a terrifying shadow manifesto here that’s intended to lead to some form of communism. If they do get into power that’s the culmination of their lifetime ambition and make no mistake they will implement some very extreme stuff, there’s no way they’re going soft if their one chance comes.
The hard left now owns most of the decision making parts of the Labour Party and as they continue deselection then if they ever did come to power with a majority and we’re outside of the E.U. then there’s nothing to stop them implementing hard left policies, draconian asset grabs, taxation/nationalisation which is really confiscation, ballooning public spending and debt, etc etc etc.....
Putting Corbyn and McDonnell into power actually scares the life out of me. Corbyn does not have the intellect to do the job and the number of times I have seen McDonell’s mask slip is concerning - he comes across to me as if his primary objective is to punish the rich whatever the cost rather than help the poor. Momentum’s grasp of the Labour party and the purges going on at the grass roots of the Labour party are also ringing alarm bells. I fear that, once in power, Corbyn would be ousted as leader as soon as momentum could manage it and the true face of McDonnell et al would emerge. The result would make the the 70’s catastrophe look like a walk in the park.
Unfortunately, the current Tory administration is a complete shower of s
te but do seem a lot less dangerous if completely inept in parts (did someone mention Grayling?) and, hopefully, can be recalibrated under a decent leader - if one emerges!
The centre ground does not have a champion at the moment and if the Liberal Democrats can’t make progress in the current political climate then there is no hope for them whatsoever.
This is a long winded way of saying that politics in this country has never been so woeful and it is difficult to see how it will improve in the near term but the current Labour party is, IMHO, not the way to go.