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Do you think Corbyn, Abbott and McDonnell are the best that Labour can do?[/QUOTE]
Sadly: yes.
The talent drought across politics is at critical levels IMO. There’s very very few MPs worth shit intellectually. McDonnell, as vile as he is, is one of the few with a thought out plan for a different economy that I can get behind, which puts him ahead of most. Abbott isn’t up to scratch, but no worse than half the Cabinet. If she was white and male she’d be Foriegn Secretary.
Corbyns a moron, but that’s not so important in a leader, he has a following and that is important. No one else in the party can energise people like him for whatever reason. I voted for him the first leadership election (though not the second) because in person against the blandness of Cooper and Burnham he shone. Very much a shiniest turd situation though.
There’s some talent on the back benches, I rate Umunna, Creasey, some of Kinnocks stuff. But there’s a lot of dross that just has better PR as well.
FWIW, everything I’ve said abou Labour goes double for the Tories. May isn’t a leader. Fox, Davis, Johnson, etc are not up to their jobs at all, any real talent in the Tory party is also currently sat on the back benches. Rees Mogg is just a righty wing Corbyn: dense but popular with some very dodgy views.