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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by foldr on Monday November 10, 2025 @07:15AM (#45875206)
Neither was Jeremy Corbyn, but he would have been Prime Minister if enough people had voted for him. Say what you will about him (I am not a fan), but he is not “establishment approved”.
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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by coldtea on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @04:51AM (#45885691)
That's why he "didn't pass all the tests" and was undermined both by the media and by his own parties, and various establishment interests.
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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by foldr on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @06:46AM (#45886266)
You said:

> because people were only given a couple of establishment approved choices

Unless you think Jeremy Corbyn was establishment approved (!), this is clearly not true.

I’m not really sure what to make of your latest comment. Is your preferred world one where the media never criticize your favored politicians and the left wing of the Labour Party ruthlessly crushes internal dissent? If that’s what it would have taken to make Corbyn Prime Minister, then count me out.

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