The Labour Party is on the cusp of reinvigorating itself and re-identifying with that part of the electorate which the party, under Keir Hardie in 1906 was formed to represent.
Listening to the other people who were on the ballot sheet, Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper, one felt the inertia, the same old, same old responses to the crisis which certain sections of society are experiencing, whilst the Tory party and its governance have been in power. There were no solutions forthcoming, no alternative policy only the tinkering around the edges which people who having no imagination are forced to respond.
For too long these people had been part of the New Labour project, a watered down alternative to full blown conservatism.
Society is in a mess. Not the people who are secure in their salaried, 'golden handshake' protected jobs but society at large, or at least the bulk of those who live and work doing a "job". The term Job is different from being part of management with a progressive plan to advance within an organisation. Doing a job is fulfilling a specific role, be it in low ranking administrative management, as techno skilled people in public administration, electricians plumbers motor mechanics, working as a clerk in an office, driving a bus or flipping hamburgers all these are jobs and have little or no longevity when seen from the Executives standpoint.
They have been encouraged to have the same or similar materialistic dreams as the boys and girls at the top but without the financial cushion that their salaries package bring.
Once upon a time, not too long ago, people in jobs recognised their vulnerability. They hadn't taken the bate of the marketing men and the facility of credit which the bankers were offering and recognised the importance of collective bargaining and union representation in dispute resolution.
People in jobs are waking up.
As landlords force up the cost of renting a roof under which to live, having missed the Sale that was on offer before the crash of 2007. The hours and employment structure and the assumption that employers had a responsibility towards its workforce, is a thing of the past and you are reminded that if you have a 'job' you better consider yourself fortunate irrespective of what the job entails.
Jeremy Corbyn is addressing those people with jobs ! His message is simple.
1. Re-emphasise the needs of society as a whole, what makes it work, what are the basic needs of the population with 'jobs'.
2. Specific Banks to be in the hands of the nation, not in the hands of the speculators.
Investment in affordable housing and the services they require, would be the priority of a national bank.
3. Essential services such as transportation and the utilities should be in the hands of the nation.
We have to find a way to take back from the Market the direction of investment in these essential services and place it back within the national need.
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