There is a new dialogue in the halls of politics, a dialogue which is refreshing in that it talks about and tackles the issues that worry the ordinary people in this country.
It seems to me that all of a sudden the skeletons are coming out of the cupboard. Skeletons in the form of real socialistic principles which had been placed on a shelf as the Blairite's tinkered around the edges in questioning the Cameron government from their quasi conservative stance.
The issues on the table are the same but the way they are being discussed is new and refreshing and it's all due to a resilient backbencher, thrust into the limelight through what was deemed a clever move to show how democratic the Labour Party could be.
No trouble to the main leadership contestants, to their mind it was all a good idea to stimulate the parties social and economic coverage and would show how advanced the party had become to attract Middle England by acting as a contrast to "Old Labour"
Suddenly everything backfired and the appeal of Jeremy Corbyn simply swamped the other contestants. It wasn't the image thing which the experts maintained was vital, "a leader needs to be televisual or to have the image of an executive chairman".
Corbyn, is as far from these images as could be. He plays down the city image for the 'bloke next door' and as with the bloke next door you have tendency to believe him since you identify with him. He is no used-car dealer. You listen to what he says and you do not hear the 'party line' being recited ad-nauseam as you did with the other contestants.
There is new spring in the political step and it's so refreshing.
Whether it can last the 4 years to the next election is questionable but it might wake a few people up to consider the alternatives ?
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