Johnson on Jeremy
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Alan Johnson wrote a scathing letter about the behaviour of the Labour leader's office drying the EU referendum which explains d his reasons for backing the recent vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn.
“The lukewarm approach by Jeremy was bad enough but there is no doubt in my mind that at least three of his closest associates in the leader's office were actively undermining the party's efforts.
“They wanted Leave to succeed and at best Jeremy could not control them; at worst he was sympathetic to their views
“Either way his performance in the campaign was risible and a taster for what to expect in a general election.
“The fact that he refuses to take any responsibility whatsoever adds insult to injury.”
Mr Johnson also warned that Labour would suffer third consecutive election defeat if Corbyn stayed as leader.
"We in the Parliamentary Party have observed at first hand his woeful performances in the Commons, his inability to take responsibility, demonstrate leadership or give the slightest indication that he is capable of moving beyond meaningless platitudes.
“Anti-austerity is a slogan not a policy. To beat the Tories we need something more than Jeremy's conviction that the support he has amongst the membership, particularly those who joined to get him elected, will somehow translate to the public at large.
“We cannot go into another general election with an unpopular leader. We can't walk into a third consecutive election defeat.”
Now Johnson is a widely respected Labour MP, few people have a bad word to say about him, which is why his judgment on Corbyn is so powerful and devastating.
