[lbo-talk] On leadership

[Marv Gandall]

Ronan Bennett has a good piece in Friday’s Guardian on what constitutes leadership, with direct reference to Jeremy Corbyn - vilified by his enemies in the Labour Party and the media as a “weak leader” as against careerist preppies like Blair and Cameron, hailed as tough-minded for launching attacks against the poor and powerless at home and abroad. 

Bennett is himself an interesting figure: ex-Provisional IRA who was jailed in Long Kesh, got a Phd in history. was briefly a researcher for Corbyn, and is now an internationally acclaimed novelist. 

Here’s the link:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/16/jeremy-corbyn-leadership-david-cameron-libya-labour <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/16/jeremy-corbyn-leadership-david-cameron-libya-labour>