WHAT is happening to make Labour voters say that they cannot support Jeremy Corbyn?

It is as if they are only willing to listen to the criticism. Why will they not listen to what he is saying or notice the things he does?

Perhaps everyone should have a good look at his commons voting record.

Jeremy has been in the commons for nearly 35 years, working tirelessly to try and improve conditions for working people. This is what the Labour Party was created for. (The clue is in the name.) And it has the support of the Trade Unions because it grew out of the Trade Union Movement which exists to protect the interests of people who work for a living against the minority who use their financial power to take advantage of workers.

What on earth is extreme about believing that wages should be high enough for people to be able to live on what they earn?

What is so extreme about suggesting that workers ought to have contracts that guarantee them a certain number of hours a week so that they know that they will finish the week with enough pay to cover all their outgoings?

What is extreme about wanting to change things so that everybody can afford a decent home to live in and wanting everyone to be comfortable in old age?

What is extreme about wanting all children and young people to have equal access to good quality education?

The notion that one or two of the children from the bottom of the heap might manage to drag themselves up to become better off than their parents has been enough to make huge numbers of us accept cruel levels of inequality against our better judgement.

And we have been so bewitched by the Tories’ silver tongues that when Jeremy Corbyn tells us what his fairer, more equal world looks like, huge numbers of people who claim to have once been Labour voters hurl abuse at him.

For our next Prime Minister we need to elect the person with the right policies. Let us look at Theresa May’s voting record. She voted for the ‘Bedroom Tax’ but against the ‘Mansion Tax’. As party leader, she refuses to tell us what some of her policies actually are, she contradicts herself and makes U turns, and allows Boris to make ridiculous statements that she has to refute.

A good leader is consistent, has conviction and cares. Jeremy Corbyn is all these things and, what is more, he has the courage of his convictions.

He has the courage to say, wait a minute, if using chemical weapons is a war crime then using nuclear weapons must also be a war crime so we need to sit down and have a serious talk about defence policy. Let’s give Jeremy Corbyn a bit more respect.

Rachel Mann

Leamington Spa