Phil Wilson, the Labour candidate who succeeded Tony Blair in Sedgefield summed it up when he said "the party's leadership went down like a lead balloon on the doorstep."
Supporting arguments · 4
- Support for Irish RepublicansCorbyn's support for the Irish Republican cause went down horrendously on doorsteps.
- Didn't appeal to working class votersCorbyn, as a middle-class Londoner, couldn't connect to the working-class Labour voters in the North of England.
- Couldn't be trusted on national securityJeremy Corbyn repeatedly demonstrated that he could not be trusted to protect British national security interests.
- Weak on anti-SemitismAllegations of anti-Semitism have been rampant in the Labour party for the last three years. Corbyn was ineffective at stamping anti-Semitism out of the party.