Correspondence.

AuthorCornelius, Roger
PositionLetter to the editor

Sir,

I read your Review with great interest as it usually provides independent and thought-provoking coverage of world affairs. I was rather concerned by the article on Jeremy Corbyn by Rita Ricketts, however (vol 41, no 1). Whilst appreciating most of the article as providing an alternative view on Mr Corbyn's election compared to most of the UK media I was dismayed to read her last paragraph, which was so obviously factually incorrect that it made me doubt the value to be placed on the rest of the review. Jeremy Corbyn set up the 'Momentum' group himself after becoming leader with the specific aim of promoting his own views within the Labour Party, which very definitely include an antiausterity approach to the economy and which are definitely not for going along with Chancellor Osborne's austerity programme! He will have no difficulty whatsoever with Momentum, which is comprised mainly of Labour members outside of Parliament and supports him to the hilt! His difficulties are with many Labour MPs who disagree with his very radical views on most things. I do think this fundamental misunderstanding on Ms Ricketts's part casts considerable doubt on the validity (or perhaps bias) in the rest of the article.

ROGER CORNELIUS

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Rita Ricketts responds: There is no misunderstanding; Corbyn's Achilles Heel will indeed, as I argued, be the Parliamentary Labour...

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