[Lastodon]

From my memory what mainly lost his backing from the general public was the horrendous antics of Dianne Abbot and her place at the front bench of the labour government. Everything that woman said and did leeched coherence and unity from the shadow government.

[pjc50]

Such as?

(Abbot is the most maligned person in UK politics; I believe someone did a survey of all hate mail (or email?) sent to the House of Commons, and found that a whole third of it was for her alone. I would simply not trust media-informed views of her, unfortunately)

[Lolaccount]

I'm not a fan of Abbot, but it's ridiculous to pin what happened on one person. Get a grip.