What Martin Amis thinks of Jeremy Corbyn

When Corbyn made the remark about the Tories being over-educated and underlearned he was talking about the front bench. He's right.

I have just been looking at the Living Wage Foundation website, because tomorrow is the day they produce the new living wage.

Next April Osborne is going to say that the national living wage is £7.20.
£7.20 was the London Living Wage in 2007.
£7.20 was the UK Living Wage in 2011.
What's clever about making a mockery of the Living Wage for all those people who rely on it?
Osborne's Living Wage is not a living wage because people on it will still need benefits.

The Oldham West constituency has a large ethnic minority grouping. Ukip were second to Michael Meacher who had a majority of over 14,000.
I cannot see Labour losing the seat.

Amis is a bitter, damaged person ,he was at one time on the far right in politics , no idea where he stands now and doubt he does

Alan Bennett likes Corbyn. I'd like to know what he thinks of Amis's comments. He also thinks there's a lot of fuss about the national anthem; he reckons most of the royals do not sing it, and probably do not know the words.
He is also worried about the Tories having "quite close to a totalitarian attitude".

' I'd like to know what he thinks of Amis's comments'....I think I can guess the answer to that . By the way, on the subject of Alan Bennet, is anyone going to see 'The Lady in the Van'? It looks wonderful. I still don't think that Labour are electable with Corbyn as their leader but what he is doing is somehow showing people just what politics and politicians has become over the years and, thankfully a lot of people are seeing it too. Hopefully someone will come along that combines electability [is that a proper word?] with princliples, having realised that people can respect that in a politician.

...or even principles ....

Alan Bennett said exactly that, Tegan. Labour elected Corbyn to go back to its roots and not be a pale imitation of the Conservatives.
He says Corbyn is right about renationalising the railways, and about the NHS. Everything that Corbyn talked about resonated with him, unlike the other candidaters who had stopped talking about the things that mattered.
He wasn't elected for having a degree, but for connecting with the ordinary voter, so what Amis says about him does not matter.

'Quite close to Totalitarian'

Hardly, yet!

I do not consider the UK to have ever been run as a 'totalitarian' state given the example is Natzi Germany or Communist countries.

A country does have a government which simply has to govern and that means dealing with it's finances, defence etc. but thus far I have not witnessed the UK is anything like a totalitarian state.

Nanny State at times , yes.

Wouldn't it be obvious Bennett would hold those views, after all his views are widely known and he has never fought shy of expressing his left wing politics has he.

Tegan, I guess Alan Bennett thinks the same about this idiot.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/02/labour-is-in-the-shit-tristram-hunt

"Quite close to a totalitarian attitude" is different from saying it is run as a totalitarian state.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/03/sean-bean-jeremy-corbyn-game-of-thrones-labour-_n_8458782.html

Sean Bean likes Jeremy Corbyn.

I don't care who does or doesn't like Corbyn. What's it got to do with his ability to run the country?

Why is Tristram Hunt an idiot?. Could it be his name?

Sean Bean, Alan Bennett? Why does it matter what these champagne socialists think, as whoever is in power it's hardly going to affect their standard of living one way or the other!!

I guess because Sean Bean [and probably Alan Bennett] were brought up as working class children and understand what it's like not to be absolutely loaded. Just because they're successful at what they do doesn't mean that they can't have an opinion on political issues. Should Bob Dylan have stopped writing protest songs as soon as he became famous even though he still had the same beliefs; ditto Billy Bragg. Isn't it inverse snobbery to say that their views aren't valid ? I have to agree about Tristram Hunt though .

I guess because Sean Bean [and probably Alan Bennett] were brought up as working class children and understand what it's like not to be absolutely loaded. Just because they're successful at what they do doesn't mean that they can't have an opinion on political issues.

Lots of us were brought up as working class children and lots of us are not absolutely loaded now either! Just because they're rich and successful doesn't mean that the rest of us have the slightest bit of interest in what their opinions on political issues are nowthough .

I am sure their views are perfectly valid to themselves but of no interest to me whatsoever.

Oh dear, poor Tristram, should have changed his name to Terry or Tom
(however, people would still refer to him as Tristram just to be childish annoying)

The pathetic attempt at mocking people who have been sucessful but still care for those less affluent as champagne socialists amuses me greatly, seems people can't drink champagne and care for the welfare of the vulnerable, how pathetic.

I loved John Mortimers reply when being called a champagne socialist , - yes I enjoy champagne but being a socialist I want it for all,

Here are some more famous Corbyn supporters: Daniel Radcliffe, Charlotte Church, Russell Brand - what!! Russell Brand? Kiss of death there then...

I like champagne too
(wish I could afford it every day! )

Why on earth does it matter who 'likes' him? Why on earth does it matter who doesn't like him?

And if by 'likes', you mean 'agrees with his political views' why don't you say so, durhamjen instead of making it sound like a playground popularity contest?

Or at all!

yes, it does smack of the playground.

For what it's worth, I am far more interested in what other Gransnetters of all political persuasions think of Jeremy Corbyn than what any celebrity thinks of him (or thinks of anything come to that).

Plus David Tennant, Stephen Hawkins, J K Rowling, Alan Davies, Delia Smith, Frank Skinner, Tony Robson, Stephen Fry, Richard Wilson, and Russell Brand

But to keep it balanced the Tories have Jim Davidson, what a hoot he was at that Tory conference when he spoke of knocking a walking stick out of the hand of a disabled person, oh how they laughed. Then there's Paul Daniels, Simon Cowell, Antonthy Warrall Thompson, John McCririck ,