I hope I will not be accused of being the 'forum poluce' or indeed upset you but--
There is a thread that is currently running on this subject and I know this is a personal thought but I wish you had posted your view on that thread rather than starting 'another' thread on the same subject.
All that happens is to join in we have to repeat the same point and it will turn into the boring repetition of the Brexit/Tory threads that repeat and repeat the same posts.
I think a lot of Labour voters are ignorant about Momentum, ( not ignorant in an insulting way) just that they don’t realise what those at the top of Momentum are like. I sometimes think that the UK does need the wake up call of a Labour Government led by those two Marxists Corbyn and McDonnell, let them borrow until they ruin the economy with their follies, and then we can get back to normal Conservative and Labour Governments. The worry is though, that we need time to get on track after we leave the EU.
But it is unreasonable to suggest ignorance in those with whom you disagree.
Are the other lot any better? - Johnson, Gove and crew. They give lip service to social equality and cohesion then just proceed to feather their own nests.
Isn't it fair that if Momentum has a stranglehold on Labour that the Progress group within the party tries to strike a balance? Just saying. (I disliked the Blair years.)
Corbyn and co are only interested in votes for power, they promise much for the young, it worked for Clegg but then brought about his and his party's demise, same will happen to the Labour Party, Corbyn and Co are not Labour , they are militants who now hope to bring their far left beliefs to power, they tried in 1983 and failed badly . Vote for Corbyn is a vote for communism
"The kindest explanation is that Labour members don’t know who they are following."
Anyone else read this article in the Guardian? I know many of us are concerned about the affect of the aggressive far left and Momentum's part in the Labour Party in recent years. Many people have turned away from Labour, whilst many (especially the young) have signed up for membership. Do they fully understand what's going on within the party and why moderate Labour MPs have not supported Corbyn and co?
Nick Cohen writes "Watching them (supporters) run towards John McDonnell, Seumas Milne and Andrew Murray is like watching lambs flock to wolves. They shouldn’t be on the same planet, let alone belong to the same party."
Kate Forrester writing in the Huffington Post suggests it might be that Labour as the party stands has to win an election before the light will dawn on some followers. "Corbyn and Momentum have to be able to crash the bus and have their fingerprints all over the steering wheel." before people will wake up and see what's happening.
"Labour MP John Spellar told a recent gathering of moderate MPs and activists in Parliament that Momentum - the campaign group behind Corbyn - was staging an “attack on social democracy”.
He added: “One of the things we have to be absolutely clear about with Momentum is winning an election is not their first priority. Control of the party is their fundamental ideological objective.”