The Labour Party's patriotism problem goes back much further than Jeremy Corbyn

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'Until the Left can learn to like its own country, it stands very little chance of winning another election'

The smarter Labour MPs are on a mission at the moment. Not a lecture tour, but a listening tour. Just before Christmas Lisa Nandy was in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, to hear why people in this previously safe Labour seat had chosen to abandon her party and return a Conservative as their MP.

 

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AndiNeglia And you don't even need to turn into a flag waving nationalist, just start giving Britain the same benefit of doubt that you give to other countries. And maybe take Britain's side in disputes occasionally

Love your country!!!!!

Oh p*ss off you tory toe rag.

This is “love it or leave it” nonsense imported from 1980s America. Do better, Telegraph. Utter rubbish.

Telegraph tries to undermine the Labour leadership & Labour Party members who combine a genuine commitment to making Britain a better place with critical analysis by smears of 'lack of patriotism'! Dangerously seductive but there is no such thing as progressive patriotism!

My MP refused to represent me even though he took £80k a yr to do so but wept for Maduro and Assange and lost his deposit

There’s nothing to like about it right now

Why doe this paper which says it loves this country so much seem to want to trash it with Brexit

TelePolitics Labour = Scum

Politicians, few exceptions, establishment in general, are in politics for themselves, party and its policies and little understanding how much rest of the country lives/exists. Surprised likes lisanandy, RLong_Bailey, AngelaRayner appear not understand London-centric system

Corbyn is a citizen of the world. He has become a 3 times millionaire in England but still hates it.

Nailed it.

So many people sported by the labour party have no worries about saying how bad this country is. Many came here for a better life which questions their judgement but many are being schooled into this view and its time those promoting this view were re-educated themselves.

MattSingh_ Sounds like u would been a good totalitarian propaganda merchant mr telegraph

Time to break up the MEDIA propaganda machine.

That’s never going to happen. Back in the 70s under Wilson they were KGB agents. The left hates capitalism. Full stop

Course it goes back further than Corbyn. They’ve been calling us ‘wayyycisssts’ for 20 years. The party under Blair was anti English too.

benatipsosmori So the Telegraph is recommending National Socialism? Shocker.

'The left', very binary as a topic, do like our country. We just don't go in for this elitist, exceptionalistic, lilly-white version of a country that has never put a toe nail wrong, that some seem to have convinced themselves of. If you like something, you should critique it.

It's a shame Corbyn is willing to sacrifice his own people.....

We like our country, we just don’t like thick, right wing, racist warmongers.

We love our NHS and public services you Tory haters of them.

What the HELL does the Torygraph know S.F.A

You are campaigning for the military machine owners'. Who cares about British lives or innocent Iranians? The US want oil and regime change. Innocent blood to be shed.

Calling out US war crime makes you an enemy. The US will drag the kids of the plebs into war, but you don't care. When they come back maimed and end up on Universal Credit and homeless, you won't care. Innocent Iranians killed for oil and the military machine owners' profit.

Crap. You right wingers bow down to the USA and to Israel.

It is difficult when the Tories have taken away so much of what there was to like about the country.

Or until the PM stops using the Daily Telegraph as his own personal news outlet.

playing the 'Patriot' card - when your arguments fail - the right-wing's exhausted gambit

That's clearly not it. The Conservatives hate their country and have been destroying it for ten years, but they keep getting elected.

peanut_astro Yes it goes back a long way siding up to these people supplying arms etc

While you support s government thst murders its own citizens you have no right to speak of patriotism. Burn in hell אלוהים צופה בך

Imagine the French/Italian/Spanish electorate voting for a party that held France/Italy/Spain and its people in contempt?

The left are the true patriots. We see your lies and abuse of our country and that is why we fight for it

MarkPoliticsEtc Yes indeed I mean, I always sell things I love off to foreign powers...

Exactly, what better way to show the love for the country by selling it out. Marvellous.

Sounds were Trumpian that statement. Anything original.

Showing Cons are party of *Northern Rail, Southern Rail, Potholes and Tax Avoiders, *Feeble* on defence, *Feeble* on law and order an *Enemy* of British business, Who'll charge yr kids for a visit to the doc That might help, too.

I think you'll find we like our country rather a lot but hate seeing it sent down the toilet by this Govt whose only interest is keeping their wealthy friends happy.

Not a lot to like about nurses using food banks

To me it’s right that are unpatriotic as they don’t mind wrecking country in pursuit of their short-sighted,disuniting,selfish policies. We’re currently on verge of dividing country with dissolution of union as result of Brexit. I wouldn’t call no longer being UK patriotic!

Geez.... the last Labour Gov went to war on the basis of Patriotism ... In Iraq. Typical Telegraph lies.....Tories refused to send troops to Syria....whose the Patriot? FFS where is boy Johnson ?

When clown Boris PM is holidaying with his bimbo on the private island and his “People’s government” is nowhere to be found, there’s certainly a problem with Labour patriotism with Corbyn demanding a security meeting

Your brand of fear mongering, petty, small minded, regressive, scapegoating, divisive, envious, two faced, insulting rhetoric doesn't represent any form of patriotism I recognise. Everything I love about this country you probably condemned.

Im human before i am british and some of britains policies are racist and damaging to humanity

Tory love of Britain is a hedge fund affair.

More reactionary pub-talk masquerading as serious journalism from the newspaper formerly known as the Daily Telegraph.

Corbyn need to emigrate to Venezuela! And take the little 6th former Owen Jones with you!

Knob paper

Basically until the left can turn a blind eye to what it's country does

So so true!

Anyone can talk about poppies and Union Jacks?

Totally agree with that! nobody wants communists running the country they can sod off to North Korea if they want that!

Left, Right, its all a load of bollocks to keep us divided, and arguing amongst ourselves while you elites take us for for everything we got. The whole system is corrupt and needs changing.

Weird when the right have fucked many people in the country and get voted in..

This is the crux of the problem. That, and the left’s inherent nastiness.

Who'd like it as it is right now? The left's goal should be to improve this country to the point where it can be unironically liked by all.

WE STAND FOR THE TRUTH. WHEN YOU ARE WRONG WE YOU ARE WRONG WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT WE WILL TELL YOU YOU ARE RIGHT. YOU WRONG JEREMY CORBYN JUST FOR HIS SUPPORT OF PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. BREXIT IS NOT THE CAUSE. WE BUILD EUROPE WE CAN CLOSE OUR EYES AND BRING SOLUTIONS TO THE NATIONS

Is this an original thought or directed by Tory HQ? Difficult to tell.

Ben_Murray The Conservative Party has spent years allowing our British manufacturing to decline and be sold off. How is that liking our country.

Like the UK as it is now ?

Im human before i am british many of britains racist and damaging policies are not benifical to humanity

Whereas the Tories love us so much they'd see us queue at food banks and make us perform for benefits.

Very interesting!

Get rid of murdoch

100% this! The extreme left want to wipe out Britishness, wipe out our culture, our place in the world and out relationships with any other country who doesn’t follow their insane leftist ideology.

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