Corbyn could make Labour's future even more gloomier

Let's face it, Labour isn't doing so well right now. many thought that May 8 was rock bottom after the party disastrously lost in the General Election to Mr. Cameron's Conservatives. The healing period was supposed to start over the summer as the party choses its new leadership. 

But instead, the party is divided more than ever in the past few years, and as the four candidates are battling to be Mr. Miliband's disgraced successor, they are destroying their own future powers and standing.

Jeremy Corbyn who only got on the ballot paper in the last minutes have recently became the frontrunner in the race, ahead of Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. The veteran MP is often highly criticised for his policies and his track record, but despite warnings from Tony Blair and even Conservative leaning sources, he has soared in polls.

The most probable answer to this dilemma is that he is different. The Labour Party members seem to be tired of the remains of Miliband's leadership and want to take the party in a radically new and bold direction. And they seem to be betting on Jeremy Corbyn.

An interesting comparison can be made between the rise of Corbyn in the UK, and Trump and Sanders in the US. Voters seem to be tired of the establishment candidates, and believe that new faces and a new way of politics is required.

However, Corbyn will face stiff contest during the month of voting that has just begun. The Conservative Party is warning voters that Corbyn's opposition to tax reforms and support of re-nationalisation of certain companies will cost the taxpayer an extra 2,400 pounds a year. While former Labour Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has warned that Labour faces annihilation from the public if Corbyn wins. These are tough comments from anyone, but especially since Tony Blair is still a very influential and prominent figure who is possible to swing votes likes this with his comments.

Yvette Cooper, who the Guardian just backed in the contest, has also just delivered one of her harshest attacks on Corbyn. Cooper, who could become the first permanent female leader of the Labour party, said that her opponent lacks economic credibility and has old solutions to old problems.

Corbyn, who is a socialist, shrugged off the criticism and believes that he is the man who will take Labour to the future and defeat the Tory platform in the next general election. Corbyn also refuses to comment on the attacks and took the high road; as a result he seemed to have soared in the polls, and is now seriously the most likely next leader of the party.

However, recently there have also been allegations of voting fraud. The party received tens of thousands of new applications for party membership, and many critics fear that they are from fake-Labour fans who want to support Corbyn, as they believe he will destroy the party for the next decade and deliver more Conservative victories.

And honestly, a large portion of the Conservatives wouldn't mind Corbyn as the new Labour head. Sure it would be bad for the country and Westminster, but they feel like it would indeed keep them in office for more time.

Whatever the result will be, it will be important for the next leader to unite the party and take back the swing voters and more from the Conservatives. But if Mr. Cameron keeps bringing in success after success, and is leading the country in the same great direction that he has so far, the Labour party faces even more time in opposition. 

The results will be announced on Saturday, September 12.

This is an original material of Finchley 1959.