Speech of Speeches

Shall we be honest, Jeremy Corbyn's Speech was awful.

Apart from the fact that it didn't actually say anything, apart from his stance on Trident, it was rather boring.

He hit out at the media too many times, he bashed the Tories, but never actually said what Labour would do if they were in power.

He said what they'll do whilst in opposition, which puts the stance out to those who do vote Labour, that they're not really expecting to win, and he would almost prefer being the leader of the opposition, not of Government.

Although to be fair to Jeremy Corbyn he did start off well, he made a few light jokes, and had the conference eating out of the palm of his hands, but that didn't last too long.

The applause got weaker by the second, and people's attention span started wondering off.

He thanked for too long, he media bashed for too long, he Tory bashed for too long, and he waffled for too long.

Yes, by all means have debates within the party to say what your stance on certain things will be, and I quite like the idea he doesn't want to be a dictator like leader, however, you can't pick and chose when you want to dictate the Party's stance over one subject, e.g. Trident.

Also this conference has been rather revealing of how difficult he's going to find John McDonnell, twice having to ask him to wave, then thank him for it.

Corbyn's found his Brown, to his Blair.

He tried to make a case for the self employed, so that they receive Statutory Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, and Paternity Pay, most people I know who are self employed have received all those things whilst being self employed.

But he also tried to make a case for what they're earning, the problem with being self employed is, you have to find the work for yourself, you have to price yourself in with the competition, and sadly that sometimes means having to lower your prices.

How he'll get round that I do not know.

He tried to make a case for those who are in private renting, here he can probably win a few voters over, as I do believe prices have shot up, however, he made a mistake when he said we should take as many refugees as we can, then in the same sentence, say how low on housing we are.

He waffled on against what the Tories are doing, and what the media has said about him, of which he decided to take the most extreme headlines, and not tackle the ones that really matter.

His speech was a disappointment for me, I was bored (even Ed Miliband didn't bore me that much when he forgot his speech last year), and I was transferred back into a time when strikes were ripe, and the unions had the country by it's balls.

Overall, he's got momentum, but nothing to keep it going except for a few tidbits of sound bites here and there. 

There was nothing new, or nice, or kind, just the same old drivel we've heard in the past, and defeated in the past.