John McDonnell clearly takes responsibility, along with Jeremy Corbyn, for the “policy platform” they developed together in the hope that “eventually Labour would return to power” (Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late, 28 May). Throughout his article, McDonnell argues for an alternative strategy to that being followed by the current prime minister, Keir Starmer.
At no stage does he acknowledge that, when standing on this Corbyn/McDonnell policy platform, Labour lost two general elections. By losing these elections they condemned this country to seven years of Tory rule – seven years during which the Tories wreaked havoc. Yet I note that not once in his piece does McDonnell offer any kind of apology for these years of mayhem.
