i get it. the other anon made a good point, that the right wing media would have slaughtered him over lockdowns, which would be a good thing. it could have easily gone the other way though, they could have painted him as a mass murderer on par with communist figures for not locking down hard enough. plus we really did need to get brexit done, as cringe as that sounds. boris was fucking mental, apparently he asked generals whether it was feasible to send special forces to raid a warehouse containing vaccines that belonged to us but which were held up in europe over some customs bollocks or something. i can only imagine the insane shite he reeled off at meps to get brexit done. plus it was nice of him to not be a cunt about making a return after he left, he was a single use weapon and he did his job, i hope he has a nice rest of his life, whatever else i think of him. back to the point though i'm curious why you think corbyn wouldn't have gone full authoritarian over the lockdowns. did he have a particular streak of rugged individualism in him i'm unaware of? i think he would be very inclined to "follow the science" given his stated desire to be a cooperative prime minister rather than a hostile one, and whitty was on the warpath over covid, complete lack of professional detachment, and wasn't sage staffed almost entirely by avowed communists? probably still is.
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