From an article in "The Spectator" it seems that Corbyn comes courtesy of the Labour party's decision to call for anyone at all in the UK to "join" the party, free, online. Apparently over 42,000 nutjobs took the opportunity, which also allowed them to vote in in-house elections for candidates, leaders etc. Hence, the nutjob of all nutjobs, Jeremy Corbyn is now chief nut of the seriously nutty Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn is doing good things also. He wants bring back Govt owned banks and the Glass Steagall Act that separates the bank's gambling activities from your deposits and shares.

Our Banks on the surface look in good shape but their assets are our over inflated houses and they have derivative exposure of at least 6 times their assets. The Commonwealth Bank stopped reporting their exposure to derivatives 2 yrs ago. Why?

See the story behind 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' which explains our financial enslavement.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=secret+of+oz&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=04310695EF508536889A04310695EF508536889A

Something is happening out there!

I think it’s great that Jeremy Corbyn has won the leadership of the UK’s labour party.

Let’s not forget Bernie Sanders is the rising star in next year’s USA presidential election. The nation’s only socialist member of Congress tells high school students to argue with their parents and teachers and is an ardent anti-war activist who fought for military veterans. He has been a popular mayor, a Senate committee chairman, an early social media and filibuster phenomenon and he once recorded a folk album in the style of William Shatner.

Staying true to his ideological convictions, Sanders's platform focuses on issues of equality in the United States. Economically, he favours tax reform that increases rates for the wealthy, greater governmental oversight of Wall Street and balancing the disparity between wages for men and women. He also believes in a state-administered health care system, more-affordable higher education and an expansion of the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid systems. A social liberal, he also supports same-sex marriage and is pro-choice.

Both these chaps represent a bottom up power shift. They are both pacifist’s, anti-war, and a corner stone of their policies each have held for decades, is social and monetary equity.

We here in Australia do not have a Bernie or a Jeremy, but we sure do need one. Abbott wasn’t, Turnbull isn’t and Shorten will never be.

Producer,

Sounds as though you would be comfortable in China or Burma. If you tried the UK if and when Corbyn becomes PM, you would b OK. Even now they taken anyone. With Corbyn, it should be open slather. You should hang on here for a while though for, as of today, we have two Left wing parties, making it much easier for the crankiest of cranks.

ttbn,

I care not for the blue, red, green, yellow or any other team and the mindless rhetoric that they and their toadies engage in. Most individuals would define a crank as someone that does not share a common philosophy, which makes us all cranks to someone.

I much prefer individuality, equity, sustainability, peace and proportionality over money, manifestoes and ideologies. If we continue down the current path we may have to be comfortable with China and Burma over here!

Producer said;
Something is happening out there!

You are right, there is something happening "out there".
In the US the "middle class" is finding things more difficult.
Those in the next strata down are finding endemic unemployment.
What we have seen in the 7/11s and United petrol shows that we are
seeing the same trends.

This is forcing people to realise that their prosperity as it was is
now declining. This is bringing a change in their political allegiance.

Because the public has been shielded from an understanding of the
real cause of the economic decline they believe that politics is
the solution.
It is not, it is must more fundamental than that, and is as a result
of the cost of finding more resources and the unaffordability of energy.
Now that the affordable price of energy is lower than cost of
production of new resources there is only one possible result.

Find a new source of energy, change our lifestyle significantly or
turn your backyard into a veggie garden.

The politicians do not understand the problem so changing your vote
is just thrashing about in confusion.