October 5: Quiet charm that masks recklessness of Corbyn policies

I AGREE with your Editorial’s appraisal of the 1980s dogma regurgitated by Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour party conference (The Yorkshire Post, September 30). However, comparisons between Ed Miliband and Mr Corbyn could be dangerous.

Mr Miliband was a disaster for Labour. Like it or not, appearances count. Despite his credentials, he was perceived as a “toff” (David Cameron’s problem) from the same mould as the Prime Minister. I hope I am not being too cruel in saying that he came across as a geek to boot. Mr Corbyn has a quiet charm which masks the recklessness of his policies (although he couldn’t conceal the spite in his heart whenever he mentioned the Tories).

Perhaps the electorate thought Mr Miliband betrayed his brother to get the leadership: but if Mr Corbyn’s detractors wanted to play dirty they could question the substance of an individual who mustered 2Es at A level, dropped out of North London Poly and has been married three times.

Although the nightmare of Mr Corbyn as Prime Minister seems unlikely, we under-estimate the effect of his emotive rhetoric at our peril. Older hands may recognise it as old hat, but remember many of his large following were not even born in the 1980s.

From: Terry Palmer, South Lea Avenue, Hoyland, Barnsley.

IT looks like the honeymoon is over for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn now that he says he would not push the nuclear button. Is he really telling us all that if we were threatened with nuclear warfare he would sit back and allow us all to fry without retaliation?

If that’s the case, providing we retain Trident which looks to be a reality, then Mr Corbyn is dafter than I thought.

The first duty of any national leader is to ensure the safety of its citizens. Mr Corbyn seems to be reneging on this duty.

Or, if in government, maybe he’d get the Cabinet member with the longest finger to do the deed?

From: Peter Hyde, Kendale View, Driffield.

I NOTE that most of the media is decrying the appointment of Jeremy Corbyn and forecasting that he will never win an election.

Stranger things have happened. Take the election of Clement Attlee after the Second World War.

Winston Churchill led the country through the dark days of that conflict and was hailed a hero, but he was rejected when danger had passed.