I read with interest your news item on Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘stubbornness’ in not stepping down from the Labour Party leadership (AV 13th August 2016). In my view, politics is a short-lived egoistic dogma of power. It has no ingredient of spirituality embedded in it. It is just a materialistic game – if you have rhetoric and charisma you are a winner. Honesty and trust have no value in politics. In Jeremy, I see a man of integrity, honesty and straightforwardness. He is with the people, not apart or different. The members see him trustworthy whereas his political colleagues view him as an obstinate obstacle.
Jeremy has displayed his strong characteristic of determination. He has demonstrated that he is a determined unselfish person and so, through his persistent determination, people have come to believe him as a genuinely trustful and loyal person – a person who will stand by them, always. Gandhi had this to say about determination: “Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
Uttambhai D Mistry
Bolton
