Jeremy Corbyn

• I DO wonder which planet Robert Arthur Martin has been living on during the past seven years, (Labour is far less ‘toxic’ as a party now, March 4).

If our MP were such a “phoney messiah”, in past elections many more constituents would have voted for other candidates or not voted at all.

As it is, with a 26,188 majority in 2019, Islington North’s electorate obviously does not see Jeremy Corbyn in the same light as Mr Martin. In fact, most of us are very proud of our MP.

Maybe Mr Martin could join a canvassing team when he would hear for himself how popular Jeremy is with constituents.

It is a shame he did not join Jeremy on his walk-about along Holloway Road before the last election when he was so thronged by people of all ages – from teenagers to pensioners – that it took him over two and a half hours to reach the Nags Head from Loraine Road!

On a national level, with Jeremy as Leader the Labour Party had well over half a million members and became the political party with the largest membership in Europe.

Did Mr Martin attend any of Jeremy’s numerous public meetings where even overspill rooms were full and people had to listen outside the building?

None of this had anything to do with being a messiah. What it did relate to was the hope that the Labour Party, with Jeremy as Leader, inspired in us all for the first time in a very long time by offering policies that put people’s well-being and aspirations first in our highly unstable, divided society.

All this despite the most vicious attacks from the media and some members of the Parliamentary Labour Party during the whole term of his leadership.

Since 2019, we have been governed by Tory spivs, wide boys and heartless xenophobes.

Labour leader, Keir Starmer has reneged on his previous undertaking to follow Jeremy’s policies and, in an iron-handed way, expelled members – many very long standing –­ who have criticised his policies. The Labour Party has shed thousands of members.

Sadly, even with the prospect of a Labour government led by Starmer, hope for the future will be a scarce commodity.

JENNY KASSMAN, N7