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Personally I think they were right to get in with this and be pretty unequivocal. It dogged Corbyn throughout his leadership, saying what they've said should stop it constantly cropping up.
Didn't Corbyn end up saying that he would support Trident as that's the official party policy anyway so it was all a huge distraction with no end product.
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I’m just unconvinced anyone is going to vote for the Anything Corbyn Said, We Say The Opposite Party.
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I pretty much agree with what @grams says about the overall strategy, but yeah Corbyn did also commit to supporting Trident (as to whether anyone believed he was sincere or not in this support is another matter).
It's worth bearing in mind that this is what Nia Griffith, who was shadow defence secretary throughout much of Corbyn's tenure, had to say about NATO (to get a flavour of the foreign policy under Corbyn):
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bens0n
Nothing says “progressive values wrapped in the flag” like global thermonuclear war.