Welcome to our space – open every Wednesday from 10am-2pm – for discussing the day’s top Opinion articles. We’d like to begin today with two quite different articles.
The first is Rafael Behr on Labour’s leader Jeremy Corbyn. He argues that Corbyn may be unassailable, but he is not leading the party. He says as Labour languishes in the polls, even his allies see that he lacks the ability to move their project forward. Behr writes:
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaigns promised to create a dynamic social movement, shoring up traditional support while mobilising battalions of eager converts. Instead, Britain’s main opposition party resembles a dilapidated warehouse storing heaps of votes behind rusted gates, guarded by a drowsy night watchman. With a modicum of ingenuity, other parties can break in and help themselves.
What do you think? Is Corbyn offering strong leadership? What does the party need to do to win back public support? Is Corbyn the man to do it? Share your views below the line.
Elsewhere, climate change is on the agenda. Mark Carney, the governor of the bank of England, and Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York (who heads a taskforce on the financial exposure of companies to the risks of climate change), talk about how to make a profit from defeating climate change. They argued that given the right information, investors will deliver the best climate solutions. They write:
A year ago in Paris, 195 countries committed to limit the rise in global average temperatures to less than 2C. With better disclosure, a market in the transition to that world can be built. That market will expose the likely future cost of doing business, of paying for emissions, and of changing processes to avoid both those charges and tighter regulation. And it will help smooth price adjustments as opinions change, rather than concentrating them in a short, dangerous space of time.
What do you think? Do you agree? If so, how can we achieve this? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
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