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Originally posted by matt_himself
Gusset, they are 'affiliates', not members, and Trot entryists. They're all legitimate voters in the Labour leader elections, irrespective of what you decide they are. As such, they are the people who elect the leader of the Labour party.
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
I believe Adolf Hitler had similar looking support from the Nazi Party in the 1930's, but that wasn't good for Germany (or Europe for that matter!) Is Gusset going to have a flutter on Corbyn to win the next election? That is the "Acid Test". Godwin! Corbyn should stand down, and the Labour party hold another leadership election, and he should stand in it. F**k the PLP they represent the most unrepresentative party in the history of labour. They couldn't win a leadership contest, and large sections of it have been bitching and sniping ever since. Its pretty clear both the Conservative and Labour party have no real connection to how people think or feel. No doubt they plan to wheel out another Dead Milliband / Blairite middle class pandering corporate stooge.
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
I believe Adolf Hitler had similar looking support from the Nazi Party in the 1930's, but that wasn't good for Germany (or Europe for that matter!) Is Gusset going to have a flutter on Corbyn to win the next election? That is the "Acid Test". If you *really* want to go down that route (I can't believe someone started a Hitler comparison) it is probably a little unfair on old Adolf. He won the largest % of the vote for any party in a German election as well, not just the vote from the members of his own party.
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Originally posted by Sportyteacher
Both Conservatives and Labour need to act upon their evident internal differences by: a) CONSERVATIVES: Establishing right-wing BREXIT sympathising party as opposed to also setting up more centre-ground PRO-EU party b) LABOUR: Establishing left-wing true to core values party as opposed to also setting more Blairite centre-ground modernist party Just banding out a thought... If Labour go back to their core values they need to decide if this is left wing or working class. The two were once the same but the working class is quite right wing now.
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Originally posted by topcat
If Labour go back to their core values they need to decide if this is left wing or working class. The two were once the same but the working class is quite right wing now. As I understand it, Labour's new cabinet is packed with Corbyn 'Left Wing' loyalists. Remains to be seen how long this Cabinet is in place given the fact that Corbyn could well have a leadership battle on his hands.
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Andy Burnham, not quit yet. What a complete and utter repugnant excuse for an MP he is.
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Andy Burnham, not quit yet. What a complete and utter repugnant excuse for an MP he is. May I ask why?
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Andy Burnham, not quit yet. What a complete and utter repugnant excuse for an MP he is. But he did cry real tears for the Hillsborough victims.
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Originally posted by nickgusset
May I ask why?
Expenses (yes there were others) His Wiki entry editing (again I know others do it) The manner in which he a) conducted his leadership campaign and b) the way he acted afterwards was cringe-worthy. He will say anything if he thinks it will help him climb up the greasy pole. What he does deserve enormous credit for is Hillsborough.
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Expenses (yes there were others) His Wiki entry editing (again I know others do it) The manner in which he a) conducted his leadership campaign and b) the way he acted afterwards was cringe-worthy. He will say anything if he thinks it will help him climb up the greasy pole. What he does deserve enormous credit for is Hillsborough. I see Burnham and Lammy in a cage fight screened on Channel 4 sometime in the future. The winner to face Diane Abbott on planet Triskelion. I bid 400 quatloos on the newcomer.
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
F**k the PLP they represent the most unrepresentative party in the history of labour. They couldn't win a leadership contest, and large sections of it have been bitching and sniping ever since. Its pretty clear both the Conservative and Labour party have no real connection to how people think or feel. No doubt they plan to wheel out another Dead Milliband / Blairite middle class pandering corporate stooge. Couldn't agree more. The contempt shown by most of the MPs of both main parties for the will and best interests of those that elect them is breathtaking.
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Of all the resignation letters flying around I like this. Honest, slef depreciating but hammering home a point. No idea who she is mind
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Expenses (yes there were others) His Wiki entry editing (again I know others do it) The manner in which he a) conducted his leadership campaign and b) the way he acted afterwards was cringe-worthy. He will say anything if he thinks it will help him climb up the greasy pole. What he does deserve enormous credit for is Hillsborough. Agree with the Hillsborough point. However what you say you don't like is the polar opposite of what Corbyn is. I don't know your thoughts on Corbyn's current predicament.
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Agree with the Hillsborough point. However what you say you don't like is the polar opposite of what Corbyn is. I don't know your thoughts on Corbyn's current predicament. His predicament is that he and his rag tag band of deluded far left wing supporters will effectively make Labour a political has been.
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Agree with the Hillsborough point. However what you say you don't like is the polar opposite of what Corbyn is. I don't know your thoughts on Corbyn's current predicament. I don't like Corbyn's politics, I am by nature Liberal / centre right. Up until the referendum I had a grudging respect for him and I liked the fact that he provided an alternative to the Tories or Tory light. There has to be a counter counter balance or we will just lurch further and further to the right. The way things are going, Maggie would seem like a communist in this day and age. People talk about the disconnect between MPs and the public I think Labours problem is the disconnect between several thousand activists and labour voters. Corbyn as an ideas man may work, he is not in any form a leader. We may not want personality politics but all good leaders have to have a certain amount of charisma. He has none. He should have gone with Brexit which I think he would have been far more comfortable with
Edited by Y Ddraig Goch (27 Jun 2016 1.51pm)
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
I don't like Corbyn's politics, I am by nature Liberal / centre right. Up until the referendum I had a grudging respect for him and I liked the fact that he provided an alternative to the Tories or Tory light. There has to be a counter counter balance or we will just lurch further and further to the right. The way things are going, Maggie would seem like a communist in this day and age. People talk about the disconnect between MPs and the public I think Labours problem is the disconnect between several thousand activists and labour voters. Corbyn as an ideas man may work, he is not in any form a leader. We may not want personality politics but all good leaders have to have a certain amount of charisma. He has none. He should have gone with Brexit which I think he would have been far more comfortable with Edited by Y Ddraig Goch (27 Jun 2016 1.51pm) Without necessarily disagreeing with any of your points, they do seem a bit unfair at the same time. Re Brexit I think it is blatantly obvious that he did support Brexit. But he was forced to choose between the official position of his party and his personal views. And he chose to do what his party as a whole believed was right. I'm not even sure he was half-hearted when campagining, just that the media were much more interested in the Tory civil war. And on the charisma point, yes you're right. But as you say he is the antithesis of everything people keep saying is wrong in politics. He is not a careerist. He isn't a media construct. Jeremy Corbyn sort of proves that while everyone always said they hated and were fed up with politicians that were media-savvy, full of spin, and underhanded two-faced liars, really they got exactly what they wanted
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
Couldn't agree more. The contempt shown by most of the MPs of both main parties for the will and best interests of those that elect them is breathtaking. I also think, he should stand in the Labour Leadership election though. He's in an odd position, in that he wasn't chosen by the PLP, who are now trying to depose him. My concern, for the Labour party, is that this would have occurred irrespective of the vote, and was effectively a means of replacing a leader that was forced upon them by the Labour voters.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
His predicament is that he and his rag tag band of deluded far left wing supporters will effectively make Labour a political has been. Again you post opinion without backing it up.
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