Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

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[Pickman's model]

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Because the tories like bombing people but they're not so keen on feeding,housing or caring for people

 

[mojo pixy]

Because the tories like bombing people but they're not so keen on feeding,housing or caring for people

More simply, they enjoy seeing people suffer. The more unlike them the suffering people are, the more they enjoy it.

It's the only way tory policy makes sense to me

 

[Pickman's model]

More simply, they enjoy seeing people suffer. The more unlike them the suffering people are, the more they enjoy it.

It's the only way tory policy makes sense to me

You're missing their great efforts to shift wealth to the richest in society then

 

[mojo pixy]

You're missing their great efforts to shift wealth to the richest in society then

Not at all, i think that's a major strand of the 'make the poor suffer and rub their noses in it' tory project.

 

[hash tag]

It's all lies tarnishing his "reputation".
JC isn't the type to sue.

Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to sue Nigel Farage over outrageous claim

Nigel Farage made remarks on national television that have sparked outrage and calls for action from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

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It's all lies tarnishing his "reputation".
JC isn't the type to sue.

Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to sue Nigel Farage over outrageous claim

Nigel Farage made remarks on national television that have sparked outrage and calls for action from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

There's some choice phrasing in that article.

Farage made unsubstantiated claims alleging Corbyn’s belief in a “secret Jewish shadow government” has ignited fury among Corbyn’s backers, who see it as yet another baseless accusation of anti-Semitism.

The controversy has reignited the debate over the persistent smearing of Corbyn with false allegations, with critics highlighting the damaging impact it has not only on Corbyn himself but also on his supporters who find themselves unjustly implicated by association.

 

[nino_savatte]

It's all lies tarnishing his "reputation".
JC isn't the type to sue.

Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to sue Nigel Farage over outrageous claim

Nigel Farage made remarks on national television that have sparked outrage and calls for action from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

He instructed his solicitors to send Ben Bradley a threatening letter, which did the trick. Perhaps another letter is in order.

 

[steeplejack]

If the magic Grandpa has a new party / political formation in mind he's leaving it awfully late to get it moving beofre the election

 

[ska invita]

If the magic Grandpa has a new party / political formation in mind he's leaving it awfully late to get it moving beofre the election

word is its not going to happen after all and theres a loose coalition of independents instead -
theyre having a conference tomorrow

No Ceasefire No Vote

A conference organised by independent socialist councillors

noceasefirenovote.org

corbz not really that much a part of it though

 

[PR1Berske]

"George Galloway is a lone wolf - it's how he operates."

'Complete non-starter': Jeremy Corbyn allies snub George Galloway's plea for political pact with ex-Labour leader

The newly-elected MP for Rochdale has called on the former Labour leader to avoid becoming a "wasting asset" by setting up a new coalition of socialists.

news.sky.com

 

[oryx]

"George Galloway is a lone wolf - it's how he operates."

'Complete non-starter': Jeremy Corbyn allies snub George Galloway's plea for political pact with ex-Labour leader

The newly-elected MP for Rochdale has called on the former Labour leader to avoid becoming a "wasting asset" by setting up a new coalition of socialists.

news.sky.com

A wise decision by Corbyn.

 

[nightowl]

I thought Corbyn was a disastrous choice by Labour, not because I have anything against left-wing government but because you could see exactly what was going to happen in terms of the tsunami of right-wing propaganda. It is unfair but Labour have to have one eye on the way certain things like the media are stacked against them. Probably the only way a Corbyn-like figure will become PM is if Labour change leader after winning an election on a so-called moderate platform.

 

[Silas Loom]

Probably the only way a Corbyn-like figure will become PM is if Labour change leader after winning an election on a so-called moderate platform.

That would require the Socialist Campaign Group, a fair chunk of whom have already lost the Labour whip, to represent at least 10% of the PLP. I’m pretty sure that Labour has enough central control over candidate selection this time round to forestall that.

 

[ska invita]

I thought Corbyn was a disastrous choice by Labour, not because I have anything against left-wing government but because you could see exactly what was going to happen in terms of the tsunami of right-wing propaganda. It is unfair but Labour have to have one eye on the way certain things like the media are stacked against them. Probably the only way a Corbyn-like figure will become PM is if Labour change leader after winning an election on a so-called moderate platform.

Corbyn was ahead in the polls in 2017... The reason he lost in 2019 was not because of the press attacks

 

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I thought Corbyn was a disastrous choice by Labour, not because I have anything against left-wing government but because you could see exactly what was going to happen in terms of the tsunami of right-wing propaganda.

I'd have thought that anyone with those policies would have seen a tsunami of right-wing propaganda.

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought Corbyn was a disastrous choice by Labour, not because I have anything against left-wing government but because you could see exactly what was going to happen in terms of the tsunami of right-wing propaganda. It is unfair but Labour have to have one eye on the way certain things like the media are stacked against them. Probably the only way a Corbyn-like figure will become PM is if Labour change leader after winning an election on a so-called moderate platform.

That corbyn is widely considered a dangerous lefty shows just how far things have moved to the right since the days of James callaghan

 

[redsquirrel]

. Probably the only way a Corbyn-like figure will become PM is if Labour change leader after winning an election on a so-called moderate platform.

Has this sudden shift to the left after they've won power ever been done by any centre-left party anywhere?

If you are going to argue to electoralism and for a socialist platform then you are going to have to organise on that basis from the start - and expect the type of attacks Corbyn received.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Has this sudden shift to the left after they've won power ever been done by any centre-left party anywhere?

not sure about national level, but it did happen on the GLC in 1981 when ken livingstone replaced the 'moderate' leader after the election, and possibly others at local authority level.

 

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That corbyn is widely considered a dangerous lefty shows just how far things have moved to the right since the days of James callaghan

Keep coming back to this - it hadn't really struck me but post-war Tory governments before Thatcher had policies further left than Corbyn's.

 

[Serge Forward]

Keep coming back to this - it hadn't really struck me but post-war Tory governments before Thatcher had policies further left than Corbyn's.

Those were the days eh. Good old "Red Ted" Heath

 

[hitmouse]

Keep coming back to this - it hadn't really struck me but post-war Tory governments before Thatcher had policies further left than Corbyn's.

Possibly a controversial point, but I'd stress that, at least in some specific respects, Johnson ended up implementing some policies far to the left of anything Starmer offers. Don't think Starmer's ever promised to ban evictions, for instance.

 

[Cerv]

Possibly a controversial point, but I'd stress that, at least in some specific respects, Johnson ended up implementing some policies far to the left of anything Starmer offers. Don't think Starmer's ever promised to ban evictions, for instance.

Johnson never did follow through on banning no-fault evictions. Empty promises.

 

[hitmouse]

Johnson never did follow through on banning no-fault evictions. Empty promises.

Yeah, I was thinking more of the 2020 lockdown-era stuff, like: Covid-19: Evictions ban in England extended until May

 

[Karl Masks]

Corbyn was ahead in the polls in 2017... The reason he lost in 2019 was not because of the press attacks

brexit?

 

[Pickman's model]

brexit?

shammer

 

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Corbyn was ahead in the polls in 2017... The reason he lost in 2019 was not because of the press attacks

I think the daily antisemitism scare stories did have something to do with it though.

 

[hash tag]

In yesterday's rag, Harman says the Labour party Was in such bad shape under Corbyn

‘This place is utterly dysfunctional’: MPs on why they’re leaving parliament

Almost 100 MPs will stand down at the next election – and for many it won’t come a moment too soon. Here, Harriet Harman, Charles Walker, Caroline Lucas and others talk about what life inside Westminster is really like

www.theguardian.com

 

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Corbyn reveals what his first words would have been if he became PM

Another future was possible. Jeremy Corbyn says he would have committed to ending homelessness if he was elected prime minister.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Jeremy Corbyn has revealed what his opening gambit would have been if he was elected prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Speaking to The News Agents podcast, the former Labour leader said he would have pledged to end homelessness the moment he took the keys to Number 10.

“‘Today, rough sleeping [and] homelessness ends. There will be no more homeless people in this country. The state will provide.”

He made the revelation after figures showed at least 271,000 people are currently homeless in England, of which some 2,447 people are believed to be sleeping rough.

Concentrating on such irrelevant topics rather than tax breaks for rich people, you can see why the media and labour right were so against him.

 

[Dogsauce]

Corbyn was ahead in the polls in 2017... The reason he lost in 2019 was not because of the press attacks

I think in 2017 the press didn’t make much of an effort to take him out as they thought there wasn’t a need to, that he would lose badly anyway, and they probably thought he would harm the Labour brand so best left in place. Only after he ran the Tories close and forced May into a coalition did they sense the danger to their interests, so in 2019 let loose with both barrels.

Shouldn’t discount the harm done to him from within his party and how that fucked things up too. The game is rigged.