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Starry Wisdom
every country understands it but our abject mps have been bought
Jeremy Corbyn's time is up
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Debatable in the case of the US, which is why I said "almost".
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
every country understands it. the miserable wretches in parliament or congress might differ. which is why i mentioned mps. but if you went and asked 100 americans plucked at random - unless any of them were members of congress - i wager 100 of them would share your dissatisfaction with such a situation.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Shockat Adam (Leicester South), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Adnan Hussain (Blackburn), Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr), and Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury & Batley), have written to the Speaker to inform him that they've formed The Independent Alliance, a formal parliamentary group, and requested to be given the privileges of a group.
Lurdan
old wave
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Missed a trick by not calling it The Independent Group, imo.
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Books, not bombs
Big interview with Ms Abbott in today's rag
www.theguardian.com
"Jeremy was 99% absorbed in party politics. "
He was too good for her?
‘Parliament was the most overpoweringly male place I had ever worked’: Diane Abbott on becoming an MP, dating Jeremy Corbyn and media intrusion – exclusive extract
The MP opens up about three pivotal moments in her life in politics
He was too good for her?
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
There's a story in today's Grauniad about Corbyn making a speech at the inaugural meeting of a new left project provisionally entitled "Collective".
It seems to have been a "way forward for the left" meeting with notions of a left alternative to Labour forming. Corbyn hasn't endorsed it personally, yet, but the core group will be to organise the independent MPs elected in July on a pro-Palestinian platform.
Interesting, even if many of the names mentioned are tired old faces from RESPECT, etc. Sorry if it has been mentioned up thread but couldn't see anything about it.
It seems to have been a "way forward for the left" meeting with notions of a left alternative to Labour forming. Corbyn hasn't endorsed it personally, yet, but the core group will be to organise the independent MPs elected in July on a pro-Palestinian platform.
Interesting, even if many of the names mentioned are tired old faces from RESPECT, etc. Sorry if it has been mentioned up thread but couldn't see anything about it.
PTK
Paul Kegan
According to the article, the indepenent MPs will not be involved.
“It also may not ultimately involve the four independent candidates who won seats at the last general election on a pro-Palestinian platform and who have subsequently formed a parliamentary alliance with Corbyn.”
“There are no plans yet to involve those MPs in the formation of the new party. “It’s not obviously clear that they share a kind of broad-based political project,” one source said.”
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
PTK
Paul Kegan
I know little about these independents, and I am not surprised that they are not involved. The trouble with independents is that they are not even accountable to a party. I don't know the platform on which they stood.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
"Collective"? Why not just call it "Tank"?
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
insert tank-in-the-polls gag here
I look forward to the Socialist Labour Party's extraordinary congress for four hours of impassioned debate on whether they should join or not.
I look forward to the Socialist Labour Party's extraordinary congress for four hours of impassioned debate on whether they should join or not.
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