Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

[killer b]

Aye. But if they dump Corbyn and lurch Blairwards?

Yep, it's over if they do that.

 

[mk12]

Chris Bryant has resigned.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Hearing all these names of resignees is a bit like catching the celebrity news just before the start of a film on the telly, where they're telling you about the day's zany antics of a bunch of contestants on some reality show you don't watch

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Chris Bryant has resigned.

11 now?

 

[Pickman's model]

What a cunt.

The dots are well & truly fuckin' joined!

I didn't realise what a shameful lickspittle worm Hilary Benn is.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Hearing all these names of resignees is a bit like catching the celebrity news just before the start of a film on the telly, where they're telling you about the day's zany antics of a bunch of contestants on some reality show you don't watch

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's never heard of nearly all of these fuckers.

 

[mauvais]

Hearing all these names of resignees is a bit like catching the celebrity news just before the start of a film on the telly, where they're telling you about the day's zany antics of a bunch of contestants on some reality show you don't watch

Or ideally an old disaster film where they put the credits up front, and you know they're too low rent to make it through.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I didn't realise what a shameful lickspittle worm Hilary Benn is.

Tone will be turning in his grave. Coldplay closing Glastonbury, Bowie turns in his urn.

 

[tim]

God this country is falling apart , it couldn't even have the decency to wait until Monday until it started. The only people smiling now are UKIP and the far right ffs. Someone better step up to the plate Corbyn or whoever but just fucking do it.

UKIP's one MP, Douglas Carswell, spends most of his time telling everyone how vile Farage is. So not even they are really in a position to reap much benefit.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Chris Bryant has resigned.

That letter in full

 

[sleaterkinney]

Chris Bryant has resigned.

edit: it was posted above.

Is he going to be able to fill all these positions?.

 

[Ole]

Good cop bad cop. Fucking snakes.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Is he going to be able to fill all these positions?.

Plenty of fresh blood willing to step in.

 

[killer b]

No, they've gone on strike. He'll go tomorrow.

 

[redsquirrel]

Just because you aren't a literal Blairite doesn't mean you don't have disgusting politics. How many of those resigning today voted against the government's welfare bill last year?

Got to run and catch the bus now but someone should cross-ref that

I think it'll be difficult for him to come out of this in charge tbh. Can only hope the membership take their revenge.

Yeah the best thing to come out of this would be for a civil war between the membership and PLP, with the former basically junking Labour in once and for all.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

No, they've gone on strike. He'll go tomorrow.

I'll bet a tenner to the server fund with you that JC is still leader come 5pm tomorra?

killer b

 

[tim]

With UKIP as the SNP equivalent?

Hardly, UKIP has no real structure.

 

[chilango]

Hardly, UKIP has no real structure.

Doesn't matter. They just have to take enough votes to cost Labour seats.

 

[J Ed]

Got to run and catch the bus now but someone should cross-ref that

Of the resignations so far, of those who were eligible to vote on the welfare bill.

Chris Bryant abstained
Karl Turner abstained
Hillary Benn abstained
Heidi Alexander abstained
Gloria de Piero abstained
Lucy Powell abstained
Lilian Greenwood abstained
Ian Murray abstained
Kerry McCarthy abstained
Seema Malhotra abstained
Vernon Coaker abstained

Lord Falconer obviously was not eligible to vote, so that's 11/11

source: These are the 184 Labour MPs who didn’t vote against the Tories' welfare bill

 

[Rob Ray]

Edit: Cross-posted with J Ed

 

[Pickman's model]

Tory Welfare Cut Bill 2015 votes

For
Hilary Benn
Heidi Alexander
Gloria De Piero
Ian Murray
Lilian Greenwood
Lucy Powell
Kerry McCarthy
Seema Malhotra
Vernon Coaker
Karl Turner
Chris Bryant

No vote
Lord Falconer

Against
N/A

Oh. J Ed says they abstained, what's your source of reference?

 

[Rob Ray]

Oh. J Ed says they abstained, what's your source of reference?

It was abstain, I miswrote (in my mind they were doing little more than saying "yeah fine I guess").

 

[Plumdaff]

Are there enough supporters in the PLP for the party to function?

I think it's a terrible mistake, I think it'll mark a death knell but it feels like unstoppable at this point. By the time the CLPs can act will it be too late. I think they're willing to destroy the party to do this.

 

[Ole]

Are there enough supporters in the PLP for the party to function?

I think it's a terrible mistake, I think it'll mark a death knell but it feels like unstoppable at this point. By the time the CLPs can act will it be too late. I think they're willing to destroy the party to do this.

I'm absolutely positive they're willing to do that.

 

[Sue]

Are there enough supporters in the PLP for the party to function?

I think it's a terrible mistake, I think it'll mark a death knell but it feels like unstoppable at this point. By the time the CLPs can act will it be too late. I think they're willing to destroy the party to do this.

Talk about snatching annihilation from the jaws of defeat...

 

[Pickman's model]

Talk about snatching annihilation from the jaws of defeat...

Or indeed the possibility of ge victory against a divided tory party

 

[Rob Ray]

Are there enough supporters in the PLP for the party to function?

Well there's 33 posts to fill total, which is more than the number of MPs who were prepared to wholeheartedly back him during the election - not taking into account that some of those aren't suitable for Cabinet posts (too old, too wet behind the ears, too timid, too nuts etc). So unless they can pull some vaguely capable "moderates" they may struggle.

Having said so, this is the Blairites' Big Push, if Corbyn and co can get enough to keep going it'll most likely be people who actually are going to be vaguely constructive, as they'll have burned their bridges with Benn's Boys & Girls.

 

[Wilf]

I'll bet a tenner to the server fund with you that JC is still leader come 5pm tomorra?

killer b

That's the normal thing to do when you get a challenge from stalking horses or cabinet colleagues (or, in this case, cunts). You resign and stand again, pretty much like John Major did. Trouble is, it could only end in the same outcome - depending on whether Corbyn actually gets on the ballot paper (I read on here that that's not 100% clear). Corby would win the vote, but still end up with an overwhelmingly hostile PLP. Truly astonishing state of affairs just at the moment the tories are at their weakest and we leave the EU. Labour are utterly fucked, regardless of whether there's an election this year or in 2020.

 

[NoXion]

Statement from Corbyn, culled from Guardian live feed:

Our country faces a huge challenge following Thursday’s vote to leave the European Union. And the British people have a right to know how their elected leaders are going to respond.

We need to come together to heal the divisions exposed by the vote. We have to respect the decision that has been made, hold the government to democratic account over its response, and ensure that working people don’t pay the price of exit.

Neither wing of the Tory government has an exit plan. Labour will now ensure that our reform agenda is at the heart of the negotiations that lie ahead. That includes the freedom to shape our economy for the future and the necessity of protecting social and employment rights.

One clear message from last Thursday’s vote is that millions of people feel shut out of a political and economic system that has let them down and scarred our country with grotesque levels of inequality.

I was elected by hundreds of thousands of Labour Party members and supporters with an overwhelming mandate for a different kind of politics.

I regret there have been resignations today from my shadow cabinet. But I am not going to betray the trust of those who voted for me – or the millions of supporters across the country who need Labour to represent them.

Those who want to change Labour’s leadership will have to stand in a democratic election, in which I will be a candidate.

Over the next 24 hours, I will reshape my shadow cabinet and announce a new leadership team to take forward Labour’s campaign for a fairer Britain - and to get the best deal with Europe for our people.

I quite like it.

 

[Rob Ray]

Statement from Corbyn, culled from Guardian live feed:

I quite like it.

I feel like it could have been a bit more Star Wars...