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Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

Channeling new coup news through the Telegraph...lol.

Senior Labour rebels are so convinced that Jeremy Corbyn will win the leadership contest that they are planning to elect their own leader and launch a legal challenge for the party's name.

Leading moderates have told The Telegraph they are looking at plans to set up their own “alternative Labour” in a “semi-split” of the party if Mr Corbyn remains in post.

The move would see them create their own shadow cabinet and even elect a leader within Parliament to rival Mr Corbyn’s front bench and take on the Tories.
Wankers.
 
[To the tune of Kool & The Gang - Celebration] De-select the scabs come on, it's a de-selection
 
[To the tune of Kool & The Gang - Celebration] De-select the scabs come on, it's a de-selection
Yep, although the 'senior figure' this quote is attributed to deserves something more severe than deselection.
“It is not a ‘we’re off to set up a new party,’ it is a ‘this is our party, we’re not leaving but our current situation is intolerable’.”
 



can anyone recall a time when there were outdoor evening political meetings on this scale, maybe the miners strike, or the 50's.

click on the link, then scroll out to see the scale of it.
 
Just for fun I thought I would mention that my local CLP decided that new members (post 12 Jan) were not permitted to attend the leadership nomination 'all members' meeting a couple of days ago. A good source tells me that this is/was unconstitutional. Whatever the powers that be were thinking, the CLP nominated JC.

Lol :)
 
I also liked the idea they might go to the courts to see if they could claim the title 'Labour Party'. Well, going to the court really went well this week didn't it.

The sense of entitlement with these counts is obvious, but this little escapade really proves it. Being a majority of the MPs means you own the party. The fact that you are in minority of the members of the party is irrelevant to them.
 
I also liked the idea they might go to the courts to see if they could claim the title 'Labour Party'. Well, going to the court really went well this week didn't it.

The sense of entitlement with these counts is obvious, but this little escapade really proves it. Being a majority of the MPs means you own the party. The fact that you are in minority of the members of the party is irrelevant to them.
...this is our party...
The very notion of ownership.
 
So when can a split happen? It fucking needs to happen, but what are the driving factors to force it?

I don't think it will happen, the scabs have nothing much to gain from it. Perhaps if we get to deselection then the deselected ones will form their own party before they go on to lose their seats in 2020. I can't see the good people of Stoke-on-Central voting for Tristram Hunt (Hillary Fan Club UK) when there is a pro-Corbyn Labour candidate running against him.
 
lol what? he did that? :D

What Owen Smith's Attempt at Being 'Normal' Tells Us About the State of Politics | VICE | United Kingdom

Receiving his "frothy coffee" in Pontypridd's Prince's cafe, Owen Smith stopped mid-sentence to express some amusement. "I tell you it is the first time I have ever been given little biscuits and a posh cup in here," Smith said, looking up at the owner David Gamberini, as his order was placed on the table. "Seriously, I would have a mug normally," the MP added, examining the refreshments in front of him.

And as everyone above the age of six knows, a coffee with frothy milk is not called a "frothy coffee"; it's a latte or a cappuccino, and it's often served with perfectly unremarkable little biscuits. This is normal now: Britain might not be in great shape, but in the 21st century Italian food no longer exclusively comes out of a tin and more than one type of coffee is available to all. It's reasonable to assume that Owen Smith, who made a six-figure salary at Pfizer, has had enough access to the good things in life that he knows the names of all the different types of coffee. Owen Smith lied to us. He pretended not to know what a cappuccino is or how it's served, and he lied.
 
I don't think it will happen, the scabs have nothing much to gain from it. Perhaps if we get to deselection then the deselected ones will form their own party before they go on to lose their seats in 2020. I can't see the good people of Stoke-on-Central voting for Tristram Hunt (Hillary Fan Club UK) when there is a pro-Corbyn Labour candidate running against him.

So it'll be outing JC campaigns for the forseeable? until the PLP oust their man?
 
So it'll be outing JC campaigns for the forseeable?

I have no idea, given up on trying to predict stuff really. I would really like it if the Labour left went after the right-wingers to break the weakest links in the chain of anti-Corbyn forces.
 
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