Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

[AnnaKarpik]

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

I love this.
I really do. <foul language filter engaged>

 

[Mr.Bishie]

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.

Local level attacks?

 

[Wilf]

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

He's quite the sure footed, well judged PR person isn't he? He probably has a whippet and flat cap in the boot of his car for canvassing outside London.

 

[two sheds]

Local level attacks?

Just don't say you want to smash them back on their heels we don't want to suggest doing violence to anyone

 

[Patteran]

[To the tune of Kool & The Gang - Celebration] De-select the scabs come on, it's a de-selection

(not my gag, from the red tweet machine)

 

[coley]

The German model (regional/lande "enterprise banks" that loan to new and established businesses at lower-than-market rates, and engage in co-ownership deals) has flaws, but it's certainly been a factor in retaining manufacturing capacity and fuelling private sector innovation in a "hands on" way that has rarely occurred in the UK, even when we had a worthwhile industrial policy. They attract new businesses and foster existing businesses.

Isn't one of the major "lande banks" in deep Shyte at the mo? plus the troubles at a certain "major" German bank and the possibility the German Govt may have to bail out ( big time) VW re; the dieselgate affair.
We may be facing a few domestic uncertainties post Brexit, but, CONNC, I think May might be having a quiet smirk while looking at Frau Merkels problems.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Im beginning to think that Owen Smith is a proper wrong-un. A sociopath. An egomaniacal, compulsive bullshitter with more than a hint of proper nastiness.

 

[two sheds]

he speaks well of you

 

[Tankus]

The central European bank have been printing QE euros at the rate of a couple of BILLION per day
And have been doing since 2014....they have been used for bond purchases...

They can't stop it...it's fiscal crack....

When it unravels...it will go supersonic

 

[The Pale King]

[To the tune of Kool & The Gang - Celebration] De-select the scabs come on, it's a de-selection

Love it!

Arcade Fire: (De)Selektor

 

[squirrelp]

[To the tune of Kool & The Gang - Celebration] De-select the scabs come on, it's a de-selection

Re...sign
When the crowd says deselection

 

[coley]

Yep, although the 'senior figure' this quote is attributed to deserves something more severe than deselection.

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"This is our party"

In the sense that we have managed to get our self satisfied, never having had a real job arses onto the political gravy train, via what's laughingly referred to as the 'labour party.
You!? the voters,have slowly woken up to what we have been practising for years!!
Ok, we made a mistake, or thon stupid sod Cameron did, actually allowing you plebs
to make a decision!!
How amusing! Please return to your state of bovine indifference while we sort out a compromise, acceptable to our EU overlords and capitalist paymasters and we will endeavour to ensure a few crumbs trickle down to the chosen few.
But only those who learn to behave themselves and vote accordingly.
Or,do you want to be greased?

 

[Tankus]

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

Like the valleys don't have a history of Italian cafes ......fuck me... I knew what an espresso and a latte was just going home from school in the 70's...there were two good ones in Caerphilly

Grandfathers - Welsh Italians

A mate of mine at school ...Luigi Antoniazzi was Antonio Antoniazzi' s great grandson.....
A lot of the valley towns had a quality Italian cafe on the main street..you would have to have been an antisocial twat not to have noticed or been in one

Can't be a local ....coffee bollacks is just beyond funny......bet even his accent is practiced......

Even get a latte from barrybados island too

What a muppet

 

[coley]

Exactly, the braking force is that neither side will want to turn itself into SDP/TUSC Mark II.

Do not bank on that, the PLP has totally lost touch with reality.

 

[Raheem]

Do not bank on that, the PLP has totally lost touch with reality.

Some aspects of reality are particularly hard to lose touch with, though. Like: Who's going to fund it?

 

[steveo87]

As an aside, the long this all goes on, the more humorous the thread's title gets.

Or it could lack of sleep...

 

[Raheem]

As an aside, the long this all goes on, the more humorous the thread's title gets.

Or it could lack of sleep...

The way things are going, the thread will probably just run and run. He'll die of a heart attack in 2023, and the OP can post to say they told us so.

 

[agricola]

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

Wankers.

I honestly cannot believe that they have stumbled on the one way that they could ever contain Corbyn, after literally a year of spectacular failure followed by spectacular failure, and yet still they manage to mess it up.

 

[Knotted]

Im beginning to think that Owen Smith is a proper wrong-un. A sociopath. An egomaniacal, compulsive bullshitter with more than a hint of proper nastiness.

My thought exactly.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Im beginning to think that Owen Smith is a proper wrong-un. A sociopath. An egomaniacal, compulsive bullshitter with more than a hint of proper nastiness.

isn't that what's considered the sort of 'leadership quality' that we are told jc is lacking?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

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.

Labour rebels plan to start their own party if Jeremy Corbyn gets re-elected

There's some hope!

 

[teqniq]

'Leading moderates' Shouldn't that be 'Leading Neoliberals'? Why don't they just fuck the fuck off now, save everybody a load of trouble?

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

It shows their arrogance that they dont just join the LDs, has to be all about them dunnit?

 

[existentialist]

It shows their arrogance that they dont just join the LDs, has to be all about them dunnit?

I think they'd be a bit far to the right for the LDs

 

[BigTom]

It shows their arrogance that they dont just join the LDs, has to be all about them dunnit?

Leave to form "The Progressive Party". A few years later merge with the remaining Lib Dem to form "The Progressive Democrats". Continue into oblivion hopefully.

 

[andysays]

'Leading moderates' Shouldn't that be 'Leading Neoliberals'? Why don't they just fuck the fuck off now, save everybody a load of trouble?

Because they're not remotely interested in saving everybody (else) a load of trouble, they're interested in

1. re-asserting control over what they see as their party
2. making things as awkward as possible for the Corbyn leadership and any of the membership foolish enough to support him
3. positioning themselves such that if/when a split does come, they themselves can extract the maximum benefit from it for them, and fuck everyone else

 

[teqniq]

Leave to form "The Progressive Party". A few years later merge with the remaining Lib Dem to form "The Progressive Democrats". Continue into oblivion hopefully.

According to that Mirror article if Corbyn wins they intend to mount a legal challenge for the name of the party, it's assets etc etc, so definitely a case of if we can't have the toys then nobody else can. Worthless scumbags.

 

[redsquirrel]

According to that Mirror article if Corbyn wins they intend to mount a legal challenge for the name of the party, it's assets etc etc, so definitely a case of if we can't have the toys then nobody else can. Worthless scumbags.

The's Mirror's "story" is just a second hand re-tred of the Telegraph bollocks.

None of this is real.

 

[Mr.Dogg]

According to that Mirror article if Corbyn wins they intend to mount a legal challenge for the name of the party, it's assets etc etc, so definitely a case of if we can't have the toys then nobody else can. Worthless scumbags.

There's no way they could win that argument in court- I hope they are deliberately bullshitting because otherwise they're delusional. Also, as soon as they push for this, couldn't they be expelled from the labour party under Labour party rules? Aside from the comments about british troops, I do believe Galloway was expelled because:

• he incited Plymouth voters to reject Labour MPs
• he threatened to stand against Labour
• he backed an anti-war candidate in Preston

 

[brogdale]

There's no way they could win that argument in court- I hope they are deliberately bullshitting because otherwise they're delusional. Also, as soon as they push for this, couldn't they be expelled from the labour party under Labour party rules? Aside from the comments about british troops, I do believe Galloway was expelled because:

• he incited Plymouth voters to reject Labour MPs
• he threatened to stand against Labour
• he backed an anti-war candidate in Preston

It is delusional in the sense that they/he/she appears to genuinely believe that they would be immune to any such threat as they would own the party...and be able to expel the socialists from it.