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Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

Now the importance of this, and the reason for the focus, is that for the historical left - including chomsky from the 60s onwards - if something constituted imperialism then you were obliged to actively support it, or pretend that it wasn't imperialism at all.
Weird.
 
'I've got tickets for the ballet, it's a Spandau Ballet, geddit? I'm here all week. Well, 40 years to be accurate'.

'Und was ist das?' [frowning and mincing at the same time] 'Yah, das ist concentration camp!' Boom tish.
 
Mitch Benn's a prick. I once gave him a gig back in the 1990s. I recently had a Twitter scrap with him. He kept repeating the same spiel as the rest of the anti-Corbyn types and each time I challenged him, he'd reply with another pre-packaged spiel.

His songs are shite too.

There is a classic scene in the documentary on the National Theatre(no link) where the technicians all go on strike, and 'leftie' Peter Hall is distraught and offended, Branson has done similar.
 
I listened to bbc radio 4 smear job on seumas milne earlier. Easily the worst allegation was from michael white (guardian political editor) who said that when SM was at the guardian he had TWO lockers whilst other journalists had to share one between two.

What was in the lockers Michael?
"Books. Or Kalashnikovs. Probably books."
 
I listened to bbc radio 4 smear job on seumas milne earlier. Easily the worst allegation was from michael white (guardian political editor) who said that when SM was at the guardian he had TWO lockers whilst other journalists had to share one between two.

What was in the lockers Michael?
"Books. Or Kalashnikovs. Probably books."
He's another shitbag in the same vein as the stuff i mentioned above as regards Assad and the stalinist tradition.
 
Jolly nice event in Hanley with Corbyn today. The weather was good, the wasps were only mildly annoying, and there were more people than you'd expect in a supposedly politically disengaged city like ours. And I got my selfie, which is the most important thing. Even more important is that while everyone else took their selfies with him themselves, Jeremy made me give my camera to someone else to take the picture... and then told me it was the man who took the picture of him on the train. Oh how we laughed, me and my new friend Jeremy.

Nello was there too. Always knew he was a good 'un :p
 
Just had an email giving me the details I need to cast my vote, and I thought the wording was slightly curious
Dear andysays,

You can now cast your vote in the Labour Party’s leadership election to decide the Labour candidate for Britain’s next Prime Minister. Your vote must be received by 12 noon on Wednesday 21 September to count...

This appears to suggest that whoever wins this contest will therefore be the leader of the party at the next GE, whereas it's still possible that there may be a further challenge before we get to that point.

So who has chosen to use this particular form of words and why have they been chosen?
 
Sometimes. Of course, even Rudolph Hess would have the odd decent joke if you put him up against Mitch Benn and Punt and Dennis though.
Strangely I recently met someone who was one of his guards at Spandau prison back in the '70's. Apparently he was one of the most obnoxious unpleasant people he had ever met, so perhaps not. /derail
 
Strangely I recently met someone who was one of his guards at Spandau prison back in the '70's. Apparently he was one of the most obnoxious unpleasant people he had ever met, so perhaps not. /derail
That must have been a fucking weird job. Wasn't he the only prisoner for the latter years of his sentence?
 
Just had an email giving me the details I need to cast my vote, and I thought the wording was slightly curious


This appears to suggest that whoever wins this contest will therefore be the leader of the party at the next GE, whereas it's still possible that there may be a further challenge before we get to that point.

So who has chosen to use this particular form of words and why have they been chosen?

I think it may be a snide way to get you to think, oh, do i really want JC to be PM, is he PM material, etc.
 
Still not got my ballot (nor abs) GMB affiliates - nor have thousands of others it would seem. Gotta phone a number tomorra. If OS wins this, I want riots.
 
So, an observation or two from today.

You hear a lot about how Jeremy always exasperates his 'handlers' after events, and how they're trying to ferry him onto the next event but he keeps hanging on to talk to one more person - always one more person.

It sounds a bit forced and hokey but by god it's true. I was chatting on and off to those handlers and yes, their exasperation was real, and yes, he was entirely ignoring them and speaking to just one more person, just one more.

There were plenty of people there with big grins on their faces who were just excited to meet him, but there were also people who felt like they just wanted to be able to speak to him, to tell them why he had to listen, why someone had to listen. And he did listen. It's really easy to underestimate what that means to some people. It won't change their lives tomorrow, and it won't usher in the great revolution next week. But for some of the people in Stoke-on-Trent, they just really bloody well want to be heard.

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^ That means a lot.
 
There was one man who kept him talking for ages. He was desperate, begging him to please just come back. Tell me you'll come back to Stoke-on-Trent. Tell me you won't forget about us. Everyone else has forgotten about us. We're the most deprived of areas. Please just come back.
 
Well, here they are linked:

John Harris, the photo expert:

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Corbyn listening:

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And Nello for good measure because why not, the guy's a legend:

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Unlike most people in Stoke :D I only had the pleasure of chatting to Neil the once before he shot to fame. Like everyone else at Keele, I encountered him all the bloody time as he pottered here and there with his shopping bag (which he had with him today).
 
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