Keir Starmer's time is up

[JTG]

The original Labour candidate was poleaxed by the party leadership for what appeared to be no reason at all.

Selections hadn't been made yet but the three candidates weren't given a reason. They weren't even that far left, though the favourite was a Corbyn supporter

 

[JTG]

Burnham has already tweeted that he he doesn't support Raynor's sacking...

I doubt it's rats leaving a sinking ship, but it certainly feels like ships in port discretely moving away from that bulk carrier filled with fertilizer that stinks of hot diesel...

Only people supporting him are the extreme right and that support comes with a price - their guys in key positions

 

[woweed]

Only people supporting him are the extreme right and that support comes with a price - their guys in key positions

hehe, it would be entertaining if you go on only on these points further more.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

It’s daft calling him Keith when his middle name is Rodney. Think of the meme potential.

Rodney, you plonker.

 

[strung out]

Only people supporting him are the extreme right and that support comes with a price - their guys in key positions

Dan Norris has already come out in support of him

 

[JTG]

Dan Norris has already come out in support of him

Amazing

 

[TopCat]

Marr show should be good.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Yeah, I mean the Liverpool mayoral selection was dreadful for a start and was reflected in the result. Not sure how much influence Rayner had in that but just one example

Team Rayner are saying that she wasn't given much leeway, which of course they would say, but is also pretty believable.

 

[JTG]

Team Rayner are saying that she wasn't given much leeway, which of course they would say, but is also pretty believable.

I can believe it but also wonder what she may have expected. Lots of people on the left saying "I told you so" in her general direction this morning

 

[killer b]

Why are people telling her 'I told you so'? What other option does the elected deputy leader of the party have than to work with the leader of the party?

 

[Knotted]

She could have Tom Watsoned him. Not that that would have been a good idea, but precedent has been set.

 

[Pickman's model]

Why are people telling her 'I told you so'? What other option does the elected deputy leader of the party have than to work with the leader of the party?

Work with them. They don't have to work for them. And if you remember Tom Watson's antics against Jeremy Corbyn they can even work against them.

 

[Pickman's model]

She could have Tom Watsoned him. Not that that would have been a good idea, but precedent has been set.

 

[killer b]

She could have Tom Watsoned him.

Presumably she will Tom Watson him now. One of the reasons it was a bad idea to fuck her tbh

 

[Pickman's model]

Presumably she will Tom Watson him now. One of the reasons it was a bad idea to fuck her tbh

Any leader with a strategic vision, or indeed with a knowledge of what happened under the previous leader, might have acted rather differently and if I was leader of the labour party I'd have asked her to head a review of the campaign involving visiting the local parties over the next several months.

 

[Edie]

“On Saturday even Starmer loyalists were beginning to wonder if he had it in him to bounce back. After the Labour leader staged a stiff response for TV cameras on Friday, saying he took personal responsibility, some of his closest allies could not hide their dismay. “He did it in front of a whole load of copies of Hansard, with what looked like a dead plant in the background,” said a senior ally. “He was sweating. It was awful. Getting these things right are the basics. It was just appalling.”

Another frontbencher said: “He looked like he had been fucking tasered. It was terrible.”

fucking hell

 

[Plumdaff]

How would he cope with a GE campaign if this is what he's like after one or two shitty days?

 

[Pickman's model]

How would he cope with a GE campaign if this is what he's like after one or two shitty days?

He'll be exposed as the fraud he is

 

[killer b]

According to the graun live blog, they're now saying Rayner hasn't been sacked actually.

(Ian Murray seems to be the guy they send out to tell risible lies this weekend, cf. The Scottish Parliament elections thread)

 

[Pickman's model]

According to the graun live blog, they're now saying Rayner hasn't been sacked actually.

(Ian Murray seems to be the guy they send out to tell risible lies this weekend, cf. The Scottish Parliament elections thread)

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She will have more time to spend on her deputy leader duties

 

[TopCat]

Dunderhead. I mean what was he thinking? Sack Rayner and promote Jess Phillips?

 

[agricola]

Dunderhead. I mean what was he thinking? Sack Rayner and promote Jess Phillips?

you mean sack-promote Rayner and promote-sack Jess Phillips

 

[brogdale]

Dunderhead. I mean what was he thinking? Sack Rayner and promote Jess Phillips?

When you come from Oxted, the Grammar school educated daughter of entrepreneurs is what you think a working class person looks like.

 

[TopCat]

Bab this bab that. Fucks sake.

 

[Pickman's model]

Dunderhead. I mean what was he thinking? Sack Rayner and promote Jess Phillips?

He's doomed

 

[Dogsauce]

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Bab this bab that. Fucks sake.

The constant over use of ‘bab’ and the Brum accent that gets stronger by the hour from middle class as fuck Jess seriously pisses me off...

 

[mauvais]

 

[Steel Icarus]

According to the graun live blog, they're now saying Rayner hasn't been sacked actually.

(Ian Murray seems to be the guy they send out to tell risible lies this weekend, cf. The Scottish Parliament elections thread)

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Involuntarily strategically redeployed

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

According to the graun live blog, they're now saying Rayner hasn't been sacked actually.

(Ian Murray seems to be the guy they send out to tell risible lies this weekend, cf. The Scottish Parliament elections thread)

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Has he panicked and promoted her to leader?