Labour leadership

[cesare]

The unions pulled a blinder on this one, fair play

 

[SpookyFrank]

Jamie Reed has resigned, prompting widespread cries of, 'who?'

 

[Doctor Carrot]

It already feels weird to hear a labour party leader talk about social cleansing and how he's going on a demo for refugees. That's weird but in a good way.

 

[DotCommunist]

jeremy corbyn has a massive, massive mandate. eh? eh?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Elbowpatch wins

I shall dust off my corduroys and wear them tomorrow as a mark of (slightly amused) homage to Corbyn's win.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Nearly 50% of full party members voted for Corbyn. Nothing much for his enemies to work with there.

 

[Tankus]

the ones that got a vote ..that is

 

[Jeff Robinson]

This is good shit.

 

[treelover]

JC got a majority in the membership as well as the three Quidder's, so a massive mandate to really take the Tories on.

 

[ruffneck23]

I think that's one of the best speeches I've ever heard , WE ARE ONE WORLD !

 

[cesare]

I shall dust off my corduroys and wear them tomorrow as a mark of (slightly amused) homage to Corbyn's win.

Pics

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Yeah the looks on blairite faces is priceless

 

[Belushi]

Harold Wilson famously said that 'the Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing '

I'm glad we finally have a leader who believes that again.

 

[handy1]

Waited 30-odd years to feel like this about Labour

 

[treelover]

I hope he gets rid of Rachel Reeves as shadow works and pensions

 

[ViolentPanda]

you don't think she's going to stick around for the bloodletting do you? if she stays out of it there might be another chance for prominance in a year or so...

I reckon she'll take a peerage within the next few years.

 

[cesare]

So the be nice to refugees rally this afternoon will be his first official appearance as LP leader, yes?

 

[DotCommunist]

yes, the wisom of clunkett yay

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Haha Blunkett through gritted teeth is now on the news.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Blairites absolutely kneecapped. I'd expect at least a couple of them to go rogue in their apoplexy and attempt some kind of rampage.

 

[teqniq]

You can send Corbyn congratulations here should you wish

Congratulations Jeremy.

 

[rutabowa]

Ffs I promised to join labour party now.

 

[DotCommunist]

ah sour grapes from the clunk. Lol

 

[treelover]

He had a very sharp campaign team including daughter of Sheffield, Cat Fletcher, who began political life as President of Sheffield College.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I'm loving his magnanimity. The haters gonna hate him lol

A brilliant political speech, that. He's praised his opponents, and in doing so neutralised much of the possibility of any other PLP members rallying around the losers.

 

[cesare]

He had a very sharp campaign team including daughter of Sheffield, Cat Fletcher, who began political life as President of Sheffield College.

The unions mobilised and won this for him.

 

[JimW]

It's a time for terrible regrets really - why didn't I get down the bookies when the odds were so good?

 

[malatesta32]

great speech, fuck the media intrusion, up the workers, remember the homeless and desperate, oh and young people, then off to pretty much do an inaugral speech to people on a demo. I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl.

 

[DotCommunist]

guardian should be funny on monday.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Yay!