Labour leadership

[treelover]

The postie just delivered the mail with a massive grin on his face, as someone had told him that Corbyn won. His grin was even bigger when we told him that Corbyn secured a clear majority of the £3ers and of the membership. Told him "you've got to watch his speech, if only to see the faces on the Blairites".

My older friend who five years ago, had never been on a demo, has now been on loads, despite her daughters disapproval, is over the moon, "at last we have a voice"

 

[Doctor Carrot]

loads of LP members on Guardian CIF saying they are resigning

who cares, having said that, we may like JC, but the public might not, but and its important, there will now be a proper opposition.

Good. Fuck 'em. Corbyn got more votes from members than 3 quidders. It's sweet as seeing guardian type pricks with faces like a sad, badly drawn stick man over this result.

 

[red & green]

Good to see the blairites smug smiles wiped - but who will be in the shadow cabinet and chief whip will be telling plus JCs speech was silent on NATO

 

[ffsear]

I give him 6 months

 

[cesare]

Sad Guardian reader cardi

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Good. Fuck 'em. Corbyn got more votes from members than 3 quidders. It's sweet as seeing guardian type pricks with faces like a sad, badly drawn stick man over this result.

Labour will gain far more members than it loses with JC as leader, I would think.

As you say, fuck em.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Tristram Hunt has gone too... Good [emoji1]

 

[xslavearcx]

Tristram Hunt has gone too... Good [emoji1]

Woot woot

 

[cesare]

Tristram Hunt has gone too... Good [emoji1]

Fantastic

Cheers Tristram

 

[DotCommunist]

Jeremy Corbyn’s acceptance speech was the stuff of Tory dreams - Spectator Blogs

I think they're really underestimating the public's appetite for these policies.

a lot like the PLP who were blindsided by a token donkey jacket man from the 70s, they rely on focus groups and a media echo chamber. So they hear their own shit bouncing back and take it as troof and the will of the people (like they give a shit).I think ashcroft is the tory who tells tories things they don't want to hear about long term future.

 

[LDC]

This Is Not Our Victory

Someone's contribution to the debate. Not had a chance to read it yet.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Tristram Hunt has gone too... Good [emoji1]

Tomorrow is another day, but today is a day for smiling.

 

[DotCommunist]

Any chance for scottish labour now? or have they well and truly pissed their chips up there?

 

[DotCommunist]

I'd recon the SNP will hold tbf

 

[dendrite]

"already xyz resigned....Rachel Reeves, a big hitter..." - desperate repersonalisation of it all into a clubby, policy free melodrama, like a broken terminator unable to reacquire targets and twitching on the floor.

 

[Fez909]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

will be interesting to see what the tory-lite twunts do. as i see it, their options are

a) stay in the labour party, soak up as many expenses and consultancies as possible and sulk / cause trouble while hoping for a new blairite dawn

b) as above but ending in being deselected by local parties

c) as above but ending in them being rounded up and sent to the gulags

d) resign and join the lib dems

e) resign and join the tories

f) resign and try and form a new party

g) quietly fuck off in to business / PR / media etc

 

[treelover]

Sad Guardian reader cardi

Guardian writers, exec, don't YOU MEAN?

 

[cesare]

Guarian writers, exec, don't YOU MEAN?

Them too.

 

[J Ed]

"already xyz resigned....Rachel Reeves, a big hitter..." - desperate repersonalisation of it all into a clubby, policy free melodrama, like a broken terminator unable to reacquire targets and twitching on the floor.

Does anyone actually like Reeves? I have never heard anyone say a positive word about it, not even from Blairites or the vermin

 

[littlebabyjesus]

will be interesting to see what the tory-lite twunts do. as i see it, their options are

a) stay in the labour party, soak up as many expenses and consultancies as possible and sulk / cause trouble while hoping for a new blairite dawn

b) as above but ending in being deselected by local parties

c) as above but ending in them being rounded up and sent to the gulags

d) resign and join the lib dems

e) resign and join the tories

f) resign and try and form a new party

g) quietly fuck off in to business / PR / media etc

There is also an h.

h) claim they never stopped being socialists, deep down, really...

 

[Fez909]

Does anyone actually like Reeves? I have never heard anyone say a positive word about it, not even from Blairites or the vermin

No.

She's my local MP and she came to a community thing I was organising. Promised to help. Did fuck all. Lying scum.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

There is also an h.

h) claim they never stopped being socialists, deep down, really...

i think some of them might prefer option (i) which someone suggested a few pages back which is 'go and jump in the thames'

 

[littlebabyjesus]

'big hitters'?

lol

Hardly anyone's even heard of the fuckers, and even fewer give a shit about anything they say.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Does anyone actually like Reeves? I have never heard anyone say a positive word about it, not even from Blairites or the vermin

Strikes me as an even stupider and more unpleasant version of Liz Kendall.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

i think some of them might prefer option (i) which someone suggested a few pages back which is 'go and jump in the thames'

We'll see. I've always suspected that many or most 'blairites' were collecting under that banner out of tactics and convenience rather than any kind of conviction.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

We'll see. I've always suspected that many or most 'blairites' were collecting under that banner out of tactics and convenience rather than any kind of conviction.

i'm not convinced there was any sort of conviction (other than for expenses fraud) within the whole blairite project...

 

[LDC]

I hope this puts the nail in the coffin of anyone on the left having any respect or time for The Guardian.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

i'm not convinced there was any sort of conviction (other than for expenses fraud) within the whole blairite project...

Hence some of them at least 'rediscovering the reasons I joined the Labour Party' with JC as leader.

 

[red & green]

i'm not convinced there was any sort of conviction (other than for expenses fraud) within the whole blairite project...

There was it was " my career"