Labour leadership

[dendrite]

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

Without really paying attention, I never noticed anything else she did making as big a splash as the 'we are not the party of people on benefits' thing, and no one liked that.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

f) resign and try and form a new party

The beauty of this landslide is that they will have no way to claim that they represent a significant faction in the LP.

 

[03gills]

The fucking beautiful irony in all of this is that the 'Corbyn vote purge' only further legitimised JC's victory by preventing accusations of Tory infiltration.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

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

and that takes a fair bit of doing...

 

[gosub]

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

Will be 50 less seats by the next election, reckon most already know now that they've got 5 years to milk expenses before they will be looking for another job.

 

[J Ed]

So are the SP/TUSC going to dissolve and join the LP now?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Will be 50 seats by the next election, reckon most already know now that they've got 5 years to milk expenses before they will be looking for another job.

What will be 50 seats by the next election?

 

[DotCommunist]

back to the forecourt for Burnham

 

[cesare]

back to Tracy Island for Burnham

Cfy

 

[littlebabyjesus]

back to the forecourt for Burnham

He's got a job as shadow health secretary if he wants it, by the sounds of it.

 

[DotCommunist]

So are the SP/TUSC going to dissolve and join the LP now?

can't see it from the SP really, theres some beastings you don't ever forget. I'm just speculating tho

 

[gosub]

What will be 50 seats by the next election?

50 less. edited. Tories goign to reduce commons to 600mps

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

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.

Not even that as far as I can see. I haven't heard any of them self describe as Blairites at all, it's always 'modernisers' or something like that. Supposedly pragmatic above all which gives them plenty of wriggle room now.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

50 less. edited. Tories goign to reduce commons to 600mps

Ah, I see.

 

[J Ed]

can't see it from the SP really, theres some beastings you don't ever forget. I'm just speculating tho

I wouldn't either but some people in the party seem to want that

 

[J Ed]

I wouldn't either but some people in the party seem to want that

Nellist for e.g

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Tristram Hunt has gone too... Good

Not even that as far as I can see. I haven't heard any of them self describe as Blairites at all, it's always 'modernisers' or something like that. Supposedly pragmatic above all which gives them plenty of wriggle room now.

Yes, Tristram Hunt is perhaps a good example. His latest tweet:

Congratulations to @jeremycorbyn for a decisive win in the @UKLabour Leadership election. He deserves respect and support as new leader.

 

[Fez909]

Tom & Jerry leading the Labour Party

 

[cesare]

Tom & Jerry leading the Labour Party

 

[teqniq]

 

[oryx]

LOL at Ken Livingstone, when BBC reporter mentions 'big hitters' like Hunt and Reeves resigning: 'what do you mean, big hitters? Most people have never heard of them!'

 

[redcogs]

Watching the Labour Party over the next period will be more entertaining than watching the excellent Game of Thrones.

Will there be a John Snow moment, with bitter Blairites plunging daggers in (up to the hilt)?

 

[moochedit]

So are the SP/TUSC going to dissolve and join the LP now?

nellist told the cov telegraph they might if certain conditions (like bringing clause 4 back, etc) were met....

Coventry's Dave Nellist welcomes Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership victory

Jeremy Corbyn success could see Labour Party absorb rival TUSC party

 

[teqniq]

Trump gets duped into retweeting a pic of Corbyn thinking he's a supporter

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Trump gets duped into retweeting a pic of Corbyn thinking he's a supporter

 

[Sirena]

It would be interesting to see if a commonality of interest can supersede sectarian politics

Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) on Twitter

 

[purves grundy]

Is that really true then? (And is it really as significant as it sounds?)

 

[Fez909]

Is that really true then? (And is it really as significant as it sounds?)

There's some quibbling in the comments below the tweet but it seems to be either true, or very near to true.

Significance? None, except he has a massive mandate. Blairites are finished.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

There's some quibbling in the comments below the tweet but it seems to be either true, or very near to true.

Significance? None, except he has a massive mandate. Blairites are finished.

I think it's hugely significant. None of his opponents can make any claim that he's hijacked the party. 60 per cent of the vote is an enormous mandate in a 4-horse race. Especially with probably the next least Blairite candidate picking up half of the remaining 40 per cent, and the arch-Blairite picking up fewer than one in 20 votes, which is miserable by any standards.

 

[Fez909]

I think it's hugely significant. None of his opponents can make any claim that he's hijacked the party. 60 per cent of the vote is an enormous mandate in a 4-horse race. Especially with probably the next least Blairite candidate picking up half of the remaining 40 per cent, and the arch-Blairite picking up fewer than one in 20 votes, which is miserable by any standards.

Yeah but he's in a party stuffed with Blairites. It's a problem. You can't win an election on your own. What does he do now?