Labour leadership

[wayward bob]

it's setting himself up for another disappointment.

disappointment i'm prepared to take, better than having no hope at all.

 

[J Ed]

Varoufakis addressing the People's Assembly... with Corbyn and Abbot in attendance. Live stream.

Edit: err just with Abbot I think

 

[treelover]

my mate was telling me this afternoon about people in the pub yesterday proclaiming 'finally, we can hope again!'

embarassing.

Why, this is exactly what my pensioner friend who five years ago, never discussed politics, has said, not winning the election, but some hope, it can go far.

having said that, the media coverage is relentless and it has only just began, Mason is saying some big CLP are already plotting away

 

[killer b]

disappointment i'm prepared to take, better than having no hope at all.

I wasn't talking about you.

 

[wayward bob]

I wasn't talking about you.

i don't think i implied that you were i was just addressing the point i knew there was a reason i don't post in p&p and it's not because i don't give a shit...

 

[killer b]

why don't you post in P&P?

 

[sheothebudworths]

 

[SpookyFrank]

Angela Eagle's extra title due to Labour 'women row', report says

Interesting they aren't allowing comments on this one. I guess if they were someone would have rapidly pointed out how Corbyn always said he'd appoint a woman to be his deputy in parliament, and that his most prominent female supporter was Angela Eagle. Sounds to me like they just bumped the announcement up

This is getting increasingly silly. More women in the shadow cabinet than ever before, and still Corbyn gets criticised for not having enough women on his team

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Varoufakis addressing the People's Assembly... with Corbyn and Abbot in attendance. Live stream.

Edit: err just with Abbot I think

What time is it supposed to start?

 

[eoin_k]

What time is it supposed to start?

Been and gone.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Been and gone.

Oh.

 

[eoin_k]

Oh.

You feel disappointed; I managed to catch the Treasurer of the People's Assembly shaking a bucket at the end, while Varoufakis put his coat on.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

You feel disappointed; I managed to catch the Treasurer of the People's Assembly shaking a bucket at the end, while Varoufakis put his coat on.

It is a good coat though.

 

[eoin_k]

It is a good coat though.

Fortunately, the shadow chancellor of the exchequer realises he isn't cool enough to pull that look off.

 

[brogdale]

Varoufakis addressing the People's Assembly... with Corbyn and Abbot in attendance.

Hmmm...was his theme winning and losing power within 7 months?

 

[belboid]

Hmmm...was his theme winning and losing power within 7 months?

Longer than the Paris Commune.

 

[Zabo]

Been and gone.

I have it playing on rewind or record or whatever. F-Fwd past the noisy tone. 29.00 minutes in.

 

[DotCommunist]

varoufakis is the very picture of a sexy bald man. Like Meiville used to look like before the pies set in.

 

[brogdale]

Longer than the Paris Commune.

Has Corbyn put cannon on Parliament Hill?

 

[existentialist]

don't tag him ffs.

I think he's done his flouncy prance awaywards already - he's shot his flouncebolt on this thread.

He wouldn't come back and do it again. Would he...?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

John McDonnell interview:

 

[rekil]

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[Sirena]

Tonight's 'Evening Standard' did a total hatchet job on Corbyn over something like 5 pages. And, curiously, they were doing a full page spread on Sadiq Khan (mayoral race) so they even tried to spin Sadiq saying he will fight for London into him saying he will fight Corbyn....

It was Sadiq who was one of the key people to put Corbyn forward in the leader race....

And this seems to be appalling from Emily Maitlis (you have to watch it right to the end - or start halfway through....)

 

[DotCommunist]

very unflappable there, fielded th IRA question well. More of this pls.

 

[magneze]

This is getting increasingly silly. More women in the shadow cabinet than ever before, and still Corbyn gets criticised for not having enough women on his team

Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet – older, more rebellious and less male
Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet – older, more rebellious and less male
A statistical analysis shows that Corbyn’s team is older, more female and more rebellious than the last set of Labour shadow ministers

Counting is now "statistical analysis".

 

[ska invita]

just logged in to youtube and top of the homepage the promoted video is this

 

[ska invita]

Tonight's 'Evening Standard' did a total hatchet job on Corbyn over something like 5 pages. And, curiously, they were doing a full page spread on Sadiq Khan (mayoral race) so they even tried to spin Sadiq saying he will fight for London into him saying he will fight Corbyn....

yeah i saw that
i wonder if we need a corbyn in the media thread? it is quite interesting

 

[cesare]

Oh good grief.

 

[existentialist]

just logged in to youtube and top of the homepage the promoted video is this

Fuck, but they're scared, aren't they?

 

[killer b]

Maitliss was taking the piss in that Dennis skinner clip. Still, good reaction - the behaviour he's complaining about has been rife the last few days, even if it wasn't happening just then.