Labour leadership

[Mr Moose]

He looks quite like Nick Frost, doesn't he?

I'd like to see him take a shortcut.

 

[elbows]

I'm pretty sure that the guy who started the counterfire website (back when he was in the SWP and swappies used it like they used to use lenin's tomb) was called Adie Cousins (says the video was taken down cos it contained his copyright content) - if there was stuff on there he'd filmed I wouldn't be in the least surprised if it was him issuing a DMCA.

I was on about this earlier but didn't post any press that went into details. Found some now:

Tories forced to pull Jeremy Corbyn attack video due to breach of copyright

 

[treelover]

She is a former management consultant who worked for Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.[5] She founded the Fabian Women's Network and was a previous National Chair of the Young Fabians.[6]

I see a former PWC consultant and Fabian,Seema Malhotra, is now Shadow Chief Sec to the Treasury, an important role.

btw, Tory majority on tax credits was 32, did some LP MP's vote or abstain, or were 'ill' etc?

 

[Artaxerxes]

he doesn't seem to have an online home outside his twitter account, but he posts new stuff practically every day atm. 'the male online' topically re-words the same strip each time, so he can react very quickly to news stories (like this).

barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) on Twitter

Him and Healey are legitimately scary sometimes.

Lee Healey (@HealeyCartoons) on Twitter

I see a former PWC consultant and Fabian,Seema Malhotra, is now Shadow Chief Sec to the Treasury, an important role.

If your looking for a squeaky clean politican you aren't going to get far. He's working with what he's got and what he's got is an institution thats shut off, corrupt, and bogged down in tradition and a revolving door to the finance industry.

 

[treelover]

"Frank Field told MPs: “In one single move [the chancellor] has destroyed his 2020 election strategy because we heard the very powerful speeches the chancellor made saying the Conservative party was in favour of those individuals who got up in the morning, who did grotty jobs for very low pay and they passed the windows of their neighbours whose curtains were still drawn, who were on benefits.

“Those individuals who still rise to the work motive in this country, which is so important for both economic and human advance, will know as they pass those windows with the curtains drawn they do so on average with £1,300 a year less in their pocket.”

Government sees off rebellion to win vote on working tax credit cuts

Field really should be in the Tory party, this sort of language is appalling, and if it 'resonates' with a large part of the public its because New labour repeated it ad nauseum, funded massive 'anti benefit fraud' campaigns which were really aimed at the general public, etc and demonised claimants and the unemployed on every available opportunity..

 

[treelover]

Is it true that the Government only got the 35 majority by effectively cheating-withdrawing pairing at very short notice?

posted elsewhere, is he correct?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I see a former PWC consultant and Fabian,Seema Malhotra, is now Shadow Chief Sec to the Treasury, an important role.

btw, Tory majority on tax credits was 32, did some LP MP's vote or abstain, or were 'ill' etc?

Lots of Labour party MPs have staff provided (out of the goodness of their hearts no doubt) by PWC.

 

[SpookyFrank]

posted elsewhere, is he correct?

There were mutterings about abuses of the pairing system after the last welfare vote. IIRC the allegations came to nothing that time round. Presumably whichever MPs had been cheated out of their votes would go public immediately and the tories would be facing a massive shitstorm.

 

[eoin_k]

I've taken to tweeting my local Blairite MP, observing that I've noticed their failure to congratulate their new party leader, and asking them to confirm that he has their support... for the lols.

 

[treelover]

Corbyn at the TUC Conference openly stated there have been a number of suicides as a consequence of the brutal welfare reforms(broadcast on the 10 o clock news on BBC), a call to action, over to you civil society, amnesty, liberty, the churches, the left, etc, you have shown you can mobilise on other recent humanitarian issues.

 

[treelover]

Diane Abbott
Luciana Berger
Simon Danczuk
Thangam Debbonaire
Louise Ellman
Natasha Engel
Nia Griffith
Fabian Hamilton
Lindsay Hoyle
Gerald Kaufman
Sadiq Khan
Emma Lewell-Buck
Ivan Lewis
Lisa Nandy
Rachel Reeves

are the ministers on here allowed to vote, I can't believe Abbot would abstain, that wanker Danczuk, yes.

btw, Owen Smith is appalling on Newsnight, supports the overall benefit cap on social security spending and sounds like he endorses the cap on individual benefit payments, doesn't sound much different than Reeves, technocrat.

 

[Casually Red]

It's a bit rich the Russian state whingeing about media bias. I don't recall them or Russia Today going too hard on Putin over the polonium murder or the Malaysian airliner.

I don't expect much honesty after they help Assad to level Raqqa Grozny style either, so if they don't like it they can fuck off back to, er, Russia.

My enemy's enemy is not my friend etc.

Oh will you fuck off now you liberal bloody cliche

 

[SpookyFrank]

I've taken to tweeting my local Blairite MP, observing that I've noticed their failure to congratulate their new party leader, and asking them to confirm that he has their support... for the lols.

Chris Leslie is my local MP, I haven't seen any signs of him coming out in support of his newly elected leader oddly enough.

 

[MrSki]

 

[eoin_k]

Chris Leslie is my local MP, I haven't seen any signs of him coming out in support of his newly elected leader oddly enough.

As a constituent, I'm sure @ChrisLeslieMP would love to hear from you.

 

[treelover]

and some people on here think its immaterial or not a problem.

 

[treelover]

JC get someone else, citing the public mood not being in favour of unfettered spending when it was New Labour who helped created this negative mood is not good. JC has frequently spoken for a humane social security system, Owen Smith isn't, time for him to change or go.

 

[gimesumtruf]

Corbyn is a bit of a roundhead and they don't do royal ditties.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Cooper: has almost certainly fellated Ed Balls

i really, really, didn't want to have that thought

 

[Wilf]

To sing, or not to sing...

 

[MrSki]

To sing, or not to sing...

Surely it would be disrespectful to the few who are left to sing an anthem to someone recently pictured giving a Nazi salute?

 

[Wilf]

Surely it would be disrespectful to the few who are left to sing an anthem to someone recently pictured giving a Nazi salute?

Yes, Brand Queen is forever toxic to me.

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, I bet he was worried it would carry on till the 'crushing rebellious scots' verse. No way to start winning back votes from Sturgeon.

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

Mcdonnell has announced that Corbyn is convening a London conference for all European anti austerity campaigns.

Fantastic.

 

[Mr Moose]

Oh will you fuck off now you liberal bloody cliche

Yeah yeah I bet 'anti-soviet' was a fave of yours.

 

[Favelado]

I don't care what the press are saying. It's a dream come true that a Labour leader is saying the things he says and acting the way he does.

 

[treelover]

Mcdonnell has announced that Corbyn is convening a London conference for all European anti austerity campaigns.

Fantastic.

any link?

 

[DownwardDog]

Polly goes in to reverse ferret Those who flounce out on Jeremy Corbyn will not escape blame if Labour crashes | Polly Toynbee

Polly Filla makes an interesting point that 80% of the votes Corbinladen will need for a majority in 2020 have to come from CON to LAB switchers.

 

[Fingers]

Think Corbyn had a reasonable day today. the anti Corbyn establishment press were rather amusing as they sunk to new depths of ridiculous.

One of the ones that amused me was the claim that he never sang the national anthem today. FFS, he is republican, if he sang he would be called a hypocrite.

Oh and oh god, he is alleged to have stolen a sarnie from a war veteran, one that the increasing flapping Guido Faukes was pushing. now he is one establishment luvvie who is currently shaking like a shitting dog.

Corbo's speech at the TUC conference today was what so many wanted to hear. Delivery was ropey for parts, think he is shagged out after the last three month, but pushed all the right buttons for me.

 

[butchersapron]

Polly Filla makes an interesting point that 80% of the votes Corbinladen will need for a majority in 2020 have to come from CON to LAB switchers.

What's her workings - or yours, as you're going to use them? I can't see any?