Labour leadership

[ViolentPanda]

How do he do that?, John McDonnell never did, because of Abbot being on the list?

McDonnell had baggage. Lots of people forget his time at the GLC, but some of his generation of Labour MPs haven't, and John doesn't have the sort of "don't give a fuck"ness that Livingstone carried off so well.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Taking out all the whips, chairs etc who, by convention don't vote, that's still probably more than 20 who couldn't bring themselves to back any of them.

some of the deputy leadership candidates deliberately abstained

 

[AC14]

some of the deputy leadership candidates deliberately abstained

They'd be mad to nail their colours to anyone at this stage.

 

[brogdale]

some of the deputy leadership candidates deliberately abstained

28?

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

28?

I am obviously just pointing out you can add them to the whips etc figures

 

[brogdale]

I am obviously just pointing out you can add them to the whips etc figures

Yeah, yeah...but up to 20 not backing anyone don't bode too well IMO.

 

[Roadkill]

Dan Hodges has just laid this malodorous log of an article in the Torygraph.

Jeremy Corbyn proves the lunatic wing of the Labour Party is still calling the shots
It might be good for Labour if he wins. Maybe then the Left will finally get it

 

[brogdale]

Dan Hodges has just laid this malodorous log of an article in the Torygraph.

Clicky, clicky clickbait. It's the Tele innit?

 

[nino_savatte]

Hodges...PMSL. What a fucking sad cunt.

 

[Tankus]

Uninspiring bunch aren't they .....

 

[killer b]

Nominations for Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, please.

 

[AC14]

Stella Creasy's campaign are saying they've nailed 35 nominations - something that looked unlikely a day ago.

 

[butchersapron]

Stella Creasy's campaign are saying they've nailed 35 nominations - something that looked unlikely a day ago.

Nominations closed 7 hours+ ago.

 

[AC14]

I took a while to post.

 

[killer b]

creasy is standing for deputy isn't she? I thought they had another couple of days?

 

[AC14]

Nominations closed 7 hours+ ago.

Not actually true by the way.

 

[butchersapron]

Not actually true by the way.

Yes it is.

 

[AC14]

Yes it is.

OK. Wonder why they're still campaigning for nominations for Deputy Leader then and continue to until June 17th. Still, you know best.

 

[belboid]

Deputy nominations close 12 on Wednesday

 

[butchersapron]

Deputy nominations close 12 on Wednesday

Excellent. Meanwhile...

 

[butchersapron]

OK. Wonder why they're still campaigning for nominations for Deputy Leader then and continue to until June 17th. Still, you know best.

The labour party - this clown and maurice. You're welcome to it.

 

[brogdale]

Has Corbyn arranged his audience with Russell Brand yet?

 

[brogdale]

Nominations for Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, please.

Not really, but let's face facts... Corbyn won't be in any shadow cabinet put together by the winning candidate. They'll bang on about debate and inclusion etc, but there'll be no room for someone holding vaguely socialist views on their front-bench.

 

[killer b]

No, of course not. I was just wondering if there were enough Labour MPs holding vaguely socialist views left in the party for Corbyn to put together a front bench from...

 

[brogdale]

No, of course not. I was just wondering if there were enough Labour MPs holding vaguely socialist views left in the party for Corbyn to put together a front bench from...

Yeah exactly...for all this manufactured twaddle about 'debate' and 'breadth' there's obviously no room for socialists in their ducking apology of a party.

 

[killer b]

Lots of friend actually seem genuinely excited about Corbyn being on the ballot, that he might actually win. I'm not sure if I can be bothered to piss on their chips (and TBH after the recent election I'm giving up making definitive predictions about the outcome of upcoming polls), but even if he did by some minor miracle win what then? There's no significant group of energetic left wing MPs for him to lead against the Tories - it'd be a disaster.

 

[killer b]

That said, I'm still glad he got his 35. He's an eloquent and persuasive speaker, and the platform this could give him to get some left wing ideas more of an airing can only be a good thing.

 

[ViolentPanda]

The labour party - this clown and maurice. You're welcome to it.

So articul8 doesn't provide an antidote to the maunderings of Picarda and AC14?

 

[treelover]

The guardian was reporting a poll by Policy Exchange(yes them), that C1, C2's, think the L/P is 'for welfare and the unions'

if correct, quite disturbing, is there this sort of hostility in other parts of the EU?

 

[brogdale]

If

Lots of friend actually seem genuinely excited about Corbyn being on the ballot, that he might actually win. I'm not sure if I can be bothered to piss on their chips (and TBH after the recent election I'm giving up making definitive predictions about the outcome of upcoming polls), but even if he did by some minor miracle win what then? There's no significant group of energetic left wing MPs for him to lead against the Tories - it'd be a disaster.

If Corbyn did win...the 230 anti-socialist MPs would presumably have to leave the people's party and form some sort of social democratic party...and maybe even join forces with the Liberals....oh, hang on.