Labour leadership
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nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Mann was a Lambeth councillor during the Lambeth children's home scandal. He also worked for the rather right-wing AEEU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mann_(British_politician)
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
If Corbyn looked like my old Geography teacher, I definitely wouldn't vote for him. Fucker was a hair-down-to-the-waist, satchel-toting, sandal-wearing hippy!
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I've no interest in defending corbyn - and there does appear to be inaction there. However, as others have said Mann really demeans himself. Quite a statement of how he operates if he sees child abuse as something to be deployed to seek advantage. Unless there's something to this story that we are all missing, mann is an utter cunt.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
He was a Lambeth councillor, and like many of them, he didn't do much about the abuse problems here (whatever he's claimed to the contrary - those that did try to do something usually paid for it by being harassed by the OB and the council if they got caught).
J Ed
Follow Back Pro Expropriation
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Labour uni people at front
Clare solomon telling me that been the biggest hard left event in year in this city is pretty fucking..well.
They vary - I would say there has been more "left" involvement than you might think or at least non robot independently minded involvement recently.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
"Jeremy Corbyn - didn't attend Barrymore's pool party, but might have"
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Corbyn has got a satchel and while I can't prove it he's the type to own sandals. And he's got a beard and a corduroy jacket.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Two more words: Ken Jackson.
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
as auld as the hills
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Young is 50 imvho
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
do you ever have the decency of responding to queries on your posts??
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Obi Wan Cornobyn
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
The labour leadership contest is at least offering some darkly comic relief after the disaster of May 7th.
Its grimly hilarious how all the other candidates are being completely wrong footed by Corbyn brilliant campaigning strategy of giving straight answers and articualting a clear political position as opposed to mealy mouthed waffle.
And what on earth possessed them to leave JC as the only candidate to oppose the tory savaging of the poor? They are trying argue that they are people who know how to win elections cos they are "grown up" politicians - yet that act of betrayal may just have gifted the leadership to Corbyn.
I still dont believe hes going to win - but if he does I cant see him lasting six months as he will not have the support of more than a third of his mps. But he has essentially already won - by demonstrating the popularity of a position based on anti-austerity and defence of the welfare state.
Its grimly hilarious how all the other candidates are being completely wrong footed by Corbyn brilliant campaigning strategy of giving straight answers and articualting a clear political position as opposed to mealy mouthed waffle.
And what on earth possessed them to leave JC as the only candidate to oppose the tory savaging of the poor? They are trying argue that they are people who know how to win elections cos they are "grown up" politicians - yet that act of betrayal may just have gifted the leadership to Corbyn.
I still dont believe hes going to win - but if he does I cant see him lasting six months as he will not have the support of more than a third of his mps. But he has essentially already won - by demonstrating the popularity of a position based on anti-austerity and defence of the welfare state.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
What is she suggesting. Corbyn is taking politics enhancing drugs?
youngian
Well-Known Member
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33652205
A bit amateurish for the head of a campaign to be connected to, but its routine 21st century social media political banter. I'm not as sophisticated as these six figure salary BBC Tory and Blairite media brain boxes that ordered this story, but I've a funny feeling that Corbyn will bat this away by not reciprocating and debating real bread and butter issues instead. And it will cost him zero pence in media consultancy advice.
Try having your home (and those of several hundred others in the same borough) threatened by a Labour MP, Labour ward councillors, and a Labour majority council. Then come back and tell me that you wouldn't for one moment lose faith.
There are a few more ideologically based reasons too, but sometimes core priorities are more than enough.
Because genuine sincerity is a rare thing in politics. If Jeremy Corbyn could shame the likes of Chuka Umunna and Yvette Cooper into either becoming red Labour or having the guts to cross the floor, that's be a small victory in itself. Not that it's probable.
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