FlyTheNest

ephemerid

Another who claims to have been at the Brighton meeting. https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/2114793" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Maybe lie detectors are needed to establish the truth ? Eoin Clarke has posted a photo of that meeting - I have no idea if it really is t...

ephemerid

I don't know what the truth is any more. We still have no idea who lobbed a brick through Angela Eagle's constituency office window, but it seems that many people accept the vandal was a Corbyn supporter; we do know, however, that Eagle's reasons for cancelling her visit/speech at a Luton hotel were...

ephemerid

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I'm sorry this may sound wrong, but I'm a bit shocked that Smith felt able to launch his bid on Jo Cox's funeral day, but is delaying it because of the (obviously horrifying) attack in Nice.

RIP Jo

Yes.

ephemerid

Ohso - a new hub, eh?

You were gone so long I was worried about the old hub.

ephemerid

DWP Damian Green Ephe Thanks, frog. Cripes. Oh dear, don`t like the look of "cripes" Ephe, has TM lied to us already?, is it time to go back to despair, or is there ANY hope for us at all? (ie: IDS is 10 on scale of bastardy,, where does this git fit?) Maybe time to start tory hunting.......

ephemerid

frog222 wrote:DWP Damian Green Ephe

Thanks, frog.

Cripes.

ephemerid

According to Sunny Hundal, a colleague told him that TDFG (the disgraced former minister) Liam Fox was seen quaffing champagne on the balcony of a Parliament bar with his very best friend Adam Werrity. He has no shame.

ephemerid

I'm wondering if the meetings have been banned to ensure that Eagles and Smiths clp don't get a chance to have a vote of no confidence in them prior to the election. As for the not eligible to vote,it would be ok to do that from the date of the NEC meeting,but how will they get away with a 6 month ...

ephemerid

It is utterly unacceptable that people who can't be bothered to join Labour just turn up and vote for leader. It is similarly utterly unacceptable that Unite were offering cut price deals to subvert NEC rules. It reduces the whole thing to an arms race, as Militant/Momentum/amusingly the Communist ...

ephemerid

This isn't a reshuffle - it's a completely new government, not just a new PM. Lots of sacked people on the back benches, with a majority of just 12. Ooooer.........this could be fun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, in the interests of ...

ephemerid

So Boris Johnson is going to be an embarrassment all over the world instead of just here, then. Terrific. I hope he gets a warm welcome and a watermelon smile from all those pickaninnies. Still, at least he won't have to set thugs on people who piss off his friends. He can send the army. FFS. I am p...

ephemerid

Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, has just gone into Numbe 10. He is being tipped to emerge as chancellor. (Politics Live, Guardian) How quickly does a departing chancellor usually move out? (For some reason, I can't remember.) Anyway, I hope they give George Osborne enough time to have a thor...

ephemerid

Show's been throwing stuff at the telly again. Turned on the BBC 6 o'clock news and what we did we get? 15 minutes of bloody coronation crapola complete with dramatic music. Helicopter views of the route to the palace, bloody ridiculous. The the news comes on and it's more of the bloody same. Sans m...

ephemerid

Hellooooo Adam! You were absolutely right, you clever thing, you. Hope you are well. That Gerald Kaufmann came into my A&E once. He was supposed to be meeting a consultant elsewhere in the building but his driver dropped him off by our emergency entrance. He demanded to know who was in charge (m...

ephemerid

Thanks, AK and TO. I don't know how the party heirarchy can ban individual CLPs from having meetings. When we were campaigning here for the GE, the main Brecon&Radnor CLP had meetings all the time; but usually it's every month or so I think. Our little local branch for Hay and Talgarth (there we...

ephemerid

It won't stop JA. It's nothing new, the history of the party is riddled with these dingdongs. Nothing lasts forever. Maybe it is best to let go. No, its definitely not - the worst was averted yesterday. McTernan's hysterical rant after the decision to allow Corbyn to stand only confirmed that. What...

ephemerid

HindleA wrote:Bollox 2 the extended version.

I thought the original was about right.

Pithy, but accurate. Whatever one's point of view.

ephemerid

(My edit) Two thoughts here,possibly. Jeremy Corbyn has never had a front bench position,whilst some of the PLP had previously held shad cabinet or even govt minister posts.Instead of a)refusing shadow cabinet posts and b)mouthing off to the press at every conceivable opportunity,let alone 3)plotti...

ephemerid

HindleA wrote:Did you see extankie's suggestion of friend/foe thing where you can choose which posts you can s

I have tried that - but then you lose the thread a bit, plus replies often have the original post in them.

But thank you, and extankie, for the reminder.

ephemerid

Having voluntarily removed myself from the board last night, I have no wish to restart any conflagrations. Indeed, so far as I am able, I intend not to respond to SpinningHugo at all in future. However, I do agree with ephemerid that Hugo is nothing but a troll. He is no different from a Manchester...

ephemerid

Last night Labour’s national executive committee decided that Jeremy Corbyn would be allowed to take part in the Labour leadership contest without having to get nominated by 51 MPs or MEPs, like his opponents. But it also decided that party members will not be able to vote in the contest as party m...

ephemerid

tinyclanger2 wrote:Jesus wept. I come here for intelligent something and occasional light relief. In these troubled times can all parties, give it a rest.

(Ta)

I think I love you.

I'm off to bed now - and if I've been a bit of a strop-pot..... well, never mind, just one of those days.

Night all.

ephemerid

NEC members were locked in a debate lasting nearly six hours - amid threats of court action - after warring factions disputed the rules. Their decision leaves the entire say on who will lead Labour to around 400,000 party members. But another 100,000 who joined since the EU referendum - many of the...

ephemerid

RogerOThornhill wrote:
SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality

Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?

Out of interest, Roger, do you actually expect an answer?

ephemerid

Edward R. Murrow - "When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained". And what a circus it has been - and a pisspoor perfor...

ephemerid

Corbyn's on the ballot!

ephemerid

Since this forum was set up - and thank you Sky, Adam, Refit, Paul, and all the founding members - it has been a "haven" from the G's nesting and all the predicted consequences of same. I have felt as though I am among friends; and some of you are in communication with me in real life. We ...

ephemerid

I remember a previous post which was to the effect of 'try to think like me and Blair', suggesting that Tony Blair had to intervene in the Labour leadership election because he couldn't stay out. Result - a lot more votes for Corbyn. I really think a legal blog written by someone with no apparent l...

ephemerid

He may have fixed it, but at what cost? The end of the Labour party as we have known it, quite possibly. I hope he feels it was worth it in the years and decades to come. Difficult, indeed invidious, choice. Try and think like me and Watson. If you think, as Watson and I do, that Labour is utterly ...

ephemerid

Next - Tom Watson takes over as interim leader, Eagle throws in the towel, and the PLP wins. There is so much wrong with all of this that I am now very worried that there will be serious trouble. I hope Corbyn's supporters don't take to the streets. All that will do is give the PLP the ammunition th...

ephemerid

There is a Twitter account called @LabourCoupAbuse. It is a catalogue of appalling messages - FROM BOTH SIDES - and some of them come from well-known journalists, politicians including peers, and various writers, bloggers, activists, local government officers, and members of the public. Sarah Ditum ...

ephemerid

With respect, TE, you have no more idea of who threw that brick than I do. As you say, there is no evidence. Rebecca's figures show that there are just over 12 incidents of ASB daily in Wallasey. This could be just one of those. I wrote earlier about what happened to Ed, the negative briefings, the ...

ephemerid

This must be potentially libellous. I post it here for comment, not because I agree! This is so wrong. In my jokey thing above, I was actually partly serious. We have no idea who threw that brick. It could have been anyone. It could have been some horrible person who hates LGBT people. It could hav...

ephemerid

@ tinybgoat That Dippy J Hodges, eh? What a refined and sophisticated wit. Oh - just heard (BBC News) - Larry the Cat is to stay at 10 Downing Street. Dan F. Hodges is an utter berk. Was the brick flung by a crazed TrotRabbleDog who belongs to Momentum? Or was it flung by a Bitterite who hates the ...

ephemerid

JustMom wrote:The BBC are reporting that Angela Eagle had a brick thrown through her window last night.

That is appalling.

ephemerid

To expand - keep me as leader because I'm Jeremy Corbyn. Or, alternatively, choose me as the new leader because I'm Angela Eagle. I don't see much to get behind on either side. Morning, Por. Or - Let's have a scrap to get Corbyn out because he is unelectable and unpopular - then have to have a meet...

ephemerid

Have been trying to find out how much Eagle's attempts to 'unify' the party will cost. Running a leadership election must cost the Labour party money in printing, postal and staff costs. If anyone knows, would appreciate hearing how much it is. A quick search didn't bring results. Well at least the...

ephemerid

I've just been reading this, from November 2014 - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/08/ed-miliband-crisis-labour-mps-back-leadership-change" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 20 nameless MPs, wanting Alan Johnson to challenge for the leadership (when he had already s...

ephemerid

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnJTOmtXEAAYPHb.jpg Is it only entryism when the left of the party do it ? Yes, yahyah. It's not entryism when Progress do it, not entryism when Angela does it, and it won't be entryism when Owen/whoever does it. "Entryism" is such a daft expression - it stands...

ephemerid

Cameron was alleged to have been humming a little ditty as he returned to No.10 after his press statement.

Put me in mind of this from the Police -
"De doo doo doo
De dah dah dah
Is all I want to say to you"

Pretty much sums everything he's ever said, really.

ephemerid

Queen abdicates. Step forward ephie x :D On second thoughts you can only step forward if your name is on the ballot. Stuff and nonsense. Her Glorious Unserene Majesty Queen Ephie, Empress of Nests, hereby decrees that no ballot is required. I'm in charge, end of. Oiks, plebs, and stock need not for...

ephemerid

Pam Ayres -

"Now it's just a one-horse race
Andrea couldn't stand the pace
See our future shining plainer
Leaving led by a Remainer"

ephemerid

Afternoon all I know I'm probably being naive but surely this means the plotters or potential saviours of the Labour party (whichever you think they are) now have a simple choice if the whole basis of the coup was that corbyn would lose the 2020 election and therefore they needed a change now. They...

ephemerid

Ephie goes to bed with assorted gallstone-bashing pills for an hour and just look what happens! Loathsome decides to disappear, probably because she was planning to anyway and was only standing so the party could lop Boris/whoever then Gove/whoever off the list, and the Queen of the May gets hr coro...

ephemerid

Roger - yeah. You're right. I'm still sure that this is not a tax return, mind..... :-)) Willow - JackOfKent is good, and he makes the case well; however, I'm still with the QC I quoted yesterday. All - this is very good - blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/welfare-reforms-are-based-on-the-wrong-assu...

ephemerid

Loathesome Leadsome has published her tax returns!!!!!! Except she hasn't. She has published a summary prepared by her accountants. So she earned £76,597 in 2014/15 from her employment, says the summary. The basic MP salary in 2014/15 was £67,060. But she was a minister at the time, so her salary wa...

ephemerid

D'oh.

I do not think Maugham is right to say Corbyn should resign - but he's right to put the rules above his personal preference.

ephemerid

Jolyon Maugham, QC, again - "As a QC, if asked, I'll act pro bono to put Corbyn on the ballot. But my personal view is, an honourable man in Corbyn's shoes would resign" Earlier, he clarified the rules - he is quite clear that Corbyn need not seek PLP nominations under the rules in place s...

ephemerid

Just picked this up on Twitter -

"How many Leadsome supporters does it take to change a lightbulb?"

"I did not say there was a lightbulb that needed changing, To imply I did is absolutely disgusting".

ephemerid

Leadsom's Tips ‏@LeadsomsTips Jul 9 Being a mum is a great way to gain the upper hand in complex negotiations that you don't really understand. My Loathesome Tip (no.6,793) "As a mother, I have witnessed my nanny allowing the children to play with my make-up. The results were so delightful tha...

Search found 2690 matches