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Jolyon Maugham QC has just Tweeted this -

"Labour leadership: pre-2010, where there was an incumbent, everyone needed nominations; post-, only challengers do"

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yahyah wrote:
ephemerid wrote:yahyah - re. our PM issues - Refitman has sent you my email address.

Right. Murray!

Have sent an email.

Now it's my turn to have a problem - I haven't received it!

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yahyah - re. our PM issues - Refitman has sent you my email address.

Right. Murray!

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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/challenger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; challenger noun [ C ] UK /ˈtʃæl.ɪn.dʒər/ US /ˈtʃæl.ɪn.dʒɚ/ someone who tries to win a competition, fight, or sports event from someone who has previously won it I may be having som...

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Angela Eagle as bad on Sunday Politics as she was on Peston She is - and unfortunately has not answered (in either interview) questions on what her policies are and how they differ from Corbyn's. Not being a member, I don't have a vote; but if I did, I'd still have no idea what she stands for. If t...

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Those who follow rugby (and some who don't), might like the headline in the spoof tabloid, on the rugby blog I post on. http://www.aodrugby.com/2016/07/10/the-sunday-hask-bumper-saint-bianor-of-pisidia-edition-july-3rd/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :lol!: :lol!: :lol!: :...

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Refitman - thank you! xxx This article is very good - a long-ish read, but it sums up what I think. I wish I'd written it! shibleyrahman.com/politics-2/for-m-angela-eagle-is-part-of-the-problem-for-labours-electability-not-the-solution/ Despite the title, it isn't all about Eagle, but more about how...

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Morning ephemerid For some reason I can't access email details so can't help with that. I'm sure Refitman will be along later. Can you not PM yahyah on here though? Paul x I did PM her yesterday, and it's gone from my outbox - but she says she can't open the message for some reason. Thanks anyway! xx

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I've been reading the posts from yesterday, and I am inclined to think that Corbyn could win a GE if only he had the support of his MPs. If the PLP really cared about democracy, they would support him because the members do. It bothers me that they won't. I wish I knew what the answer is to all thi...

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Morning, all. yahyah - saw your post yesterday. Are you on Twitter? We could PM that way. Or - Refitman/lovely Paul - could my email address be passed on to yahyah, please? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the Labour leadership thing...

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Just popped in to say thank you for the personal messages.

Have a nice day.

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That there. Rude. It was in the tone of the post to which it replied. This is the final time I will respond to any comment you post here. As ever, you turn up for no apparent reason and start asking your little questions. As ever, you are responded to with politeness - to begin with, at least. Then...

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That there. Rude. Yes. As per..... Since the shenanigans began, there have been "Keep Corbyn" rallies in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Cardiff, Cambridge, and even Penzance. I'm sure I've missed out a place or two.....30,000 people in total. That may not seem a lot, but it's more than 172. Re...

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As it would appear that some are not obsessing about Corbyn being useless today, but being less than complimentary about other Labour MPs, perhaps we should have a little look at what's going on with Labour generally. Since the General Election last year, the number of people joining the Labour Part...

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Thanks for the frock advice going for the £1,375 Latymer dress in black,in recognition of Toby's efforts. Oh no, A. That would never work. That whole colour-block/off-the-shoulder thing is sooooooo last season. Anyway, you'd look much better, considering your imposing height and rampant hirsutism, ...

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In 2007, when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister after Blair's departure, Cameron said this - "Gordon Brown doesn't have the mandate, he wasn't elected as Prime Minister, and he should go to the country". If, as I suspect, Theresa May wins the Tory leadership, I wonder if her erstwhile bos...

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http://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2016/07/08/walsall-racism-claims-community-leaders-say-frightening-atmosphere-of-xenophobia-after-brexit/ The engineers of this disgusting nightmare should be made accountable for this and to go and sort it out. In person, on the ground. 27th.June - Guard...

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Morning! I want to thank HindleA for his posts over the past few days - as well as injecting some humour into proceedings, he has posted links to actual news on subjects close to my heart. I also want to thank people who have been patient with me and my irritation with a certain person; I have resol...

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To be completely honest, I would rather Hugo was able to post and be ignored by the people he annoys, rather than responded to rudely. Perhaps I'm having a politeness crisis, but there you go. I respect your opinion but given how cumulatively rude Hugo is over the course of a day, I believe that ru...

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Well done, Hugo!

Once again, your tedious patronising self-serving crapola has driven people away.

Hope you're happy now.

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..but surely he's the most useless Labour since the last one, how hard can it be? Very. See this board. Lots and lots of those who voted for him are not prepared to admit their error, and a large number of activists have also joined the Labour party. But, the attempt must be made. it is that or jus...

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HindleA wrote:I blame men over 5ft.8women over 5ft.5,and all with moustaches regardless.

OMG!!!!!!

It's all my fault!

I'm 5'6'' and the Immac isn't working!!!!!!

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa........

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Freedom Of the Press - fantastic post - thank you.

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I'm always ready to hear Hugo and TE, but may I say that anyone who can possibly judge what kind of politician will be "electable" at the next General Election is a much, much smarter guy than me. One week Dave is unassailable, the next Osborne is the anointed successor, then it's Boris r...

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The point about Miliband's intervention is that it was far more nuanced than "Jeremy is terrible and must stand down now". It was an appeal to him that if he stubbornly clings on willy-nilly, he risks damaging the things that he claims to care about. And that's the sort of thing that migh...

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She is the embodiment of "you get the politicians you deserve", and a salutary lesson for Lexiters everywhere. I thanked your post only to then think maybe that's a bit harsh, actually. I agree people would have deserved Gove or Boris, but Leadsom's a bit of a surprise to everyone and if ...

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If there must be a "substantial change" in who makes up the Parliamentary Labour Party there will have to be deselections. Obviously. It would be better by far for the current members of the PLP to support their leader. equally obviously. Do we really have to go through all this again? FFS.

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At last!!!!!!! Proof that FTN is an echo chamber!!!!!!! Once again, we have the questions that have already been answered and round and round we go again. Again - again, I say that Corbyn should stay because of the reasons I have given many times and for the reasons he has given himself. Again - aga...

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Blair has a lot on his conscience. But why is their no criticism of the soldiers who sign up to kill ? Without them there would be no war. The willing recruits who buy the macho myth about 'our heroes', and sign up, are the ones who fire the weapons. I know a lot of kids who have gone into the army...

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weird. I don't mind hugo's interventions. I don't tend to mind the first twenty, but after that I start to get annoyed. And round and round and round we go.........drives me bonkers. :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: I am very pleased that J's quote and my plate (plus S...

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" Brexit didn't casue this, but it did make it happen. " Guardian live business blog Last sentence from a Brexit supporter's post below the line https://discussion.theguardian.com/comment-permalink/78376815" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That's just FANTASTIC!!!!...

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yahyah wrote:Ephie, I hope you have your Welsh flag to wave tonight.
I've made a little printout and stuck it on a stick.

We have. (It's not on a stick, mind)

Show's got a big black eagle of LLewellyn flag. (Showmaster? Show-off more like)

He's also got his red t-shirt on. And socks.

Overkill, I calls it.

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Jeremy for PM ‏@jeremyforlabour Tony Blair is such a coward he skipped the Chilcot meeting this morning. Families of British soldiers are barred from his press conference. Pauline Lane ‏@Antonineone1 · 7h7 hours ago Pauline Lane Retweeted Jeremy for PM Understand they are having a meeting with Jere...

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Sunny Hundal – ‏@sunny_hundal This was Blair's chance to accept he made mistakes, claw back sympathy. Instead he's spent 50 min telling us we're too stupid to understand No wonder Hugo loves Blair so much. Ooooooooh!!!!!!!! You ARE awful! But I like you. (Pace the late great Dick Emery) Jonny, you ...

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On a lighter note..... Our Brian (a.k.a. Prince Charles) has sent a message to the Welsh football squad saying how proud he is. The Heath Hospital in Cardiff has trebled its' internet provision for this evening so that patients can watch the game. In New York, there's a little boy who is severely au...

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Show and I were watching BBC Parliament - and Bob Stewart asked if the injured service personnel from Iraq and many other conflicts could be assured that they would be "looked after". The departing GRPPFGTCC said yes. By which he means they will be subjected to ESA and PIP assessments, not...

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[quote="HindleA"]https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-prepaid-card-live-test Evaluation of prepaid card test for benefits For those who haven't read this (or don't want to!) There were supposed to be 150 claimants involved in this "test" - in the end, ther...

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-prepaid-card-live-test Evaluation of prepaid card test for benefits https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-sep-2015-and-appeals-to-mar-2016" onclick="window.open(this....

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mbc1955 wrote: (my edit)
So why waste your time arguing with someone so self-serving as Hugo? Do something positive instead. We certainly need that.

True. I just can't help sometimes.......

Pax.

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Do you know what a rhetorical question is? (Clue: that isn't one either). Trying to be serious, what do you expect to happen? Is there a plausible story that goes well for Labour from here? These are actual questions. You are exactly the kind of person I want to answer them. I am trying to understa...

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Another day, another set of rhetorical questions, Do you know what a rhetorical question is? (Clue: that isn't one either). Trying to be serious, what do you expect to happen? Is there a plausible story that goes well for Labour from here? These are actual questions. You are exactly the kind of per...

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Another day, another set of rhetorical questions, posed to elicit a response which can then be refuted with crystal-ball predictions based on nothing more than personal opinion. Start with an assumption which as yet has no basis in fact, sketch scenarios 1/2/3/etc. and predict what happens in each, ...

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Angela Eagle saying she *will* challenge Corbyn for the leadership if he doesn't step down, and yes she really means it this time. Yes she does! I actually don't mind her, but this past week has done her few favours. Yawn. He has said, repeatedly, that he will not step down. He has said, repeatedly...

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Lovely Paul - quite right. discordantharmony - good luck. All - Farridge has resigned before, then de/un-resigned, then done whatever he says his people want him to do. Whatever that is. He says that he only wanted his country back and now that he has it his job is done. He says he was never a profe...

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discordantharmony - this is a dreadful story. 1. Your friend should get in touch with Shelter Manchester - 0161 660 8885. http://www.england.shelter.co.uk/get_advice/advice_services_directory/manchester" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 2. If she can get a statement from the C...

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Good morning! Today is Irony Bypass Day! Item: Chris Bryant thinks May's 180 MPs in favour of her being PM is "terribly weak". However, 172 MPs not in favour of Corbyn, er, isn't. Item: Telegraph headline this morning - "Boris demands post-Brexit plan" and blames government for &...

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John Prescott - "The Eagle is stranded".

(I think he's here all week....)

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CmcspmMXEAAEcDQ.jpg Interesting...... So useless Corbyn made 123 media appearances and Johnson (lest we forget was the leader of Labour's Remain campaign) made 19. Once again, I have to ask - why is Corbyn being singled out for the brickbats? ------------------------------------------- On another t...

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I confess I am a little bit in love with Professor Henry Brubaker, whoever he may be..... He describes himself on his Twitter account as a "Furniture polish enthusiast". Love it. The Institute of Studies did a very funny thing on alcohol - http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technol...

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-election-conservative-andrea-leadsom-brexit-u-turn-latest-news-next-prime-minister-a7116806.html Tory leadership election: Andrea Leadsom defends Brexit U-turn by saying she has been on a 'journey' to Narnia, presumably. And on the way, ...

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