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Rebecca

Chukka telling the world how much he admires the Tory leadership model,and how many Labour MPs would like to follow suit.

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The ones who've just signed up to support Corbyn are pretty close to being cultists. And some of the new members since his nomination are too. There are enough of them to be a right nuisance. Sorry but is this Jess Phillips in disguise?????? Tubby,you have no evidence that people who vote for Corby...

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At least we have been spared the truly dreadful Sarah Vine swanning around no 10.

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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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I did so even believing in WMDs (which everyone did, up to and including Blair). 'Everyone' didn't include me. At the time I couldn't understand why people found it so plausible. I don't believe I'm alone in that. I didn't believe it either. At all. At the time I was living in N Yorks,and was very ...

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Pauline Lane ‏@Antonineone1 23m23 minutes ago Pauline Lane Retweeted Labour Insider Dan Hodges on #skynews this morning saying PLP want to kidnap Corbyn They have a 'plan' Even presenters went quiet.. Labour Insider ‏@Labour_Insider "there has been talk of a final big push on Monday and Tuesda...

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Len McCluskey on the 12 o'clock news,Corbyn is not going anywhere.He has got nerves of steel.

Rebecca

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-techno...

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Gloria DePiero has taken to write a column in The Sun asking the readers to join Labour in order to get a new leader That's her off of my Christmas card list. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1381982/if-you-think-the-country-need-new-leadership-i-am-begging-you-to-join-our-party-and-give-labour-the-ch...

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Here's the promised Canary article http://www.thecanary.co/2016/07/01/senior-labour-party-insider-says-plan-oust-corbyn-play-10-months-ago-exclusive/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not quite explosive, but mainly because we already knew this would be the case. Changing lea...

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Gloria DePiero has taken to write a column in The Sun asking the readers to join Labour in order to get a new leader That's her off of my Christmas card list. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1381982/if-you-think-the-country-need-new-leadership-i-am-begging-you-to-join-our-party-and-give-labour-the-ch...

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How fecking patronising. My husband is nearly Corbyn's age. He's as fit as a flea mentally and physically. Duty of care ? Do they think we all get senile once we hit sixty ? Phew. :zen: Blood pressure must come down. From what I gathered reading the article,(may be wrong and won't be going back for...

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I see that it seems to be that the accusation that I twisted someone's words seems to have been accepted (judging on the likes for the post accusing it) I do not mind being challenged for my politics or my views but I if people think I twist people's words then I no longer have any credibility I wi...

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/01/tom-watson-calls-on-labour-mps-to-prevent-leadership-contest Tom Watson is seeking a negotiated settlement to get Corbyn to stand down. Blimey.After all the plp have done to Corbyn this week,what is there to negotiate. Hope he tells them to fuck off a...

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Yes,it is a disaster. But I think we should all imagine how we would feel if the referendum results were different.Remain won,52 to 48.Hooray. Then leave were now trying every trick in the book to reverse the decision. They would be doing the same as Scotland would have if Indyref had been closer, ...

Rebecca

Log time lurker here - been following silently ( I registered on the night of the last election - but in the emotional meltdown of dismay...forgot my passwords - I was briefly 'Paddington Bear' ) I've voted Labour ever since I could first vote. I've been a member since the early 80s - but Willow ha...

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While any deal which did not protect Labour’s main priorities would “have severe consequences for jobs and protection at work”, McDonnell indicated that, even then, the party would not try to block departure from the EU. “We have to respect the decision that was made in the referendum,” he said. “O...

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Welcome, Third. Have a bit of cake. (You can't have it all, or Tiny Clanger will get the 'ump. And the biccies are for CJA, sorry.) Now then - what do people think about the 60,000 new Labour members registered in the past week? Are they signing up to to bury Corbyn or to praise him? (That's nearly...

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Shami Chakrabarti was interviewed on Today (about 8.33) where she did her level best to support Jeremy Corbyn and say that the press conference was her responsibility. She made many points - among them the fact that she probably didn't give Jeremy Corbyn the chance to intervene when Marc Wadsworth ...

Rebecca

Morning.
I heard Mrs May on the radio yesterday.
She sounded very much like Mrs Thatcher.
Think she will get it.

Rebecca

tinyclanger2 wrote:Popped out for a small snifter earlier.
Swigging for Victory.

Drinking in defeat.

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Éoin ‏@LabourEoin 22m Some MPs who resigned have told me privately it was partly due to pressure put upon them & then now understand the feeling among grassroots. I did say at some point they would start to crack if it went on too long. I bet any money my local MP is one. So they know they ar...

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howsillyofme1 wrote:
tinyclanger2 wrote:is there a no-one ever offered me any cake and I certainly don't have any special cookies (jaffa cakes ideally) put aside for me emoticon?
There is a lemon butterfly cake in the kitchen...want it?

I think virtual cake is cruel tbh

Rebecca

Every time there is an ISIS attack ,the muslim community is blamed,if only by furtive,sideways looks. People(idiots) see muslim/person with brown skin/terrorist Every time Israel carries out an attack there is a rise in anti semitism. Therefore,Corbyn pointing out that neither peoples are responsibl...

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Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the [Binyamin] Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of self-styled Islamic states or organisations. Corbyn. Anyone care to comment? I would like to add to that. Our British friends (well,most of them) are ...

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I too hope Corbyn gets re-elected, if only for the fun of sitting back in a deep, comfortable armchair, in front of a roaring open fire whilst the PLP gets roasted on it. This is one time when a purge would be wholly justified. He deserves to be re-elected. I know loads of people disagree.but imo h...

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tinyclanger2 wrote:It's like living in the political equivalent of Dallas

This last week has gone from apocalypse now to carry on up the hoc

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Kevin SchofieldVerified account ‏@PolhomeEditor Angela Eagle will NOT challenge Jeremy Corbyn. She will only stand when/if there is a contest. "It's a Mexican stand-off", says senior MP. So who is going to be the Anthony Meyer equivalent? Cowards the bloody lot of them.(not JC,think he is...

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Further indicators of the 'FU Labour Members' assault by the PLP: Anti-Corbyn Labour MPs investigate party name ownership ‘Saving Labour’ group floats plans for breakaway group as pro-Corbyn supporters organise rallies http://gu.com/p/4n5vf?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Bit late to only now be trying to g...

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Before I go out again,are we actually leaving the eu?

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Temulkar wrote:They are going for the wicked counsillors line next bullying an old man.

Yes,well,it's the PLP bullying an old man.They really are cowards.

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Someone on Cif claiming LBC suggesting there's an announcement soon, Corbyn may be resigning. If true - I'm relieved. And I thank Ed Miliband for it (I'm only half joking). Edited to add - I realise, if it happens, it probably has a lot to do with the outcome of the Trades Union meetings. Edited &q...

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Just had to come back for the cake quote, I'm hysterical. I think I'll just have to look for the funny side to stay sane. Now I really am going to do something else for a while, making a dress for my great-niece while gardening is rained off. Later. x I'm trying to design the grid layout for a patc...

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Must admit I am amazed they never had an agreed "unity candidate" from the off. Absolutely staggered. This exactly. Unless the chosen one bottled it? As soon as Benn made the phone call that should've been that. This is it. We can no longer trust them, and we can't rely on them to organis...

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Steve Bell is excellent today.

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See you later. Weather appalling again today, cold, wet, dark. We're ordering the materials for a DIY project. We are rather old fashioned but we've planned it, have assessed all the pros and cons, risks, costed it and know exactly how we are going to do it. Not in the spirit of the times are we ? ...

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What happens if Corbyn stands (as it seems he will) and beats Eagle? How could the PLP continue in its current form? They should have thought of that. Finding an outstanding candidate would help. Not Eagle. "We shouldn't be here" is not an answer though. What happens? Get your crystal bal...

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If there is a general election soon I daresay the plp will be asking for donations.

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PorFavor wrote:She's been receiving death threats, according to the BBC. (Pre the Jeremy Corbyn situation and during the EU referendum campaign, I gather.)

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I'm confused. Why is David Cameron "locked in talks" with his EU counterparts? What's he talking about ? I thought he'd washed his hands of it all and that was why he resigned. It's taking him a long time to explain why we are leaving the eu,but not yet,no hurry with article 50,no sirree....

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No, democracy is this. If Labour doesn't offer me what I want and need from a political party, I will leave and join another party. This is true of all of us and we comment here, on a political forum, to express when we approve (I really liked Ed, though I always understood that he didn't really ap...

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Rumoured that her CLP aren't too impressed. At all. Trying to find the link. I read an email from her CLP,but it was one of the btl comments so unsure if it was genuine. But they didn't sound happy with Eagles' tv performance. The interview yesterday, do you know - or another TV appearance? I THINK...

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Rumours that the "stop Corbyn" candidate in the coming leadership election will be Angela Eagle. Can't say I'm massively impressed or enthused by that...... Rumoured that her CLP aren't too impressed. At all. Trying to find the link. I read an email from her CLP,but it was one of the btl ...

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And I don't think that any of us have a problem with that. I understand and respect everything you say. But, leaving aside the act that I'm not a member of any political party, I still cannot see it as anything but anti-democratic, in the larger sense, to ignore a clear majority verdict (within the...

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Both David Lammy and Seema Malhotra have resisted "getting on with it and accepting the inevitable", so that's not true. Both have spoken to my feelings in a way Jeremy Corbyn can't, because he has wanted this for a long time. I think there may be a generation gap here. I've been in the E...

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I see that Cooper is saying that Corbyn is losing Labour votes in the heartlands. Have missed the evidence of this but I'm sure she would not say this without proof of her words.Would she? What worries me is the collective memory loss of the PLP.Who recently rather carelessly lost Scotland. Labour ...

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I do honestly think that will change over the course of the next few months but not now, and I really don't think JC would be an impediment to changing tack when it became politically possible to do so. I disagree. I think Corbyn is already an impediment to changing tack and I think the longer he's...

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I see that Cooper is saying that Corbyn is losing Labour votes in the heartlands.
Have missed the evidence of this but I'm sure she would not say this without proof of her words.Would she?
What worries me is the collective memory loss of the PLP.Who recently rather carelessly lost Scotland.

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PS Hugo's list earlier. So no one worth voting for then. And I can't quite believe he actually included Cooper... Incidentally am I wrong in thinking that Benn has always been a singularly unimpressive MP who has never actually achieved anything much in his entire parliamentary career? I just don't...

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But the vast majority of leave voters are Tories. You've got it the wrong way round. If there had been a narrow remain vote, a slightly Eurosceptic Labour leader could have been helpful in trying to keep disappointed "out" voters on board, but the "leave" voters have their wish ...

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