From what I've read, they were plotting against Ed weeks before the election, and he resigned immediately after so it looks as if they never really stopped, and from that, we have to conclude they won't stop now.refitman wrote:The evidence is that they have been planning this since he was elected, only to find he kept being successful (Oldham for example). They didn't exactly hide their intention to try to get rid of him, when they tried to set up a "let's get Corbyn" group BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ELECTED!SpinningHugo wrote:Well, critics can't have it both ways. Was it a longterm dastardly conspiracy, or an ill co-ordinated spontaneous uprising?
How could they have had him gone? What else are you suggesting they did/do?
FWIIW I too think it was largely spontaneous as a result of the EU referendum. Most Labour MPs rblamed Corbyn for his part in the result. Justifiably in my view. And wanted a pro-EU leader.
It has been an almighty clusterfuck that has, to my mind, proved that the likes of Benn and the other should never, ever, be in charge of the Labour party.
When did they get behind him? When did they publicly support him? Fucking Benn, getting an ovation from the Tories for his Syria speech. Dick of the highest order.
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Queue massive braindrain.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 33316.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Racist, xenophobic and anti-intellectual:
Up to now, with 0.8 percent of the world population Britain contributed 5.5 % of its research output (despite how much the sector has been shat on since Thatcher and Joseph took it on).
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Read where?ohsocynical wrote:From what I've read, they were plotting against Ed weeks before the election, and he resigned immediately after so it looks as if they never really stopped, and from that, we have to conclude they won't stop now.refitman wrote:The evidence is that they have been planning this since he was elected, only to find he kept being successful (Oldham for example). They didn't exactly hide their intention to try to get rid of him, when they tried to set up a "let's get Corbyn" group BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ELECTED!SpinningHugo wrote:Well, critics can't have it both ways. Was it a longterm dastardly conspiracy, or an ill co-ordinated spontaneous uprising?
How could they have had him gone? What else are you suggesting they did/do?
FWIIW I too think it was largely spontaneous as a result of the EU referendum. Most Labour MPs rblamed Corbyn for his part in the result. Justifiably in my view. And wanted a pro-EU leader.
It has been an almighty clusterfuck that has, to my mind, proved that the likes of Benn and the other should never, ever, be in charge of the Labour party.
When did they get behind him? When did they publicly support him? Fucking Benn, getting an ovation from the Tories for his Syria speech. Dick of the highest order.
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That's not what I am saying at all, it was clearly co-ordinated and clearly planned - they were so lacking in intellect that they managed to leak the plan on no less than four different occassions over the last ten months.SpinningHugo wrote:Temulkar wrote:PLP are not playinig any game whatsoever, they have bungled this right from the start and were flying from the seat of their pants from the monday after brexit, and hhave been running around like headless chickkens ever since. They don't know what they are doing they have no plan, they have tried every trick in the book to avoid the contest, but not in any coherent way, if they had managed just an iota of intelligence corbyn could have been gone by now, instead they misjudged a man who has been a street fighter in politics all his lifem and went down to the street to take him on. No subtlety, no clever idea, no challenger.SpinningHugo wrote:
See this board. See every Labour board i frequent. Go to your local CLP (I don't attend mine anymore).
Corbyn is going to win easily.
Not least because this year we only have stalking horse candidates. The PLP is playing a long game.
I know most here now hate her, but I agree with Toynbee in the last paragraph of this
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Takes guts.
Well, critics can't have it both ways. Was it a longterm dastardly conspiracy, or an ill co-ordinated spontaneous uprising?
How could they have had him gone? What else are you suggesting they did/do?
FWIIW I too think it was largely spontaneous as a result of the EU referendum. Most Labour MPs rblamed Corbyn for his part in the result. Justifiably in my view. And wanted a pro-EU leader.
That meant JC knew what was coming and even when it was likely to come, and just how to resist it. They played to a timetable that had chilcot and the NEC elections in red lines and never once did it enter their minds that corbyn wouldnt do what they wanted. That is gross negligence on the part of the plotters, they had no alternative they played for a leadership election without JC nad have lost. Had they gone for a straight fight, they may very well have beaten him.
The problem they have is that they ignored the number one rule - know your enemy - and it's not as if enough people didnt warn them about his nature. A truly terrifying level of political incompetence, and they claim Corbyn is ineffectual, he has jst taken on the PLP and beaten them, and he will do it for a third time by september.
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Link posted earlier. Guardian.SpinningHugo wrote:Read where?ohsocynical wrote:From what I've read, they were plotting against Ed weeks before the election, and he resigned immediately after so it looks as if they never really stopped, and from that, we have to conclude they won't stop now.refitman wrote: The evidence is that they have been planning this since he was elected, only to find he kept being successful (Oldham for example). They didn't exactly hide their intention to try to get rid of him, when they tried to set up a "let's get Corbyn" group BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ELECTED!
It has been an almighty clusterfuck that has, to my mind, proved that the likes of Benn and the other should never, ever, be in charge of the Labour party.
When did they get behind him? When did they publicly support him? Fucking Benn, getting an ovation from the Tories for his Syria speech. Dick of the highest order.
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Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
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Bring it on. There is momentum here (lower case); we need to keep our collective eye on the ball and go for PR. There is enough energy - can't let the Tories settle down and put us all back to sleep.
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Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt to name two:SpinningHugo wrote:Who is the 'they'? Watson? Eagle? Smith?refitman wrote:The evidence is that they have been planning this since he was elected, only to find he kept being successful (Oldham for example). They didn't exactly hide their intention to try to get rid of him, when they tried to set up a "let's get Corbyn" group BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ELECTED!SpinningHugo wrote:Well, critics can't have it both ways. Was it a longterm dastardly conspiracy, or an ill co-ordinated spontaneous uprising?
How could they have had him gone? What else are you suggesting they did/do?
FWIIW I too think it was largely spontaneous as a result of the EU referendum. Most Labour MPs rblamed Corbyn for his part in the result. Justifiably in my view. And wanted a pro-EU leader.
It has been an almighty clusterfuck that has, to my mind, proved that the likes of Benn and the other should never, ever, be in charge of the Labour party.
When did they get behind him? When did they publicly support him? Fucking Benn, getting an ovation from the Tories for his Syria speech. Dick of the highest order.
What is the evidence for this longterm conspiracy by the 172 members of the PLP?
As for Benn, that really depends on your view of intervening in Syria, which is another big and difficult question. I didn't approve of the Iraq War (because it was unlawful) but did approve of intervening in Syria (where it was lawful).
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A moderate Labour pressure group dubbed “the Resistance” is being formed by two top shadow cabinet members as Jeremy Corbyn pulls ahead in the leadership race, the Evening Standard can reveal.
Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt have written privately to Labour MPs calling on them to meet four days before the leadership result is announced. It is being seen by MPs as a rival to Mr Corbyn’s Left-wing platform and the start of guerrilla warfare for Labour’s soul.
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I'm not.RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
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To be fair the £25 supporters fee is quuite the money spinning wheeze if as many people sign up as expected, of course the make up of the members in Feb was overwhelmingly corbynite so it does the PLP no favours. I would bet the corbynites shell out 25 for a vote if they have it.
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Hugo seems disinterested in reading things that conflict with his beliefs. My quote/link above was posted in response to a conversation the other day.ohsocynical wrote:Link posted earlier. Guardian.
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Read my blog and form a view.RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
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Link posted earlier. Guardian.[/quote]ohsocynical wrote:
Read where?
i must have missed it. Anyone help me out?
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RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
Out of interest, Roger, do you actually expect an answer?
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There have been little hints in the media, such as a few weeks ago when a Shadow cabinet source said Margaret Hodges was going to sign a vote of no confidence. Nothing more was said about it, but I noticed she didn't deny it. I questioned what was happening on our local Lab Party page, and was poo-pooed probably as a dotty old lady.Temulkar wrote:That's not what I am saying at all, it was clearly co-ordinated and clearly planned - they were so lacking in intellect that they managed to leak the plan on no less than four different occassions over the last ten months.SpinningHugo wrote:Temulkar wrote: PLP are not playinig any game whatsoever, they have bungled this right from the start and were flying from the seat of their pants from the monday after brexit, and hhave been running around like headless chickkens ever since. They don't know what they are doing they have no plan, they have tried every trick in the book to avoid the contest, but not in any coherent way, if they had managed just an iota of intelligence corbyn could have been gone by now, instead they misjudged a man who has been a street fighter in politics all his lifem and went down to the street to take him on. No subtlety, no clever idea, no challenger.
Well, critics can't have it both ways. Was it a longterm dastardly conspiracy, or an ill co-ordinated spontaneous uprising?
How could they have had him gone? What else are you suggesting they did/do?
FWIIW I too think it was largely spontaneous as a result of the EU referendum. Most Labour MPs rblamed Corbyn for his part in the result. Justifiably in my view. And wanted a pro-EU leader.
That meant JC knew what was coming and even when it was likely to come, and just how to resist it. They played to a timetable that had chilcot and the NEC elections in red lines and never once did it enter their minds that corbyn wouldnt do what they wanted. That is gross negligence on the part of the plotters, they had no alternative they played for a leadership election without JC nad have lost. Had they gone for a straight fight, they may very well have beaten him.
The problem they have is that they ignored the number one rule - know your enemy - and it's not as if enough people didnt warn them about his nature. A truly terrifying level of political incompetence, and they claim Corbyn is ineffectual, he has jst taken on the PLP and beaten them, and he will do it for a third time by september.
I suppose once upon a time our press would have kept digging away at it. Weird to think that there was a time when you could pick up a paper and be pretty sure if there was anything untoward happening they'd be reporting it.
I tell you what our papers remind me of now. An old fashioned gossip column, where hints and tit-bits of gossip were tossed around, but the reader was expected to fill in the gaps.
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Perfect storm on the horizon. Maybe we should look to take advantage of this and use the politics-wide instability to get something positive out of it. PR.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 33271.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Hugo,get a grip man and stop pimping your blog.You're really starting to sound needy.SpinningHugo wrote:Read my blog and form a view.RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
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1. Did they? When? Where?Temulkar wrote:- they were so lacking in intellect that they managed to leak the plan on no less than four different occassions over the last ten months.
That meant JC knew what was coming and even when it was likely to come, and just how to resist it. They played to a timetable that had chilcot and the NEC elections in red lines and never once did it enter their minds that corbyn wouldnt do what they wanted. That is gross negligence on the part of the plotters, they had no alternative they played for a leadership election without JC nad have lost. Had they gone for a straight fight, they may very well have beaten him.
The problem they have is that they ignored the number one rule - know your enemy - and it's not as if enough people didnt warn them about his nature. A truly terrifying level of political incompetence, and they claim Corbyn is ineffectual, he has jst taken on the PLP and beaten them, and he will do it for a third time by september.
2. What did he need to do to 'resist' it? Other than refuse to resign?
3. Again, what do you think they could have done/could do, to get rid of him? Nobody I have seen has suggested anything. If he won't resign, they're stuffed.
4. Everyone knows what the Campaign Group are like. They have been around for decades. Their behaviour has been no surprise to me, and so I am completely sure no surprise to the PLP.
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Robert Peston @Peston 47m47 minutes ago
What is particularly impressive about the vast majority of MPs who want @jeremycorbyn out is they couldn't even read mood of their own NEC
What is particularly impressive about the vast majority of MPs who want @jeremycorbyn out is they couldn't even read mood of their own NEC
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I do keep saying this. If Corbyn is as inept and useless as certain elements of the PLP profess, why is it he keeps on winning against them? What does this say about their own competence beyond their being even more inept and useless than is Corbyn? The evidence certainly doesn't suggest that they're better than him, does it.Temulkar wrote:The problem they have is that they ignored the number one rule - know your enemy - and it's not as if enough people didnt warn them about his nature. A truly terrifying level of political incompetence, and they claim Corbyn is ineffectual, he has jst taken on the PLP and beaten them, and he will do it for a third time by september.
I'll also add, has it ever once occurred to them that it may just be their complete uselessness that is holding the Labour Party back at elections, not Corbyn?
The past few weeks have made me seriously doubt whether or not I actually want any of these muppets anywhere near the reigns of power because, actually, what they did with them could well be disastrous.
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Rebecca wrote:Hugo,get a grip man and stop pimping your blog.You're really starting to sound needy.SpinningHugo wrote:Read my blog and form a view.RogerOThornhill wrote: Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?
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Well, it is that or explain my claims in longhand.
but, as you say, nobody reads it anyway....
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Ephie's post: viewtopic.php?p=118953#p118953" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;SpinningHugo wrote:i must have missed it. Anyone help me out?ohsocynical wrote:Link posted earlier. Guardian.SpinningHugo wrote: Read where?
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I'll also add that it doesn't exactly reek of confidence that the anti-Corbyn element in the Party are going to be very successful in attracting people to [sic] #SaveLabour.Temulkar wrote:To be fair the £25 supporters fee is quuite the money spinning wheeze if as many people sign up as expected, of course the make up of the members in Feb was overwhelmingly corbynite so it does the PLP no favours. I would bet the corbynites shell out 25 for a vote if they have it.
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Ephie's post: viewtopic.php?p=118953#p118953" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[/quote]refitman wrote:i must have missed it. Anyone help me out?SpinningHugo wrote:Link posted earlier. Guardian.ohsocynical wrote:
Read where?
Ah, I don't read those.
Rather odd to rely on an article from 2014 that proved factually wrong.
"It has reached critical mass now.” Another said: “There isn’t a letter [demanding Miliband’s resignation] but there could be one very quickly.”"
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I wish they had got rid of him. I think Labour would be in power if they had, we would not have voted for Brexit, austerity would have ended, and the Labour party would still be a viable political party.
Still, never mind, eh?
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No, I'd prefer a straight answer - are you a qualified lawyer yes or no?SpinningHugo wrote:Read my blog and form a view.RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
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Not a difficult question to answer...unless you're not of course and don't care to admit it.
And thanks for the other bit.
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We have been through this before. I post anonymously and won't be doing 20 questions on my identity. Work it out for yourself.RogerOThornhill wrote:No, I'd prefer a straight answer - are you a qualified lawyer yes or no?SpinningHugo wrote:Read my blog and form a view.RogerOThornhill wrote: Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?
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Not a difficult question to answer...unless you're not of course and don't care to admit it.
And thanks for the other bit.
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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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
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You're Grant Shapps aren't you:SpinningHugo wrote:We have been through this before. I post anonymously and won't be doing 20 questions on my identity. Work it out for yourself.
1. Penchant for multiple identities
2. Pretends to have expertise he doesn't have
3. Tries to increase the SEO of his own website via dubious means
4. Gives guided tours of the House of Commons.
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I think it's a fair question. You keep posting stuff on the legalities of things, but we have no idea if you are speaking from a position of authority, or just blowing smoke up our arses.SpinningHugo wrote:We have been through this before. I post anonymously and won't be doing 20 questions on my identity. Work it out for yourself.RogerOThornhill wrote:No, I'd prefer a straight answer - are you a qualified lawyer yes or no?SpinningHugo wrote: Read my blog and form a view.
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Not a difficult question to answer...unless you're not of course and don't care to admit it.
And thanks for the other bit.
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SpinningHugo wrote:
We have been through this before. I post anonymously and won't be doing 20 questions on my identity. Work it out for yourself.
How on earth could anyone identify you simply from you saying whether you're a qualified lawyer or not?
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I kinda assume from that that you're not.
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Can that be right though?ohsocynical wrote: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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
Some MPs have been touting for membership in the national press in the past few days with the promise that they can get rid of Corbyn.
What are they going to say now,oh,thanks for the money but you can piss off now seeing as you can't vote?
Piss up in brewery.
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So Jess Philips and Angela Eagle asking people to join up and vote for Angela, are going to be disappointed.ohsocynical wrote: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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
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@Rebecca. Snap. Great minds think alike....Rebecca wrote:Can that be right though?ohsocynical wrote: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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
Some MPs have been touting for membership in the national press in the past few days with the promise that they can get rid of Corbyn.
What are they going to say now,oh,thanks for the money but you can piss off now seeing as you can't vote?
Piss up in brewery.
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It isn't good though,is it.ohsocynical wrote:So Jess Philips and Angela Eagle asking people to join up and vote for Angela, are going to be disappointed.ohsocynical wrote: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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
Labour Party scared of the membership.
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#SaveLabourohsocynical wrote:So Jess Philips and Angela Eagle asking people to join up and vote for Angela, are going to be disappointed.
Oh... damn.
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Well, don't read it then. One of the things I like about the blog is that it only has so much force as the arguments possess. You shouldn't defer to authority. Make your own mind up.refitman wrote:I think it's a fair question. You keep posting stuff on the legalities of things, but we have no idea if you are speaking from a position of authority, or ust blowing smoke up our arses.SpinningHugo wrote:We have been through this before. I post anonymously and won't be doing 20 questions on my identity. Work it out for yourself.RogerOThornhill wrote: No, I'd prefer a straight answer - are you a qualified lawyer yes or no?
Not a difficult question to answer...unless you're not of course and don't care to admit it.
And thanks for the other bit.
take this
https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/2016 ... on-brexit/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
here I say a senior QC (and three senior academic public lawyers) are all wrong and try to explain why in simple terms. I am pretty sure I am right, but would the arguments be better if you knew my name was Hugo Spin QC, or Spin LJ? I try to be as accessible and short as possible, but if you don't find it helpful, look elsewhere.
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Hoist on their own petard...
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So, unless these rules have been misrepresented, people who are not Labour Members but manage to register as a supporter between 18-20 July, are going to get a vote in this leadership election whereas fully paid up Members who happen not to have been so for 6 months backdated from today, will not.
Is there a head in hands emoticon?
Edit: plus, arguably, Jess Philips et al have been illegally inducing people to part with money for membership on the false premise that it would let them vote to #SaveLabour. IANAL, but...
[egads, me Inglish has gone to pot tonite]
Is there a head in hands emoticon?
Edit: plus, arguably, Jess Philips et al have been illegally inducing people to part with money for membership on the false premise that it would let them vote to #SaveLabour. IANAL, but...
[egads, me Inglish has gone to pot tonite]
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ohsocynical wrote:So Jess Philips and Angela Eagle asking people to join up and vote for Angela, are going to be disappointed.ohsocynical wrote: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 them thought to be Corbyn backers - are not currently eligible to vote.
The NEC agreed members must have been in the party for six months dating from today to take part.
Anything that causes the overly noisy Ms.Phillips to be disappointed will not cause me to worry.
It's a problem, though - there will be a lot of very angry people out there if they want to vote (for either side).
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RobertSnozers wrote:Can we just imagine for a moment what would have happened if the PLP had done something similar in 2014? And installed, say, Alan Johnson.
Does anyone seriously think that would have led to a Labour government? After what we've seen over the last couple of weeks?
Delusional.
I do, yes.
i am sure Labour would not have won a majority, Scotland would have been lost anyway, but it would have been enough to have a minority Labour government.
Unprovable, of course, but leadership and the economy were Labour's biggest negatives in polling.
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http://bambuser.com/v/6363996" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Ken Loach now speaking in london about Corbyn
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Jesus wept. I come here for intelligent something and occasional light relief. In these troubled times can all parties, give it a rest.
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PS: Labour is over. Long live Labour.
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Alan 'I'm too thick me to be shadow chancellor' Johnson would, of course, have done so much better on the economy. Not an easy target to smash into pulp by a merciless right wing media on that one at all...SpinningHugo wrote:Unprovable, of course, but leadership and the economy were Labour's biggest negatives in polling.
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You'd be welcome.RobertSnozers wrote:I'm keeping all options open, TizTizme1 wrote:I'd like to invite all disillusioned Labour party members to join the Greens. Before I do though, can I just check - Hugo, you don't live in Watford do you?
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JonnyT1234 wrote:Alan 'I'm too thick me to be shadow chancellor' Johnson would, of course, have done so much better on the economy. Not an easy target to smash into pulp by a merciless right wing media on that one at all...SpinningHugo wrote:Unprovable, of course, but leadership and the economy were Labour's biggest negatives in polling.
He was daft to accept the shadow Chancellor brief. He should never have been asked.
This is also backwards looking, unprovable and implausible. He didn't want to be leader, then or ever.
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Out of interest everyone, don't we all have a pretty good idea of the answer to both questions.ephemerid wrote:RogerOThornhill wrote:Out of interest are you actually a qualified lawyer?SpinningHugo wrote: if interested in legality
Out of interest, Roger, do you actually expect an answer?
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