As you know, I am one of the £3 Corbynista, am not now and have never been a member of the Labour Party....but with Corbyn there is/was hope (and not the one just North of Peterborough ) that, finally, someone would take on the Austerity bullsh1t....and I'm convinced that the coup is a coup that has been planned for many months (probably at least since the Syria vote)...so we disagree on a few things....but on this, I agree - it wasn't the speech of a leader...and, to a degree, showed his inability to be authoritatively decisive....however - he has been leader for less than a year, this country, Europe and the rest of the world are now in turmoil so for me, even if Corbyn was a plant pot or a tub of lard, the timing is atrocious and not a little bit suspect. (I also believe(TM) that in a purely political sense, out there in the wider malaise, he's the only one (of the party leaders we have left) who can carry the 'Outers' as well.)Willow904 wrote:I so wish I was a member of the SNP or even the Libdems right now. I agree with their party's leaders responses to the referendum more than my own and both have made much more substantial and statesmanlike speeches than the leader of the Labour party. While those Labour members on the left get indignant about process and the unfairness of Corbyn being unable to retain the confidence of the PLP, none of them seem to be willing to accept the central point - 63% of Labour supporters wanted to remain in the EU while the party leader has wanted to leave for much of his career. I can't speak for anyone else, but for me this is about an awful lot more than his being 'lacklustre'. I felt thoroughly let down by his speech on Saturday.James Lyons
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Filling shadow Cabinet with Corbynistas will fuel resignations, predicts neutral Labour source.
In other news, Barclays shares been allowed back off the naughty step following being suspended after a fall of 11% and the European banks are 'being pummelled'....if only there was an opposition to point out the gross incompetence and failure of our ruling elite....but they've decided not to do that.
Can I just say as well - nothing I write is intended to annoy/upset anyone - I have the greatest respect for all in here, and I felt possibly that my rant about Tory Blur and his foreign adventures with Uncle Rupert and Dubya yesterday could be taken as an insult to those with a different opinion, so apologies if I've stepped over the line (and if/when I step over the line in future, which I'm sure I inadvertently will )