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Corbyn's days (very) numbered?

Francesca R said:
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(Corbyn no confidence vote)
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BBC.

If he ignores that, then his game-plan is to try to eliminate anything other than the hard left from the Labour Party. This will lead to Labour having the same relevance in national politics as Greenpeace, whether he succeeds or fails, but particularly if he succeeds.
 
Corbyn's statement in response to the no confidence vote:

I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today’s vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy. We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country.”
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MikeG said:
Where are you watching this Francesca? (I mean, not where are you, but what is your source?)
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Francesca R said:
It's "just a handful of MPs"
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I think Francesca R is referring to some earlier comment from Corbyn or his supporters that it was just a handful of agitators so nothing to worry about.

It could even have been someone posting in this thread - lemme check

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On Monday evening Mr Corbyn - who had also rebuked his party critics during a Commons speech - told grassroots supporters from the Momentum campaign group in a rally outside Parliament to stand up for the causes they believed in - including social justice, economic equality and human rights.

"Don't let the media divide us; don't let those people who wish us ill divide us," he said. "Stay together, strong and united, for the kind of world we want to live in."

Speaking at the same event, Mr McDonnell accused a "handful of MPs" of trying to "subvert" the party and challenged them to put up or shut up.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647458
 
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Well, I think that classes as having "put up".
Then again, they're probably all Blairites (I hope I have the terminology right).
The party will be better off without them...you know, purer.
 
No, they still haven't put up. The no confidence vote doesn't force Corbyn to resign: he was elected by the Labour party, not just by Labour MPs.

If they want to put up, they need to put up a candidate against his leadership. This requires about fifty MPs to rally around and support a candidate.

If there is a challenge, there is some legal argument about whether or not Corbyn, as the standing leader, automatically gets on the ballot or not. If he doesn't get on automatically, then he also needs the support of fifty MPs to nominate him - which might not be possible based on the no confidence vote, depending on who those who abstained support.
 
Considering he didn't seem to want the job. In fact he doesn't seem to want the job, it's quite strange.
 
An electorally radioactive leader who can't get unseated must be an asset planted by the illuminati. Kudos for the so many decades of planning.
 
The Don said:
Corbyn's hanging on. Wonder what it would take for him to go
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From what I've heard it would seem merely for him to lose a leadership contest... Until then why should a hundred or so people from a constituency of about 350,000 decide they can overturn a majority decision?
 
Darat said:
From what I've heard it would seem merely for him to lose a leadership contest... Until then why should a hundred or so people from a constituency of about 350,000 decide they can overturn a majority decision?
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That would be fair comment if those 350,000 people were of any great consequence, but they aren't. They are unimportant compared with the 9 million who voted Labour last time (from memory), and the 10 million plus who would be needed to get a Labour victory next time. If this was just a Jeremy-sect pressure group, then yes, you'd be dead right. Pressing on with this madness will leave the 120 year old Labour party (again, memory) as nothing more than a hero-worshipping Jeremy-sect. FFS, do none of the Corbynistas reaslise that this stuff is actually of national and historical importance? Have none of the wongos worked out that this behaviour leaves the Tories in power for a generation?
 
If a leadership election is called without Corbyn on the ballot it would effectively be s Coup by the MPs against the party membership.
 
MikeG said:
That would be fair comment if those 350,000 people were of any great consequence, but they aren't. They are unimportant compared with the 9 million who voted Labour last time (from memory), and the 10 million plus who would be needed to get a Labour victory next time. If this was just a Jeremy-sect pressure group, then yes, you'd be dead right. Pressing on with this madness will leave the 120 year old Labour party (again, memory) as nothing more than a hero-worshipping Jeremy-sect. FFS, do none of the Corbynistas reaslise that this stuff is actually of national and historical importance? Have none of the wongos worked out that this behaviour leaves the Tories in power for a generation?
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No, the membership are the party, they get to decide, that's the rule. Why should Labour be Tory Lite?
If the right wing don't like it they can start a new party.
 
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