Corbyn's days (very) numbered?

Aepervius said:
An alternative way to see that was that she tried to support him, but recognized that this was a lost cause , and rather than risk splitting Labour decided to remove support.
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Fair enough. It looks indecisive though, and that she didn't take enough "soundings".
 
Francesca R said:
Just to get "member of shadow cabinet of HM opposition" on her CV . .
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Does it increase her pension? In Australia parliamentary pensions are based in part on the highest level you achieve, although you have to serve more than a few days....
 
lionking said:
I would just love to see members walk out as the first question is asked. It would be wonderful theatre.
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Apparently the Labour MPs are sat in silence, and Corbyn got a metaphorical slap in the face from Cameron:


It's gloves off from David Cameron - who tells Jeremy Corbyn - who is in the midst of a leadership crisis with an open revolt among three quarters of the parliamentary Labour Party - "for heaven's sake man, just go".

He says although it's in the Conservative Party's interest for Mr Corbyn to stay on as leader - it isn't in the national interest.
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From the live BBC politics page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-36570120

Also:

Mr Cameron says: "We all have to reflect on our role in the referendum campaign," and - in a swipe at Mr Corbyn quotes the Labour leader as saying he had put his back in to the Remain campaign.

He added:

All I can say is I'd hate to see him when he's not trying."
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Garrison said:
Apparently the Labour MPs are sat in silence, and Corbyn got a metaphorical slap in the face from Cameron:




From the live BBC politics page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-36570120
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Jeez, even I could give Corbyn a touch up. ;)

He's the biggest lame duck leader since the invention of lame ducks. Losing a replacement shadow minister within days? Takes special talent to fail so monumentally.
 
If Corbyn goes now it is because he was publicly dismissed by the leader of the Tories.

So more digging in and not budging #OccupyLabour
 
Ironically, the next couple of months could see Cameron at his finest. As the saying goes, the most dangerous person is the one who has nothing to lose.
 
lionking said:
Jeez, even I could give Corbyn a touch up. ;).....
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:D That may not mean the same thing in Australia as it does here.

Put it this way.......the Sex Offender's Register awaits those who don't understand the difference.
 
lionking said:
Oh this is becoming a circus act
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Are they enough Corbyn supporting Labour MPs to even fully populate the Shadow Cabinet?

lionking said:
Ironically, the next couple of months could see Cameron at his finest. As the saying goes, the most dangerous person is the one who has nothing to lose.
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Indeed. :D One can only hope he takes BJ and his cronies with him.
 
MikeG said:
:D That may not mean the same thing in Australia as it does here.

Put it this way.......the Sex Offender's Register awaits those who don't understand the difference.
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Yes, separated by a common language.....

In my, now ancient, argot.

My definition:

touch-up
Touch up: to hit or punch someone in a fight.
I had to give that guy a touch-up because he ran his mouth.
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I won't shock you with some of the urban dictionary's alternative definitions.
 
It’s Still the Iraq War, Stupid.

Craig Murray said:
No rational person could blame Jeremy Corbyn for Brexit. So why are the Blairites moving against Corbyn now, with such precipitate haste?

The answer is the Chilcot Report. It is only a fortnight away, and though its form will be concealed by thick layers of establishment whitewash, the basic contours of Blair’s lies will still be visible beneath. Corbyn had deferred to Blairite pressure not to apologise on behalf of the Labour Party for the Iraq War until Chilcot is published.

For the Labour Right, the moment when Corbyn as Labour leader stands up in parliament and condemns Blair over Iraq, is going to be as traumatic as it was for the hardliners of the Soviet Communist Party when Khruschev denounced the crimes of Stalin. It would also destroy Blair’s carefully planned post-Chilcot PR strategy. It is essential to the Blairites that when Chilcot is debated in parliament in two weeks time, Jeremy Corbyn is not in place as Labour leader to speak in the debate. [...]
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Garrison said:
Of course not, just because he deliberately undermined his own party's policy to support Remain had nothing to do with the outcome of the vote. Even MPs who are most assuredly not Blairites voted against him in the no-confidence vote.
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I don't think Corbyn was very effective during the Referendum but unless he was actively stopping his people campaigning and making sense then I think a lot of the Labour party have to look at themselves and wonder if they did enough.
 
Good advert for effective leader there: Just don't actively thwart your team in fulfilling the mission y'all have. Then you have all the required qualities.
 
Francesca R said:
Good advert for effective leader there: Just don't actively thwart your team in fulfilling the mission y'all have. Then you have all the required qualities.
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I just find it quite shameful that the Labour party seem to show more passion for infighting than they do for the issues. I barely remember seeing more than one or two Labour faces during the campaign (though in fairness they are quite forgettable) but within minutes of the vote going the wrong way they were on TV to say how bad the campaign had been.

If they have no respect for Corbyn and don't respect his leadership then fine but that's not an excuse for their own half-hearted showing during the Referendum. They're utterly clueless and irrelevant now.
 
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