Corbynomics: A Dystopia

BobQ

ruggedtoast wrote: »

The resigners will rue today's treachery. As will the Blairite turncoat Watson.

Corbyn will be re-elected with a large mandate then there will be no hiding places.

And sadly that will be the end of the Labour Party.

Watson realised that Blair had to go and now he knows Corbyn must.

You win elections by appealing to those like me who usually vote against the Conservative candidate. But I cannot vote for a party led by Corbyn.

We are back to the days of Militant Tendency where fringe parties on the extreme left tried to destroy the Party. I do not care that he is a nice bloke, he seems to want to lead a small party that has no chance of ever being in power. That helps nobody that they seek to represent.

Thrugelmir

BobQ wrote: »

I think the unions are not the issue. The unions are just their members.

Unions internally hold very strong left wing views. No a place for those with a more moderate outlook. Blair knew that the Labour party would to reform to attract the new middle classes. He lost and the Labour party has since returned to it's 70's roots.

BobQ

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Unions internally hold very strong left wing views. No a place for those with a more moderate outlook. Blair knew that the Labour party would to reform to attract the new middle classes. He lost and the Labour party has since returned to it's 70's roots.

Internally? I think that is a wild generalisation. I think many activists in most unions are left of centre, but I know many True Blue Tories who are union members. Also not all unions are affiliated with the Labour Party.

Mistermeaner

When people say unions they are generally I think referring to the GMB unite unison nut etc - the big usual suspects who are stuck in a time warp

Thrugelmir

BobQ wrote: »

Internally? I think that is a wild generalisation.

This guys all back Corbyn's leadership.

Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite the Union

Dave Prentis, General Secretary, UNISON

Tim Roache, General Secretary, GMB

Dave Ward, General Secretary, CWU

Brian Rye, Acting General Secretary, UCATT

Manuel Cortes, General Secretary, TSSA

Mick Whelan, General Secretary, ASLEF

Matt Wrack, General Secretary, FBU

John Smith, General Secretary, Musicians’ Union

Gerry Morrissey, General Secretary, BECTU

Ronnie Draper, General Secretary, BFAWU

Chris Kitchen, General Secretary, NUM

ruggedtoast

We will not waiver to the Blairite's rebellion.

We will stand firm and vote again. We will face down an army of Jess Phillipses.

Corbyn is not going anywhere.

Mistermeaner

I think toast is joking. He is intelligent enough to know that corbyn is unelectable

At best he is forming a union of unions

Rinoa

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Todays PMQ's

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLuvrC0KWDQ

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ruggedtoast

As far as I know the Tories don't get to decide when Labour leaders step down.

michaels

ruggedtoast wrote: »

As far as I know the Tories don't get to decide when Labour leaders step down.

I think it is funny that DC who has resigned and therefore has zero political capital is trying to tell the leader of the opposition to do 'for the good of the Labour party'. Has to be said DC has lost it big time.