Corbynomics: A Dystopia

JACKBLACK

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I think you will find that a great many people are about to vote for him to remain leader again.

I agree.

And he still won't be able to form a shadow cabinet.

Who's going to vote for that in a national election to elect a government. A man who can't even organise a shadow cabinet - is never going to get elected to run our country.

gadgetmind

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Corbyn and the Left aren't going anywhere.

Agreed 100%. Stuck in the past and irrelevant in both present and future.

ruggedtoast

Rinoa wrote: »

If you don't condemn thugs verbally abusing Labour MP's and threatening rape and even murder, then you tacitly support such action.

I am not going to dignify your strawman nonsense with a response.

Rinoa

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This is the moment Jewish Labour MP Ruth Smeeth was accused of colluding with the right-wing press by Momentum activist and former Guardian writer Marc Wadsworth at this morning’s Corbyn anti-Semitism event. The Telegraph reports Wadsworth handed out deselection leaflets warning “traitors” will be found out and took Smeeth’s name down on a piece of paper. Wadsworth then shouted “look how white you all are” at journalist. Both Smeeth and Labour staffers were tearful outside. Corbyn did not intervene to protect her…
UPDATE: Statement from Smeeth:

“This morning, at the launch of the Chakrabarti Inquiry into antisemitism, I was verbally attacked by a Momentum activist and Jeremy Corbyn supporter who used traditional antisemitic slurs to attack me for being part of a ‘media conspiracy’. It is beyond belief that someone could come to the launch of a report on antisemitism in the Labour Party and espouse such vile conspiracy theories about Jewish people.
“No-one from the Leader’s office has contacted me since the event, which is itself a catastrophic failure of leadership. I call on Jeremy Corbyn to resign immediately and make way for someone with the backbone to confront racism and antisemitism in our party and in the country.”

martinsurrey

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I am not going to dignify your strawman nonsense with a response.

I don't think you know what a strawman is...

mrginge

martinsurrey wrote: »

I don't think you know what a strawman is...

Use of the phrase 'strawman' is rife on this board. It's the MSE equivalent of Godwin's law.

Rinoa

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I am not going to dignify your strawman nonsense with a response.

That's just code for "I know Momentum is full of thugs led by senior shadow cabinet MP's but I'm not going to admit it"

martinsurrey

Rinoa wrote: »

That's just code for "I know Momentum is full of thugs led by senior shadow cabinet MP's but I'm not going to admit it"

and "in the last 10 comments this is the only one I can reply to without giving any content or rebuttal"

setmefree2

I thought Angela Eagle was supposed to announce at 3 O'Clock - it hasn't happened ?

martinsurrey

setmefree2 wrote: »

I thought Angela Eagle was supposed to announce at 3 O'Clock - it hasn't happened ?

bbc 16.20

BBC

"Angela Eagle is to delay her expected leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn, Labour sources have said.

The former shadow business secretary had been expected to declare that she was going to run as a "unity candidate" at a 3pm news conference.

However, sources said she had decided to hold off because of the turmoil engulfing the Conservatives following the shock withdrawal of Boris Johnson from the leadership race.

"She is still up for it. She has the signatures," one source said, referring to the 50 nominations from Labour MPs and MEPs needed to mount a challenge under party rules.

Ms Eagle had been expected to announce she was challenging Mr Corbyn after deputy party leader Tom Watson failed to persuade him to stand down following an overwhelming vote of no confidence by Labour MPs.

Her decision to wait gives the rebels more time to intensify the pressure on Mr Corbyn to quit of his own accord."