CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Well this should certainly make things interesting. He has a mandate so the butthurt Blairites can't really get shot of him just yet, and the Tories in all their tiresome and entirely predictable fear-mongering hysteria have hit new levels of absurdity by plastering the face of a rather endearing 66 year old man on a poster and claiming he's a threat to national, economic and YOUR FAMILY'S security.I also enjoy that he's already pissed off the London elite by deciding to give Marr a miss.Anyway he's got some job on his hands if he wants to win an election. I don't think he will, as I've said before, because he's a threat to the establishment and middle-class privilege. He won't win the middle, Scotland is gone, and those voters than went to the Kippers have a different view on immigration (to put it gently). The only hope he has is to build a strong grassroots movement that wins over those people that don't vote, which is feasible but insanely difficult. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Someone put it rather well on the radio earlier; Labour have ditched Miliband's 35% strategy in favour of Corbyn's 20% strategy. I reckon that's as good an approximation of the next few years as any professional pundit will manage. Edited September 13, 2015 by Awol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them?I haven't spoken to anyone of any political persuasion who hates Corbyn. Have any of your Tory mates told you that's how they feel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 It hardly can be a coincidence but the BBC are showing J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls tonight (2030) which is definitely one for the Lefties and a brilliant reminder about social responsibility and selfishness. I don't expect it to be as good as the wonderful Alistair Sim version but it will be interesting to see how it compares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them?it would be very strange if they were to hate him based on what school he went to for example ..nah nobody would ever do that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Who was the last party leader without a degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 John Major? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 It seems that Chuka legged it because Corbyn wouldn't rule out supporting a 'GTFO' vote in the EU referendum.Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 McDonnell as Shadow Chancellor. RIP Labour as we know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 McDonnell as Shadow Chancellor. RIP Labour as we know it.Is that actually happening? Dreadful choice if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yup. All men in the top jobs too with Benn & Burnham in Shadow Foreign & Home respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 You have to LOL. They've waited forever to get to this point, and then appoint John McDonnell as the Shadow Chancellor. Blown up within 24 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Well, one day in to being leader, our local Labour councillor and Labour candidate at the last GE (Chris Elmore) has gone from tweeting congrats and hopes for unity and winning mentality - to retweeting 3 or 4 anti Corbyn messages.That didn't take long did it.I haven't voted Labour in a very long time. If that arse is the candidate next time, he'll get nothing from me. I now have two contradictions. A half decent local MP that shows an interest in local matters - but his bosses are Bullingdon boys. A Labour leader I'm interested in (let's see how that pans out over time), with a local representative that is briefing against him 24 hours into the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Party politics is pish, and has been past its sell-by date for years. If the candidate gives a shit and does well for your local community then vote for them regardless of their bosses. If they give a shit then chances are they aren't an elitist dimwit like Cameron anyway.That said, if you vote Tory I hope an old toothless man sucks on your toes at night. Edited September 13, 2015 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Charming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 13, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2015 ... claiming he's a threat to national, economic and YOUR FAMILY'S security. Its doing the rounds I know but the man that left his child in a pub lecturing the country on family security … priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Well, one day in to being leader, our local Labour councillor and Labour candidate at the last GE (Chris Elmore) has gone from tweeting congrats and hopes for unity and winning mentality - to retweeting 3 or 4 anti Corbyn messages.That didn't take long did it.I haven't voted Labour in a very long time. If that arse is the candidate next time, he'll get nothing from me. I now have two contradictions. A half decent local MP that shows an interest in local matters - but his bosses are Bullingdon boys. A Labour leader I'm interested in (let's see how that pans out over time), with a local representative that is briefing against him 24 hours into the job. you need look no further than David Blunkett . Saturday after the result was saying that the party would unite and there would be no recriminations then yesterday saying he called on the party to give Corbyn and Watson 'more loyalty than either of them showed previous leaders' Edited September 14, 2015 by Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them?I haven't spoken to anyone of any political persuasion who hates Corbyn. Have any of your Tory mates told you that's how they feel?OK then, how about severely dislike. And with that I can include yourself, the 3 other usual suspects in this thread, and DC himself.Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them?it would be very strange if they were to hate him based on what school he went to for example ..nah nobody would ever do that Just because I (facetiously) described a group as Etonian doesn't mean I have any feelings one way or the other for anyone who went there. Or have I missed something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Interesting how many Tories really hate him. Surely they should like him as he's obviously no threat to them?I haven't spoken to anyone of any political persuasion who hates Corbyn. Have any of your Tory mates told you that's how they feel?OK then, how about severely dislike. And with that I can include yourself, the 3 other usual suspects in this thread, and DC himselfnice grouping of posters there, and putting words in mouth as well.i do not severely dislike Corbyn, you should read my posts a bit better. In fact why would I dislike him? He's going to deliver conservative election victories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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