Anti-Corbyn coup fails - so far!

I have to confess, I didn't notice her resigning....

Poor Jezza.

If I was Mrs May, I'd be very tempted to call a snap election, Lily.

She would win hands down.

Millions of Labour voters would rather have Theresa May as PM than Jeremy Corbyn
23:37, 26 Jul 2016 Updated 00:56, 27 Jul 2016
By Mikey Smith

A devastating poll reveals the Tories have the biggest lead over Labour since 2010, and Labour have the worst numbers since Corbyn won the leadership.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/millions-labour-voters-would-theresa-8500523

May must be cursing Cameron for introducing fixed five year terms, LL. I think she has to get something like two-thirds of the Commons to support her if she calls for an early election?

I would be delighted to see an early election; a good few of the useless 50+ SNP MPs (including the one I voted for, before I cottoned on) would be booted out, if the May Holyrood elections are anything to go by.

Sorry bonny I know nothing about 5 year fixed terms for election! LL

Cameron's doing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_2011

I don't like it - IMO, there are times when events of such magnitude occur that fresh elections are necessary, and this is one of them.

This refers to a hideously-complicated scandal which is starting to erupt in Scotland:

Agent P ‏@AgentP22 35m35 minutes ago
So the SNP is changing the timing & methodology of GERS stats based on 65 public consultation responses, where many have identical comments?

GERS are the official financial statistics relating to Scotland. They should have been out some time ago, but were mysteriously delayed because of the Holyrood elections.

Now it turns out that the people the SNP 'consulted' on the delay were mainly members of Common Weal, a hard-Left, turnips for all, supposedly pro independence set-up.

All of which is leading to suspicions that this year's statistics have used rather a lot of red ink, hence them being delayed until well into August.

If Labour was doing its job, they would be jumping up and down about this jiggery-pokery, but they seem to be too busy tearing themselves apart.

I don't see Ms Davidson letting this one go, though, once she's got to grips with the whole convoluted scam.

Jeremy Corbyn is divisive, deluded and dangerous. Let’s all wish for him to be happy
Neil Midgley 27 July 2016 • 11:51am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/jeremy-corbyn-is-divisive-deluded-and-dangerous-lets-all-wish-fo2/

11 charts and one map Jeremy Corbyn will definitely not want to see
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/11-charts-and-one-map-jeremy-corbyn-will-definitely-not-want-to-see--b1esf0cC8Ub

Labour rules 'misapplied' when Corbyn put on leadership ballot, court told
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/jul/26/labour-leadership-corbyn-owen-smith-patriotism-politics-live

The return of British Rail - just what's needed!

Labour could 'bust apart and disappear', Smith warns Corbyn
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
Wednesday 3 August 2016 19.08 BST
Owen Smith says he is standing against party leader because he wants to stop break-up of Labour into factions
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/03/labour-leadership-owen-smith-jeremy-corbyn-factions

Momentum
‏@PeoplesMomentum
Labour needs a programme of mass political education to win the next election, from @mcash

The Left always were keen on 're-education camps'...

https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/james-mcash/labour-needs-programme-of-political-education

Short-term plasters
Ultimately this is a long-term strategy. It means empowerment: giving people the self-confidence and the intellectual tools to analyse and change the world. But there are also short-term steps we can take.

1) Clear vision. This does not need to be policy-heavy but it does need to be tangible. If we cannot provide a rough sketch outlining life under a Labour government then what’s the point? If our supportive members cannot explain this in a minute conversation in the pub then how can we expect more sceptical voters to be convinced when it is mediated through a hostile media?

2) Watercooler points. Across the country colleagues and friends will discuss, however briefly, current affairs over a pint, or by the office watercooler. Increasingly, there will be a Labour party member participating in these conversations, but they’re there with no support. We need to make regular, perhaps weekly, contact with our members to share key talking points and responses to criticisms. It is already someone’s job to do this for an inner core of press spokespeople: we need to expand that core to over a million.

3) Break out of our bubble. The danger of relying on our membership is that we end up just speaking to ourselves. We need a conscious approach to avoiding this. This means supporting local members to have a presence in other spheres, and to organise outward facing events ourselves. This means book clubs, football tournaments, coffee mornings, yoga sessions, bingo nights etc.

Corbyn's doing an Inspirational Speech right now - and I haven't the foggiest idea what he is actually saying. It's a mish-mash of every single Labour cliche they've come out with for decades.

I actually cannot remember what he said even a minute ago. Possibly he can't either, as he is using a teleprompter.

Oh God, he wants to nationalise the buses.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-corbyn-rallies-abby-tomlinson_uk_57a1d10fe4b0f42daa4b9b95?46ygep51giudi

Quote:

Corybn rallies over the last week have attracted thousands of supporters, but Tomlinson said there was no correlation between this and being able to win a General Election.

Writing in a blog post, she said events are “great for Jeremy’s ego” but do “nothing” to help the party to achieve election victory, she claimed.

“We can’t win with rallies,” Tomlinson wrote. “They don’t do anything. It seems like a ridiculously obvious point to make but, do you know who have literally zero rallies? The Tories. Do you know who keep winning elections? Also the Tories.”

Quite.

bb1 wrote:Oh God, he wants to nationalise the buses.

That will mean they will never run on time again etc etc etc?

lily wrote:

bb1 wrote:Oh God, he wants to nationalise the buses.

That will mean they will never run on time again  etc etc etc?

Didn't when they were union controlled years ago. And guess who he'd also go after -

An anti-monarchist, he once petitioned Tony Blair to move the entire Royal Family out of Buckingham Palace and into a 'more modest' dwelling.

If he gets to control the UK, expect its name to be changed to the "Socialist Republics of England,Scotland, Wales and N Ireland". Gulags in all counties .... LL

But, do you think that if he did that to her4 Maj he would turn down a knighthood or similar?

lily wrote:But, do you think that if he did that to her4 Maj he would turn down a knighthood or similar?

He's a rabid anti-monarchist and wants the whole system abolished. If they are gone, ain't no knighthood for hi,. LL

Well, they're not brilliant now, but I cannot think of a single industry that has got less efficient after it was de-nationalised.....

I suppose he does know that this is the 21st century?

I'll have to check, LL, but I think he's just recommended one of his chums for an Honour....

Yup.

http://order-order.com/2016/08/04/corbyn-gives-shami-peerage-anti-semitism-whitewash/

Corbyn has thrown away all chance of making any political capital out of Cameron’s honours list by giving a peerage to Shami Chakrabarti in exchange for her anti-Semitism whitewash report. Shami buried evidence of anti-Semitism at Oxford University Labour Club and recommended no lifetime ban for anti-Semites. For that Corbyn has made her a dame…

https://heatst.com/world/shami-chakrabarti-tried-to-send-her-son-to-eton/

While we wait to hear whether Shami Chakrabarti has been offered a life peerage by her close friend Jeremy Corbyn, or whether she wants to answer questions about the latest anti-semitism row engulfing Labour, a curious tale about her has come our way.

It seems this most right-on of anti-establishment figures tried to send her son to Eton College.

A source has told us: “I took my son to Eton to sit the entrance exam a couple of summers ago and was very surprised to see Shami Chakrabarti there accompanying her son. There is no question it was her. I had assumed Shami was so Left-wing that Eton was possibly the most offensive four-letter word known to her, but obviously I was wrong.”


There's no hypocrite like a leftie hypocrite.....