It's absurd that people think that Labour MPs ought to be more accountable to their membership (422k) than the people who vote for them (9.3 million in the last election).
They should probably bring back the electoral college.
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They should probably bring back the electoral college.
Wow!
Don't get me wrong, i am first in line to criticize chardonnay socialist and despise few things more than people who live on benefits when they are able to work.
But you are on another league.
I strongly believe in helping people who cannot help themselves (let's call it group A).
I also strongly believe in not giving a single cent to those who can help themselves and chose not to (Group B).
You put both of those in the same bag.
I understand that sometimes it is very hard to practically distinguish one group from another, but your post implies you are willing to sacrifice Group A at the expense of (rightfully imo) not helping Group B.
I strongly disagree with that.
You also missed millions of people who contribute to the economy through the informal sector (housewives, unregistered volunteers, etc.).
Gove not Boris that's a bit of a shocker 0_0
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You can see the knife sticking out of Boris's back. ...so much that he's not now standing!!
Blood on the carpets everywhere.
Blood on the carpets everywhere.
In other news, Corbyn decides to compare Israel with Isis at a speech on Labour's anti-Semitism report.
This is why I'm convinced it would never have worked and he was never a viable leader. Show him an opportunity to make a political gaffe and he'll make one.
You know, there was a long conversation comparing him to Bernie Sanders a while back on this thread. Well, lets try again with the comparisons to American politicians.
He's Donald Trump.
This is why I'm convinced it would never have worked and he was never a viable leader. Show him an opportunity to make a political gaffe and he'll make one.
You know, there was a long conversation comparing him to Bernie Sanders a while back on this thread. Well, lets try again with the comparisons to American politicians.
He's Donald Trump.
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Dubya. He's got the same caught in the headlights look and nothing he says makes sense.
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I did say it would be Gove v Hammond earlier in this thread!! Still time.......
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Potentially a shrewd and damn clever move from Boris. He can step in at a letter date when Gove/May/Whoever gets the job is unable to overcome the sheer amount of sh*t Britain is mired in at the moment...
Even if that's not the case, and Gove not supporting him has hurt his leadership campaign, the man should bloody well go through with it. Otherwise, why the hell did he jump on the Leave wagon?
Even if that's not the case, and Gove not supporting him has hurt his leadership campaign, the man should bloody well go through with it. Otherwise, why the hell did he jump on the Leave wagon?
Slightly impossible considering nominations have closed...
Lol at all these petitions.
Now Eagle's constituents are starting one to make her resign.
https://www.change.org/p/labour-par...ntext=fb_share_mention_control&fb_ref=Default
I mean just LOL, i swear this countries population have gotten more entitled.
This would be very very interesting to watch if it wasn't for it being my country.
(Mind world news puts this into perspective it could be so so so so so much more worse and it makes me grateful to be here).
Now Eagle's constituents are starting one to make her resign.
https://www.change.org/p/labour-par...ntext=fb_share_mention_control&fb_ref=Default
I mean just LOL, i swear this countries population have gotten more entitled.
This would be very very interesting to watch if it wasn't for it being my country.
(Mind world news puts this into perspective it could be so so so so so much more worse and it makes me grateful to be here).
I am sitting outside a Parador in Spain enjoying a beer and cigar in 31 degrees and prefer my optimism to your continued negativity and pessimism!
I was was right about Boris not being there and Gove standing.......
From BBC article:
He said: "To assume that a Jewish friend or fellow member is wealthy, some kind of financial or media conspiracy, or takes a particular position on politics in general or on Israel and on Palestine in particular, is just wrong.
"Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those various self-styled Islamic States or organisations."
But Mr Corbyn denied comparing the state of Israel to so-called Islamic State
Not sure Corbyn knows what a comparison is....
Also other reports of an MP's being abused by a Corbyn supporteras some kind of Jewish conspiracy whilst Corbyn looked on and said nothing.
You can't make this stuff up.
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Good post Tigs.
If this is the worst mess we can get ourselves into we're still much better off than most other countries. A distressing amount of the world is really in bits.
I'm glad to be English although I do reserve the right to moan like hell about it!!
The video is out there. Google Ruth Smeeth and you will find it. The reports are a little overwrought but its not exactly friendly stuff.
So Israel are beyond reproach, when drone strikes continue killing children and other non-combatants?
e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/-sp-gaza-israeli-strikes-unrwa-schools
This is what gets me though. Just last night you were calling on the labour left not to be incendiary towards the labour right. And then you say something as outlandish as that...
Like a lot of the PLP, you continue to focus on dragging Corbyn through the mire, rather than the Tories.
And yes, he's comparable to Sanders in the sense that he's a leftist anti-establishment candidate, normally on the fringes of politics, finding support in the post-recession, polarising, political climate.
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Please point out where I said Israel is beyond reproach.
Please tell me what's smart about bringing up Israel in a way where it can be compared to ISIS at the press conference on Labour's anti-Semitism report.
You're right I probably spend too much time dragging Corbyn through the mire - but there we go. If the corpse is dead, I might as well not bother concealing my incredulity at the man jumping into the mire again and again.
Corbyn's call was clearly a criticism directed towards anti-semites, who attack Jewish people for the actions of Israel:
“Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.”
“Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.”
Yes but criticising Israel (not matter how justified it is) is not exactly the best of things to do at an antisemitism event. Anybody with some idea of Jewish community knows that.
Yup.
And J'nuh, fair enough if you don't think that was criticism of Israel by comparing it to ISIS (the name that springs most readily to mind when we're talking self-styled Islamic states), but there's plenty who do think it was and think that had no place at Labour's formal repudiation of anti-Semitism.
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