Exactly right, it was key Labour seats that put the Leave vote over the top. A bloke like Corbyn is probably the only one who could unite the competing interests within the party.
Jeremy Corbyn, former UK Opposition Leader
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Ed Miliband was electorally damaged by sharing the campaign stage with Cameron for Scotland. Corbyn was not going to make the same mistake.
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Tony Benn would be rolling in his grave knowing what his son is doing to Labour and his mate Jeremy C.
Corbyn was right to sack the disloyal prick.
He is the clear favourite with members, so either respect that mandate or * off and find another party
Corbyn was right to sack the disloyal prick.
He is the clear favourite with members, so either respect that mandate or * off and find another party
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The Blairites lost the party base, they might as well go start their own centralist movement.
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Well, that escalated quickly.
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It really didn't matter how Corbyn performed during the Brexit/Remain campaign, the Blairites were always going to use a 'leave' vote as an avenue to come at him and win back control of the Party. Labour needs to split, but electorally can't afford to. The same could probably be said of the Tories. Both are extremely divided.
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Can he?
He was a controversial choice to begin with and has already a mini-revolt in some sections of his own party. The Brexit results may give rise to the strange situation where every leader of UK leading parties is somehow weakened with the exception of Nicola Sturgeon.
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I wonder how much of the timing is down to trying to get rid of Corbyn before the Chilcot report drops a giant turd on Blair. They're really stomping their feet a lot considering there is no alternate leadership candidate and Corbyn still has massive support from the membership.
I am amazed that this is the leading story in the British media after the referendum. The Blairite liberals who didn't want Corbyn as leader a year ago still don't want him as leader now. What a shock. I hope they quit, and that the Blairite MPs who dominate the Tories join them.
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Yep this is the time to purge the Blairites from the party. Showdown at the OK corral time. This has been brewing for years and needs to come to a head. The members will back Corbyn again so unless they manage to keep Corbyn off a leadership ballot he will remain leader.
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Yep. There's absolutely no logic behind getting rid of Corbyn now. He's got a massive mandate from the members, they've won every single by-election held since then (so much for being unelectable), they've improved in the polls significantly and he won over Labor voters by a 63-37 margin to vote for remain (interestingly Sturgeon who's thought off as doing an amazing job for remain only won SNP voters over 64-36).
This is just a convenient time for the Blairites to attack because they're shitting themselves about what the Chilcot report might show. The best thing that could happen would be to rid the Labour party of those disconnected, self-interested MPs who are driving this. Corbyn's a bit too left for my liking but at least he stands for something, cares about the common person and will give voters a choice. He might actually give Labour some backbone and a reason for existing beyond the MPs' pay checks, which is something a host of left-wing parties around the world need.
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Chilcot report is due on July 6th. 8 days from now.
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Yep. And the PLP just confirmed what everyone knew, that they hate Corbyn. Everybody's willing to throw stones at him but as of yet nobody has been willing to actually challenge him for the leadership and bring on an election of the members. I wonder why...
One notable Blairite, David Blunkett, has waded into to the conflict by saying that Momentum should leave the Labour party, rather than the MPs who are wanting to ignore the members of their own party.
There is no better demonstration of the actual issue Labour faces.
There is no better demonstration of the actual issue Labour faces.
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Yep. If anybody is in any doubt on who is driving this read through this piece:
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/06/28/truth-behind-labour-coup-really-began-manufactured-exclusive/
This is the might of Blair and all his business allies to try and tear back control of the Labour party against the will of the members. The last thing they want is the people of the UK actually having a choice come election time.
It is worth pointing out that I'm fairly sure some of the resigners do actually prefer socialism to liberalism, and instead genuinely feel Corbyn is not the man to lead the party despite what their shared beliefs. But they will be overrun by the Blairites again if Corbyn goes, and if not, McDonnell will probably take his place.
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There's absolutely zero chance of McDonnell leading. He's hated like Corbyn but doesn't have anything like the public support.
It's worth remembering that when Corbyn was elected he was initially only supported by about 20 MPs and the rest who nominated him preferred somebody else who was already nominated but gave him their vote to give a voice to the party's hard left. So the fact that he's only getting the support 40 MPs now is hardly surprising. Considering he's from the hard left and got so few MPs support to begin with it's hard to think that there are many who agree with his policy positions but don't want him to be leader.
The really staggering thing is how the PLP managed to become so disconnected from its membership and union base.
EDIT: And just to show that, the woman most likely to challenge Corbyn, Angela Eagle, has had her own local Labour branch come out backing Corbyn: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...idence_uk_5772a5d8e4b08d2c563a1dea?edition=uk
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Brexit just seems like a convenient excuse to throw Corbyn out. Another example of a growing disconnect between the public and the politicians.
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Seems a decent guy, but 132 more votes against than for has to be more than a Blairite conspiracy. He has never been able to separate his personal politics from his position. That's fine for things he can change, but not so much for international issues.
In addition, I also don't believe Corbyn is a great leader, but he shouldn't need to separate his own beliefs from his position as leader. If a party has two ideologies within it that are fundamentally opposed to one another, it should not be one party.
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Perhaps, but the member vote was almost as overwhelming in favour; it just shows the disconnect between the politicians and the people they are supposed to represent.
Angela Eagle enters the fray.
She has been seen preparing for the leadership battle:
She has been seen preparing for the leadership battle:
The unions are backing him, the constituency parties that have been asked are predominantly backing him, the MPs who voted against him can't decide on a leader and Tim Farron is calling for the Liberal Democrats to be the new home for 'progressive' politics (ie. Blairites in the Labour and Tory parties).
Realignment is a step closer.
Realignment is a step closer.
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