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IanB 6761 posts |
Jun 28, 2015, 19:04
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spencer wrote: If he were Labour leader I'd vote for them again. But he won't be : ( Spend £3, get a vote, have your say and get him in!
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Mark1971 252 posts |
Jun 29, 2015, 14:44
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It's crazy that The Labour Party having a left wing candidate for leadership is causing such a media hoo-ha! I'm not sure I recall any consternation with any Tories being "too right wing".
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thesweetcheat 6200 posts |
Jun 29, 2015, 22:47
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The political consensus has moved so far to the right of where it was in the 70s that any hint of even vaguely left policy is viewed as nothing short of revolutionary Bolshevism. You only have to look at the way the media portrayed "Red" Ed. Thatcher won, for the foreseeable future anyway.
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IanB 6761 posts |
Edited Jun 30, 2015, 14:25
Jun 30, 2015, 14:24
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thesweetcheat wrote: The political consensus has moved so far to the right of where it was in the 70s that any hint of even vaguely left policy is viewed as nothing short of revolutionary Bolshevism. You only have to look at the way the media portrayed "Red" Ed. Thatcher won, for the foreseeable future anyway. Even more reason why Labour should be a party of the left and leave off with this gutless turditure of social democracy. It's not about winning (at least not until the monetarist experiment blows another gasket), it is about proclaiming a clear, credible alternative that doesn't involve genuflecting to the City of London. Stop chasing popularity, stand ground on the left and let people come to you as the right are discredited.
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thesweetcheat 6200 posts |
Jun 30, 2015, 18:25
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Absolutely right.
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spencer 3065 posts |
Jul 02, 2015, 12:59
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I am watching Michael Fallon's statement to the HofC about Tunisia/IS and the intention to start bombing Syria - the Tunisian assailant/s were trained in er, Libya, and how did that country degenerate into the state it is now? - and Corbyn has just stood up to warn of the danger of mission creep. Fallon's said he'll reflect on that, in an 'I understand what you're saying (but)' sort of way.. So few MP's there, too....
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spencer 3065 posts |
Jul 02, 2015, 23:27
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Right now. Plenty of applause. Missed most of it as only just got in from work, will watch repeat. Expect on iPlayer too.
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Rhiannon 5290 posts |
Jul 03, 2015, 07:25
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thank you, I shall watch that.
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tjj 3606 posts |
Jul 03, 2015, 19:02
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I watched it on iplayer - the issues discussed remain as depressing as ever. Jeremy Corbyn was measured, always speaking with integrity, he didn't veer from Socialist principles. Sadly though, Jeremy Hunt had the more forceful personality and talked for the longest time. It was a comparatively quiet discussion with no shouting from the panel or audience. I liked Shappi Khorsandi a lot - especially her comments about asking patients to pay for missed appointments. There was a female GP in the audience who managed to effectively express the disillusion of general practitioners in England - apparently many of them are leaving for New Zealand. I didn't know that.
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PMM 3155 posts |
Jul 05, 2015, 23:02
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Corbyn's campaign is gathering momentum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33402438 Started out as a rank outsider, but who knows?
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