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Should Corbyn remain as Labour leader?


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  1. 1. Should Corbyn remain as Labour leader?



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7 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I like Corbyn, a lot but I doubt very much he will ever be PM. Labour itself is in a strong position right now and a stronger leader should see them elected. I like Burnham personally. 

He got snotted by Corbyn.

 

He's a weathervane, and he looks like a fucking mannequin.

 

The membership are not voting for someone like Burnham.

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43 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Do you mean David?

Did I say David?

 

I think 2015 was pivotal, Cameron sold the country (and his own political career) down the river.  If it wasn't for an extensive smear campaign from the tabloids we'd be much better off right now.  Ever since he's shown himself to be a class above the skeleton tory party we've been left with.

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1 hour ago, Boss said:

The membership are out of touch with the average voter. The membership don't understand that power is more important than principle. Labour are the political version of Everton.

"These opinions are brought to you by 2016.

 

2016 - The year that had no clue what the 2017 General Election would bring."

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1 minute ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

"These opinions are brought to you by 2016.

 

2016 - The year that had no clue what the 2017 General Election would bring."

 

What the election that Labour lost?

 

"We don't have to be a winner to be a winner, but we are a winner".

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1 hour ago, Pidge said:

Did I say David?

 

I think 2015 was pivotal, Cameron sold the country (and his own political career) down the river.  If it wasn't for an extensive smear campaign from the tabloids we'd be much better off right now.  Ever since he's shown himself to be a class above the skeleton tory party we've been left with.

Ed Milliband didn't help himself, by trying to cosy up to The S*n and coming out with that "Control immigration" shit.  He should have trusted to what his dad would have done and come out swinging.

 

Mind you, even if he had, we would now all be bemoaning the fact that he's so ineffective, because the media keep saying he's shit.

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1 minute ago, Boss said:

 

What the election that Labour lost?

 

"We don't have to be a winner to be a winner, but we are a winner".

Do you think Labour would have been all poised to win, if not for Corbyn?

 

It was the election that was called specifically to "crush" Labour - and even the "centrists" and "moderates" in the PLP and the NEC worked towards that goal, so desperate were they to get rid of the threat of democratic Socialism - and that saw Corbyn, almost single-handedly, wipe out May's majority.

 

If you want a football analogy, your logic suggests that Luis Suarez is shit because Liverpool won nothing in 2013-14.

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7 hours ago, Pidge said:

Personally I feel Ed Miliband was a huge missed opportunity. 

 

He's a decent man unlike his cunt of a brother who would defo go full Clegg and destroy a political party. But Ed Miliband had poor political decision making and judgement on a monumental scale. From the people he surrounded himself with to some of the policy choices. Where he ended up with is not where he started. That Obama fella they hired basically called the Miliband team low energy and said their strategy was akin to vote Labour get a free microwave.

 

Even though Ed Miliband is more to the left than the likes of Burnham and Cooper they share one huge common failing. They all subscribe to there is a way politics has to be done. One of the disappointing things reading a few posts by people I like on here is Labour supporters subscribing to the PPE Westminster way of doing politics. 

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8 hours ago, Pidge said:

Personally I feel Ed Miliband was a huge missed opportunity. 

But he ate that bacon butty and looked all funny for a millisecond while doing so, people won't vote for that. Sky news had no unofficial recordings to sway the electorate with this time so someone had to step in and warn us about the dangers of the way he eats. 

 

 

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If Corbyn goes then say goodbye to any left wing policies that come with him.  Do people never learn?  Picking some middle class 50 year old white fella because he’s more likely to get votes is what got us into the mess we are in today.  Despite the absolutely massive membership the odds are firmly stacked in the right wing side of the party’s favour.  They will never make the same mistake again of having someone who is economically left wing on the leadership ballot until the rules are changed significantly and the constituencies can pick their own candidates from scratch.

 

The further right wing the Labour Party becomes economically then the further right the tories can push their own agenda.  It’s not rocket science and this delusion that winning is the only thing that matters is quite frankly laughable.  Winning is huge but only if you’re willing to change things if you do win.

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23 minutes ago, The Guest said:

If Corbyn goes then say goodbye to any left wing policies that come with him.  Do people never learn?  Picking some middle class 50 year old white fella because he’s more likely to get votes is what got us into the mess we are in today.  Despite the absolutely massive membership the odds are firmly stacked in the right wing side of the party’s favour.  They will never make the same mistake again of having someone who is economically left wing on the leadership ballot until the rules are changed significantly and the constituencies can pick their own candidates from scratch.

 

The further right wing the Labour Party becomes economically then the further right the tories can push their own agenda.  It’s not rocket science and this delusion that winning is the only thing that matters is quite frankly laughable.  Winning is huge but only if you’re willing to change things if you do win.

 

Agreed.

 

And, furthermore, the country is such that a robot that does that thumb thing wouldn't work now. It had a shelf life.

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10 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

 

Agreed.

 

And, furthermore, the country is such that a robot that does that thumb thing wouldn't work now. It had a shelf life.

It's not just the country. The zeitgeist across Europe is that "centrist" left wing parties are dying out, having severely disappointed their supporters, and genuinely left wing policies are on the rise. 

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1 hour ago, cloggypop said:

It's not just the country. The zeitgeist across Europe is that "centrist" left wing parties are dying out, having severely disappointed their supporters, and genuinely left wing policies are on the rise. 

In an ideal world, a Corbyn Government could have a very influential voice in the EU, helping to shape the continent for a generation. 

 

But... he wore a shit parka at the Cenotaph and The People voted for blue passports, so that brilliant opportunity has gone.

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Andy Burnham is tainted by the Mid Staffs stuff. 

 

The electorate are largely gullible folk who swallow whatever shitty headline they're fed, without applying any sort of scrutiny. 

 

"Corbyn is a terrorist sympathiser" and "you can't trust Commie Corbyn with the economy" etc would just be replaced with "you can't trust Burnham with the NHS." 

 

And, it would be swallowed up by the useful idiots. 

 

Corbyn isn't going anywhere soon, but I think the next leader of the party will be younger. And probably female. 

 

The likes of Angela Rayner and Rebecca Long-Bailey seem to be becoming more prominent voices in the party. Emily Thornberry would be a contender too (although not my choice). And there's been talk that Laura Pidcock was being groomed for the leadership. 

 

Kier Starmer seems to be the only realistic option amongst the blokes. 

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