DieselDaisy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I disagree with just about everything the guy stands for however I rather like Corbyn. Cameron's oily Etonian bonhomie ran circles around him whereas Theresa May, leaning over the dispatch box, entered full 'Thatch' mood yesterday, destroying the guy by launching a assault of cruel and biting sarcasm, yet there Jeremy perseveres, reading his curiously off-topic emails from individuals, beset by the heckles of his own backbenchers - he appears remarkably unfazed by their jeers. Corbyn seems to prefer individual issues as opposed to the 'larger' debates. If it is a debate about the European or Anglo-Scottish Unions, Jeremy wanders off, bored, in a coma, yet send the guy an email from an individual who has lost a job and his interest level awakens immediately. He is rather a post-charisma, post-'Blairy' post-spindoctory, party leader, a leader whose strength seems to be his very lack of charisma, his overwhelming dullness. Yet you have to applaud his unruffled consistency: pp he gets again olde Jeremy with his emails, seemingly oblivious to the derision around him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 29 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: I disagree with just about everything the guy stands for however I rather like Corbyn. Me too; He's a Commie Pinko Socialist but he's also the underdog and more trustable voice in the Labour camp against the Blairites; Also I think it's petty and serves Labour right to be divided since they used Brexit as an excuse to cause more chaos by splitting up and going nuts. - If it wouldn't split the vote I'd say those Blairites ought to form their own movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Snake-Pit said: Me too; He's a Commie Pinko Socialist but he's also the underdog and more trustable voice in the Labour camp against the Blairites; Also I think it's petty and serves Labour right to be divided since they used Brexit as an excuse to cause more chaos by splitting up and going nuts. - If it wouldn't split the vote I'd say those Blairites ought to form their own movement. The party could very well split if Corbyn wins the Labour party vote (which is plausible as his supporters have been recruiting thousands of new supporters to tip the ballot). What will happen is, rebel Labour MPs will be forced to either rally around Corbyn, or, regard another MP as their effective leader in the Commons (i.e. Owen Smith) and in effect become a new party. If enough of them do this to become the second largest party in the Commons, they will oust Corbyn's Labour from the front benches and receive the appropriate financing received by the Official Opposition. It is difficult to say what will happen as some rebellious MPs might be sullenly resigned to continuing under Corbyn, from the backbenches - obviously they would never be in the Shadow Cabinet - espousing the good of their constituency and unity of party. Splitting a party is obviously a very big thing, but there is a precedent in the 'Gang of Four' and the SDP, 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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