Hilary benn sacked
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Diana Johnson has resigned as a shadow foreign minister and Anna Turley as shadow minister for something. Toby Perkins has also said byebye as shadow armed forces minister.
Corbyn says he will only go as a result of losing a leadership contest and is planning to repopulate his shadow cabinet.
Corbyn says he will only go as a result of losing a leadership contest and is planning to repopulate his shadow cabinet.
Einion Yrth said:
turbobloke said:
Corbyn says he will only go as a result of losing a leadership contest and is planning to repopulate his shadow cabinet.
What with? He doesn't appear to be exactly drowning in quality candidates.The biggest loss is Benn and that was self-inflicted if unavoidable.
With the others, are people asking "who?"...the names emerging this morning are neverwasbeens.
Indeed. Just who are these people?
I do know that they are a pathetic bunch. Conservatives in disarray, and they decide that now is the time for civil war. Idiots.
If anything, the referendum has shown them all for what they are. A bunch of self serving, completely out of touch morons.
I do know that they are a pathetic bunch. Conservatives in disarray, and they decide that now is the time for civil war. Idiots.
If anything, the referendum has shown them all for what they are. A bunch of self serving, completely out of touch morons.
Einion Yrth said:
turbobloke said:
Corbyn says he will only go as a result of losing a leadership contest and is planning to repopulate his shadow cabinet.
What with? He doesn't appear to be exactly drowning in quality candidates.I think he should crack on, I think there's no mandate for a change from the membership. The PLP have just been shown to be even further out of touch with their voters and they need to either man-up and accept the views of their constituents, or they need to setup their own party.
Any challenge, he'll either win or there'll be a new leader further out of touch with their voters. If he loses, Labour will be decimated in 2020.
At the end of the day, while I think he's a massive dhead, he's the one with the mandate, the rest need to get on with it.
paulrockliffe said:
Einion Yrth said:
turbobloke said:
Corbyn says he will only go as a result of losing a leadership contest and is planning to repopulate his shadow cabinet.
What with? He doesn't appear to be exactly drowning in quality candidates.I think he should crack on, I think there's no mandate for a change from the membership. The PLP have just been shown to be even further out of touch with their voters and they need to either man-up and accept the views of their constituents, or they need to setup their own party.
Any challenge, he'll either win or there'll be a new leader further out of touch with their voters. If he loses, Labour will be decimated in 2020.
At the end of the day, while I think he's a massive dhead, he's the one with the mandate, the rest need to get on with it.
Meanwhile Yvonne Fovargue, the Shadow Business Minister, has resigned and Steve Reed, deputy at DCLG, has gone too.
don4l said:
///ajd said:
Corbyn should resign over the EU result though - for a remainer he was woeful.
The leavers can thank him largely for their win.
You must be the only person in the country who believes that he was a Remainer.The leavers can thank him largely for their win.
Another thing needs correcting in ///ajd's post - the Leavers can thank the EU largely for their win. Corbyn isn't capable of being responsible for something so profound.
turbobloke said:
Apparently the New Statesman’s George Eaton is claiming that Lisa Nandy, the shadow energy secretary, will stand against Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership.
She's about as mad a lefty as he is. Plus she looks about 15 so hardly credible as a PM (not that they anyone remotely credible in any sense), which would be the intention fairly quickly.Benn's probably the most statesmanlike they have now. And he's not exactly going to excite anyone.
Axionknight said:
hornetrider said:
I don't recognise half the names that have resigned from the shadow cabinet. And they are being replaced by even bigger nobodies What price a new splinter party being created?
Odds on I'd say. Almost a certainty.RichB said:
Axionknight said:
hornetrider said:
I don't recognise half the names that have resigned from the shadow cabinet. And they are being replaced by even bigger nobodies What price a new splinter party being created?
Odds on I'd say. Almost a certainty.It has to have the
Leithen said:
Well it is a secret ballot after all It remains to be seen if he's got more teflon than Tony.
turbobloke said:
Leithen said:
Well it is a secret ballot after all It remains to be seen if he's got more teflon than Tony.
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