Momentum has run out of..... er....... momentum

[tamore]

is this the end of the momentum movement given the pasting their poster boy is heading towards? or certainly their influence on the labour party?

[bloomen]

I'm gobsmacked they managed to get anywhere in the first place.

[micky metro]

lets hope so, let labour get back to it,s roots.

[anonymous-user]

No it's not
These people are dangerous they are everywhere
they are in our school system, they are in our NHS
they are in the unions and they are in the climate change lobby
NEVER underestimate this bunch

[Dr Jekyll]

micky metro said:

lets hope so, let labour get back to it,s roots.

But it's roots are large numbers of people whose only employment opportunities were a small number of local industrial sites, who couldn't realistically change jobs to better themselves much less careers, and were still under the impression that socialism works and provides a better life for the majority than free market capitalism.

[SpeckledJim]

I suspect they’re quietly pleased to have seen a lot of uncooperative moderate Labour MPs lose their seats tonight.

[KingNothing]

Unfortunately, I don’t think so.

[Baby Shark doo doo doo doo]

techiedave said:

No it's not
These people are dangerous they are everywhere
they are in our school system, they are in our NHS
they are in the unions and they are in the climate change lobby
NEVER underestimate this bunch

With all the talk of Russian interference, I’m surprised Momentum haven’t found themselves under more scrutiny.

[anonymous-user]

When you find and join facebook groups and find that a supposedly easy going Labour Councillor is up the arse of a couple of momentum members its worrying

[Zetec-S]

Why would it be the end? Haven’t they won this election, the same as how they won the last?

[hidetheelephants]

Zetec-S said:

Why would it be the end? Haven’t they won this election, the same as how they won the last?

Tractor production is up 1000% comrade!

[JuanCarlosFandango]

I'd be a bit more ambitious and hope it's the beginning of the end for Labour. We need a strong opposition but it doesn't need to be a socialist one, rooted in a world that no longer exists.

[snuffy]

Alan Johnson looked like he was actually going to tt that momentum bloke on ITV tonight. He had the "I'm fking fuming" face on him. Using words like "cult" and "student politics".

[grantone]

I don't think it's the end of Momentum, this result is too easy to blame on Brexit, bad weather, media bias, etc... I think McDonnell probably has enough brains for him & Corbyn to step down and let someone else be the face, but Momentum still control the party machinery.

[JuanCarlosFandango]

grantone said:

I don't think it's the end of Momentum, this result is too easy to blame on Brexit, bad weather, media bias, etc... I think McDonnell probably has enough brains for him & Corbyn to step down and let someone else be the face, but Momentum still control the party machinery.

The trouble is their colours are so firmly pinned to the far left mast that it will take years, and probably bitter division to bring the party back to being electable. In just 4 years Corbyn has achieved the incredible feat of undoing decades of this struggle and dumped the Labour party back in 1983.

[Welshbeef]

grantone said:

I don't think it's the end of Momentum, this result is too easy to blame on Brexit, bad weather, media bias, etc... I think McDonnell probably has enough brains for him & Corbyn to step down and let someone else be the face, but Momentum still control the party machinery.

Bad weather nonsense. Turnout is aligned to previous elections

[Guybrush]

techiedave said:

No it's not
These people are dangerous they are everywhere
they are in our school system, they are in our NHS
they are in the unions and they are in the climate change lobby
NEVER underestimate this bunch

Very true. Like a virus, they'll infiltrate under some benign cover and never really go away.

[Blue62]

I really don’t think momentum give a toss about running the country, they’re happy running the Labour Party.

[A Winner Is You]

Yeah, well if you don't want to back Corbyn why don't you just fk off and join the Tor..............oh.

[jonby]

They have a real problem. Momentum is part of an incredibly successful drive to recruit large numbers of young, enthusiastic activist members of the party. They are completely at odds with the typical labour voter. They refuse to acknowledge their policies or their leader is at fault. How does say a Jess Phillips become leader when it's voted for by a membership who are mostly momentum fans. Last night labour MP after labour MP said Corbyn was the problem to their voters, but the leadership kept saying it was solely Brexit. The will never learn