Jeremy Corbyn (Vol. 3)

[BOR]

That's the spirit.

[otolith]

irocfan said:

otolith said:

He *is* a useless idiot.

FTFY

Depends to whom you are considering his utility.

[NoNeed]

allnighter said:

The Sterling has already done all the tanking it needs under the current shower of sh!t in charge. Everything was already priced in the market. Remember it's not Labour who put us in the current mess we're in. It was CMD and his ilk.

You forgot the smiley, you can't tell jokes without the smileys

[kev1974]

amgmcqueen said:

Corbyn in No.10 this coming week...?

https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-corbyn-could-be-...

Others have already posted various reasons why that is extremely unlikely to happen, but just suppose it did, can you imagine the damage that allowing it would do to general democracy in the UK (more so than all this talk of a second "people's vote" replacing the original democratic referendum is already doing to it). I know that we each vote for our local MP and it's those results which ultimately choose the party and leader in overall government but even so many people have it in their heads that they are directly voting for May vs Corbyn or whoever are the party leaders at the time. If it ever did just switch from Conservative/May to Labour/Corbyn without a full general election process, there would be utter carnage on the streets, actually conservative supporters in the main are not the type to go out and riot but the lefties would trash the streets "in celebration" anyway. I think it would do so much damage to people's faith in democracy that all hell would break loose in all levels of society, non-rioters would find other ways to protest such as in their interactions with the local council, HMRC etc. I think it would take 20 years to settle down and enough faith be restored for people to vote again. For this reason I think the Queen is highly unlikely to approve a change of government just like that, even if it is theoretically possible.

[Halb]

otolith said:

irocfan said:

otolith said:

He *is* a useless idiot.

FTFY

Depends to whom you are considering his utility.

Theresa May's?

[Don Roque]

He was looking lost in the HOC there. Theresa May wasn't exactly convincing (though I accept that her plan is the best we've got). Corbyn could have laid mortal blow after mortal blow on her there but he's so feckless he couldn't even manage that.

Edited by Don Roque on Monday 10th December 16:50

[djohnson]

Don Roque said:

He was looking lost in the HOC there. Theresa May wasn't exactly convincing (though I accept that her plan is the best we've got). Corbyn could have laid mortal blow after mortal blow on her there but he's so feckless he couldn't even manage that.

Edited by Don Roque on Monday 10th December 16:50

His heart is not in finishing off this government right now. He doesn’t want the hot seat now since he knows well he faces exactly the same problems in the negotiation and parliamentary approval that TM does. Also his party is as split as the Tories on this issue. The electorate that support him are also split. Hence he really doesn’t want to have to land on one answer or another re Brexit, a GE would force him to do this since he’d need to write a manifesto. He prefers TM and the Tories to deal with the ststorm, cementing in the voters minds that Brexit and the aftermath are an entirely Tory creation in the hope of riding to victory in a later GE. He also hasn’t had a consistent lead in the polls and hence isn’t sure a GE now is a good idea.

[768]

I wonder what the shortest Labour government term is so far.

[B'stard Child]

768 said:

I wonder what the shortest Labour government term is so far.

I'd put up with 5 years if it educated the 17 to 35 age group enough to keep labour out for another generation

[BlackLabel]

768 said:

I wonder what the shortest Labour government term is so far.

288 days (22 January 1924 – 4 November 1924), Ramsay MacDonald‘s first stint as PM.

[elanfan]

Can’t be trusted FULL STOP. He’d say or do anything just to get elected. He’s eurosceptic but would vote against leave. He’s a Marxist yet he goes cap in hand to the rich for donations. He comes from a wealthy background why hasn’t he given away his wealth then? If he truly believes in what he says then sell the multi million pound house, live in a council flat and give away the proceeds.

Still remember him celebrating his winning the leadership election with his brother Piers singing the red flag together with a crowd of cronies.

Can’t abide the fker!

[Rovinghawk]

B'stard Child said:

I'd put up with 5 years if it educated the 17 to 35 age group enough to keep labour out for another generation

1 It didn't last time
2 We wouldn't survive 5 years with him

[B'stard Child]

Rovinghawk said:

B'stard Child said:

I'd put up with 5 years if it educated the 17 to 35 age group enough to keep labour out for another generation

1 It didn't last time

It did - when was the last proper Labour Governement (don't count tory lite "New Labour") - in my books that's a good generation

Rovinghawk said:

2 We wouldn't survive 5 years with him

Unless he goes all Maduro on us It would be painful but bearable don't be such a drama queen

Besides nothing get the Tory party back into line than the job of opposition - they'd do a much better job of it than Labour are doing right now - PMQ's would be a hoot again

Unless you believe that we can't survive outside the EU in which case we can just agree not to continue the conversation

[Bullett]

Even if he did win I think it would be on such a slim majority as to make anything even slightly radical highly unlikely. If you think the tories are infighting wait until its labours turn.

[kev1974]

I see one of Corbyn's MPs is basically a disrespectful attention seeking knobber, just doing what various disrespectful knobbers have done before:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6481193/L...

But what's irritating is some of the people replying to his tweet about it, congratulating him on his "great bantz" and so on.
https://twitter.com/lloyd_rm/status/10722443250676...

Sigh.

[B'stard Child]

Bullett said:

Even if he did win I think it would be on such a slim majority as to make anything even slightly radical highly unlikely. If you think the tories are infighting wait until its labours turn.

Agreed but all those 17-35 year olds are just screaming on FB for a Corbyn led admistration - free stuff and everything from honest uncle Corbyn

You can't argue with that st year after year so let's just let him have a go for a few years and I can get my own back on them

[JagLover]

kev1974 said:

I see one of Corbyn's MPs is basically a disrespectful attention seeking knobber, just doing what various disrespectful knobbers have done before:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6481193/L...

Just copying "Tarzan" from so many years ago.

[motco]

elanfan said:

Can’t be trusted FULL STOP. He’d say or do anything just to get elected. He’s eurosceptic but would vote against leave. He’s a Marxist yet he goes cap in hand to the rich for donations. He comes from a wealthy background why hasn’t he given away his wealth then? If he truly believes in what he says then sell the multi million pound house, live in a council flat and give away the proceeds.

Still remember him celebrating his winning the leadership election with his brother Piers singing the red flag together with a crowd of cronies.

Can’t abide the fker!

Multi-million pound house? Have you seen it? It's not worth a single million let alone multiples. Hypocrite he is, but let's not exaggerate.

Edited by motco on Tuesday 11th December 07:47

[768]

motco said:

Multi-million pound house? Have you seen it? It's not worth a single million let alone multiples. Hypocrite he is, but let's not exaggerate.

I thought it was "worth" (not to me) about £1m?

Didn't his neighbour have theirs on at change under a million a few years ago - I'd imagine it would be worth substantially more if the scruffy bugger was moving out of the street. Double is probably pushing it though.

[Ganglandboss]

768 said:

motco said:

Multi-million pound house? Have you seen it? It's not worth a single million let alone multiples. Hypocrite he is, but let's not exaggerate.

I thought it was "worth" (not to me) about £1m?

Didn't his neighbour have theirs on at change under a million a few years ago - I'd imagine it would be worth substantially more if the scruffy bugger was moving out of the street. Double is probably pushing it though.

It probably is, however, that is down to its location and nothing else. It is nothing more than a modest mid-terrace house that would be worth less than a fifth of that in a typical provincial town. Also, London house prices have rocketed in recent years and I doubt he paid anything like what it is now valued as when he bought it.

There are many things to criticise Corbyn for, but his house isn't one of them (apart from the scruffy garden).