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^^scary people. Truly scary. Await the street demo's akin to the old Council Tax ones as a very regular occurrence.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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It's definitely *not* a cult.
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I'm ok with that. People want to introduce regressive taxation, they need telling.bobo the clown wrote:^^scary people. Truly scary. Await the street demo's akin to the old Council Tax ones as a very regular occurrence.
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Nope. No plans to come home. I wouldn't have a job if I left! I'm due to finish the job here next summer or maybe the summer after.Gary the Enfield wrote:Winter Hill White wrote:We've been living in Istanbul for just over a year now. Last Friday night (the "coup" night) was an interesting one; we can see the bridge in question from our window, so the gunfire and fighter jets were fairly adjacent. While that one night was a bit unsettling, the long-term effects for the country are perhaps more worrying. I am concerned which way Turkey is heading at the moment. And that's probably all I'm comfortable saying on a public forum while I'm still living here.Hoboh wrote:Anyone else think this 'coup' in Turkey just doesn't seem right?
Which is telling in itself.
Jesus, that must be a bit hairy. Stay safe. Are you intending coming home?
Fortunately, it's school holds at the mo, so my boy has just gone back to Blighty for a couple of weeks with grandparents, not that he seems bothered about what's going on - he even managed to sleep through a sonic boom from a fighter jet overhead! I still feel it's safe enough for my family and me to stay here. Istanbul is an amazing city; it doesn't deserve desertion just yet.
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"A Gentler, Kinder Way of Doing Politics"
I had missed that Corbyn's 'Office Manager' is now Karie Murphy, Len McClusky's girlfriend and the woman he tried to shoo-in to the Falkirk constituency (which led directly to the Ineos dispute where Ineos threatened to shut their plant in Scotland after huge malpractice and intimidation on the f actory and the constituency .... AND directly to Miliband's new electoral college ... we know now why McClusky appeared to roll-over on that one !!)
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BBC News: Labour leadership: Corbyn says his 'social movement' will win elections
Labour leadership: Corbyn says his 'social movement' will win elections - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36872411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BBC News: Labour MP Seema Malhotra accuses Jeremy Corbyn aide over office entry
Labour MP Seema Malhotra accuses Jeremy Corbyn aide over office entry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36877185" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I had missed that Corbyn's 'Office Manager' is now Karie Murphy, Len McClusky's girlfriend and the woman he tried to shoo-in to the Falkirk constituency (which led directly to the Ineos dispute where Ineos threatened to shut their plant in Scotland after huge malpractice and intimidation on the f actory and the constituency .... AND directly to Miliband's new electoral college ... we know now why McClusky appeared to roll-over on that one !!)
2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Labo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... prov=sfla1
http://labourlist.org/2016/02/karie-mur" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ns-office/
BBC News: Labour leadership: Corbyn says his 'social movement' will win elections
Labour leadership: Corbyn says his 'social movement' will win elections - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36872411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BBC News: Labour MP Seema Malhotra accuses Jeremy Corbyn aide over office entry
Labour MP Seema Malhotra accuses Jeremy Corbyn aide over office entry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36877185" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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^^^ oh, & when Corbyn as yesterday's cult rally said that there was more to politics that Parliament" (which, of course, there is) and he planned to have 'the people's voice' heard he was warning .... in a gentle, kind way ... that we are in for years of dire t action.
Direct action seems fine & dandy while it's YOUR direct action on a subject YOU agree with ... but does anyone think this won't get out of hand ? Really ??
It does explain why his office & Momentum leaders are saying that "winning elections only matters to the elites" and why they're indifferent to what their electoral chances are from all this.
ffs. Recognise what's happening here
Direct action seems fine & dandy while it's YOUR direct action on a subject YOU agree with ... but does anyone think this won't get out of hand ? Really ??
It does explain why his office & Momentum leaders are saying that "winning elections only matters to the elites" and why they're indifferent to what their electoral chances are from all this.
ffs. Recognise what's happening here
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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I don't get the FFS. As someone probably more left leaning than right, I have no problem with people taking "direct action" particularly. I don't think he'll win a general election (based on not much above a hunch), but I'm not convinced that there's a direct line between the two things.
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When the message coming out from the main opposition and its partners that winning elections don't matter you do need to be concerned, whoever you align with.
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^^ Don't disagree, but neither do I see the connection between that and the point about Direct Action. If they (whoever they are in power) decided to introduce Poll Tax again. I wouldn't pay it again and go to court over it again, if it was on the same basis as last time.
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Just on your Seema Malhotra point (above) listen to what McDonald has to say rather than what people say he has to say:
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Edit to add that he doesn't cover the point as I thought he did, but what he told us was that Seema had packed her boxes and piled them outside the office door. Corbyn's agent thought she had vacated and entered only to find she had not so immediately apologised.
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Edit to add that he doesn't cover the point as I thought he did, but what he told us was that Seema had packed her boxes and piled them outside the office door. Corbyn's agent thought she had vacated and entered only to find she had not so immediately apologised.
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As for not winning elections were you aware that Labour won eleven (not seven) council by-elections seats just last week all but one with increased majorities and wresting one from the hands of UKIP? Not had much coverage on the BBC and in the press has that.
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Yup, I am...There were plenty of big swings to Kinnock in the 80's mid terms...
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Council bye-elections
It must be a media conspiracy that instead they were too busy reporting the new prime minister.
Corbyn raging about the fake to report a parish bye-election (I genuinely didn't know that was a thing) on a total of about 500 votes (in the whole election) was great.
It's definitely *not* a cult.
It must be a media conspiracy that instead they were too busy reporting the new prime minister.
Corbyn raging about the fake to report a parish bye-election (I genuinely didn't know that was a thing) on a total of about 500 votes (in the whole election) was great.
It's definitely *not* a cult.
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The first thing to say about this, is, it is not pyramid selling.....Prufrock wrote:
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Not necessarily a media conspiracy but Labour MPs against Corbyn just seem to be throwing as much crap at him as they can, hoping it will stick and the media are largely gobbling it up. Accusations of misogyny, anti semitism, vandalism and thuggery that as far as I can see didn't amount to a hill of beans but is now being reported as fact.
I get why many Labour supporters might not be keen on Corbyn, but the alternative bunch are making themselves no more appealing.
I get why many Labour supporters might not be keen on Corbyn, but the alternative bunch are making themselves no more appealing.
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No doubt you'll be similarly amused by BWFC's failure to win any Prem games this coming season. As football fans we know you can only beat the opposition in front of you.Prufrock wrote:Council bye-elections
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Whereas Corbyn supporters are all about kind politics aren't they?Harry Genshaw wrote:Not necessarily a media conspiracy but Labour MPs against Corbyn just seem to be throwing as much crap at him as they can, hoping it will stick and the media are largely gobbling it up. Accusations of misogyny, anti semitism, vandalism and thuggery that as far as I can see didn't amount to a hill of beans but is now being reported as fact.
I get why many Labour supporters might not be keen on Corbyn, but the alternative bunch are making themselves no more appealing.
Regularly see anyone who questions Corbyn being branded a Tory.
There is plenty of shit to throw at Jeremy and it's all of his own making.
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^ oh aye, there'll be plenty of left wing loons who have allied themselves to Corbyns campaign but some of the hysteria that is being whipped up against him from within the centre of the party is not making them look any more trust worthy or electable.
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Which they can't beat! They got IIRC 260 votes in that parish election. That's more like winning an U-7s game. Of darts. It's utterly meaningless!clapton is god wrote:No doubt you'll be similarly amused by BWFC's failure to win any Prem games this coming season. As football fans we know you can only beat the opposition in front of you.Prufrock wrote:Council bye-elections
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