# Labour leadership race - Corbyn elected leader **URL:** \ **Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\ **Created:** [15 June 2015 12:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216 "2015-06-15T12:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 11:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/121 "2015-07-24T11:55:01Z")
I don’t know about Furball but I have seven on my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 11:57 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/122 "2015-07-24T11:57:33Z")
None. Posties no longer come to my door. Might be the barbed wire. Might be no post. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 12:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/123 "2015-07-24T12:08:16Z")
On other matters, which candidate is going to stop the day when the last working class family with three children is forced to move out of central London? ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 12:11 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/124 "2015-07-24T12:11:18Z")
> **[Welfare cuts are leading to the 'social cleansing' of London, says](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/welfare-cuts-are-leading-to-the-social-cleansing-of-london-says-jeremy-corbyn-10404260.html)** > > There is evidence the benefit cap is pushing people out of the Capital > “What I’ve done along with 47 other colleagues is voted against the Government’s welfare bill because of the effects it will have on children of large families because of the effect of the benefit cap, particularly on high rent inner-city areas,” he said. > > “In the absence of rent control all that’s happening in central London is that families who access benefits to pay their rent cannot get enough money to pay their rent > > “They’re forced to move away and it’s leading to a social cleansing of much of central London. If we can’t control rents then the very least we can do is keep families together.” ---
**Author:** ![Nobby-Plumbs](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/nobby-plumbs/32/60_2.png) [@Nobby-Plumbs](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Nobby-Plumbs)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 15:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/125 "2015-07-24T15:29:57Z")
Best timw to do it. Gives them 4 years and 10 months before the next election. Tax credits are a nonsense, we should not be in a position where the tax payer has to top-up earnings for the low paid. ---
**Author:** ![Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/intiniki/32/9_2.png) [@Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Intiniki)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2015 17:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/126 "2015-07-24T17:37:45Z")
I work in Islington, in the constituency Corbyn covers. i work with families who are considered ‘troubled’. Many want to leave London for safe places due to the gang activity here. But also due to the costs. They won’t be able to afford the rent soon. Most of the families on my caseload do work but still cannot afford their rent. If this continues only the super rich will be able to buy here. Something does need to be done and I am glad someone is saying something about it. Had an email from my union today only candidate they’re not backing - Kendall. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [25 July 2015 11:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/127 "2015-07-25T11:59:11Z")
They’ve just had a hustings in Warrington. If anyone is interested in the responses, they are here. [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-labour-leadership-hustings-featuring-9726618](http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-labour-leadership-hustings-featuring-9726618) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [25 July 2015 13:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/128 "2015-07-25T13:02:03Z")
I’ve just read Charlotte Church’s blog for the first time. Didn’t know she was such a decent writer. > **[T-O-N-Y! You ain’t got no alibi. YOU TORY!](https://charlottesayshmmm.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/t-o-n-y-you-aint-got-no-alibi-you-tory/)** > > It’s difficult to know anything certain about modern politics. As Adam Curtis points out in his “Oh-Dearism” documentary, there is an emerging “strategy of power that keeps any opposition constantl… > It seems rather telling that the mainstream establishment is getting all shrill and scurrilous about Jeremy Corbyn. After the poll that said Corbyn would win the Labour leadership 6 points ahead of Andy Burnham, centrists, Blairites and Blairs fell over each other to slander the man himself, as unelectable, and then to scoff at his supporters. S **t. Tony of Baghdad, lobbyist to the shadows, left many reeling with indignation when he spoke to the think tank Progress on Wednesday. Let us not forget that there is a wide consensus that this man should be tried for war crimes, and yet he has the gall to tell others to get “a heart transplant”?!** He appeared from his coffin, looking like a wax puppet from an American remake of a Japanese horror film, and condescended to the nation with talk of winning “from the centre” and the dangers of comfort blankets. The sheep-dog yapped and the flock bolted. Margaret Beckett described herself as a “moron” for supporting Corbyn’s candidacy. Yvette Cooper said she would never serve in a shadow cabinet lead by Corbyn. John McTernan suggested that two candidates should drop out of the race to create an “anyone-but-Corbyn” campaign. The barks and bleats have become deafening. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [26 July 2015 10:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/129 "2015-07-26T10:29:04Z")
[![]( "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJmmUQT6NL8) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2015 13:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/130 "2015-07-27T13:48:30Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=41&v=2WDh7-SgZrk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=41&v=2WDh7-SgZrk) ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2015 14:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/131 "2015-07-27T14:36:48Z")
Is that meant to be an ironic location that for the Left Unity spokesman. He’s speaking in Adam and Eve Mews in Kensington, where you won’t get much change from £5 million. [Left Unity HQ?](http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/36338725?search_identifier=7d7ef5d25fa25a985016a20cf5b03027#S1vjMm7kc06uVgyb.97) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2015 14:39 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/132 "2015-07-27T14:39:08Z")
I dunno. The party mailouts don’t give an indication as to whether irony is included. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2015 14:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/133 "2015-07-27T14:56:05Z")
Fuck sakes. Liz Kendall can’t even answer the easy ones. [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/b/2b700a519623113db433901706d9505186d6f9d9.jpeg "Would The Candidates Give Ed Miliband A Job?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRJlagId870) ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 09:21 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/134 "2015-07-28T09:21:28Z")
Superb piece by Frankie Boyle:- **Labour is now so passive, it might as well be led by an out-of-office email** > **[Labour is now so passive, it might as well be led by an out-of-office email](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/27/labour-is-now-so-passive-it-might-as-well-be-led-by-an-out-of-office-email)** > > What’s the point in the party if it doesn’t even have the nerve to oppose the massive injustice of the welfare bill? This bit is choice:- > An antsy liberal press pushes the idea of one of the leadership candidacy androids being able to court Tory voters, despite seeming completely unable to convince their own, and frets that [Jeremy Corbyn](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/jeremy-corbyn) will lead Labour to the left and alienate public opinion. From where they are at the moment John Major could lead them to the left, and Corbyn’s policies are actually fairly popular with the public. It’s worth remembering that in the press, public opinion is often used interchangeably with media opinion, as if the public was somehow much the same as a group of radically rightwing billionaire sociopaths. ---
**Author:** ![TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/thecholulakid/32/17_2.png) [@TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/u/TheCholulaKid)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 10:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/135 "2015-07-28T10:24:25Z")
How come you’re so familiar with Adam and Eve Mews, Furball? You wouldn’t have been spending time at the nearby Daily Mail HQ by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 10:31 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/136 "2015-07-28T10:31:53Z")
That’s either good googling or you know your London. ---
**Author:** ![TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/thecholulakid/32/17_2.png) [@TheCholulaKid](https://www.sotonians.com/u/TheCholulaKid)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 11:30 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/137 "2015-07-28T11:30:20Z")
The latter. I had the misfortune of working there for a couple of years in the early 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 11:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/138 "2015-07-28T11:42:22Z")
Yep, Kensington is hell. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 17:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/139 "2015-07-28T17:18:14Z")
Corbyn opens up a 22 point lead, according to the Mirror. > **[Jeremy Corbyn opens MASSIVE 20-point lead in Labour leadership race](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-corbyn-opens-up-massive-6154187)** > > Private polling seen by the Daily Mirror shows Mr Corbyn set to top the ballot with 42%, way ahead of second-placed Yvette Cooper on 22.6% ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2015 17:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/labour-leadership-race-corbyn-elected-leader/1216/140 "2015-07-28T17:55:49Z")
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