i only watched the first 36 seconds, but they’re a rude bunch of cunts ain’t it. That poor bird with the bad hairdo was banging on about something or other, and everyone was blatantly ignoring her + chatting amongst themselves.
I think it was cause she had a funny accent bear. A lot of these people would have grown up in the times northern Irish accents had to be dubbed by an actor cause they were so strong. Luckily Jerry Adams etc have been able to sort it out and can now speak for themselves on TV and stuff but I think many still struggle so MPs just chat amongst themselves and plus ps get emails from Kelly who is more skint than you in cuppasoup theft days.
Apparently 21 voted against the Labour Party leadership in the trap vote.
Was expecting a higher number of rebels meself.
There is a certain irony about someone who rebelled over 500 times insisting on a three line whip for a commons vote.
Still, he got away with it quite lightly considering.
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Early days. I was wrong on those numbers too. Absentions, rather than votes for the Fiscal Charter. Usual suspects.
Corbyn even got a decent write up for PMQs in the New Statesman (editorially, they’ve not been very keen).
Corbyn went on to show that he isn’t afraid to also deploy some old-style tactics.“The Prime Minister’s doing his best and I admire that,” he quipped at one point. Having asked several follow-up questions, Corbyn returned to crowd-sourcing, revealing that he had received 3,500 on housing. The Tory chortling as he spoke was not a good look for the new “workers’ party”. Corbyn responded with his best teacher impression: “This might be funny to some…” After Cameron defended the government’s housing policy, he gently gibed: “Can I bring the Prime Minister back to reality?” The “new politics”, it turns out, might not be as new as thought - and Corbyn’s performance was all the better for it.
Bit more than that. 91% of the PLP voted with the whip.
Chris Evans is an MP as well?!?
He is. For Islwyn in Wales.
The list of constituencies for the 20 abstainers is interesting. Some are in marginal or near marginal seats, and I can see why they voted the way they did.
Wouldn’t feel as confident for the likes of Liz Kendall or Tristram Hunt. I reckon Kendall probably forgot what city she represents when she came out in favour of letting Israel run riot.
| Safe Seat Rank | MP | Constituency |
| 6 | Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham Ladywood |
| 15 | Frank Field | Birkenhead |
| 22 | Graham Stringer | Blackley & Broughton |
| 23 | Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow |
| 39 | Margaret Hodge | Barking |
| 50 | Mike Gapes | Ilford South |
| 73 | Chris Leslie | Nottingham East |
| 79 | Chris Evans | Islwyn |
| 97 | Simon Danczuk | Rochdale |
| 121 | Ann Coffey | Stockport |
| 132 | Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West |
| 142 | Liz Kendall | Leicester West |
| 148 | Helen Jones | Warrington North |
| 157 | Tristram Hunt | Stoke on Trent Central |
| 166 | Fiona MacTaggart | Slough |
| 177 | Ben Bradshaw | Exeter |
| 186 | Ian Austin | Dudley North |
| 188 | Graham Jones | Hyndburn |
| 204 | Gisela Stuart | Birmingham Edgbaston |
| 205 | Jamie Reed | Copeland |
Had a chat with the resident immediate about the Corbyn debate. Juvenile Unit #2, sixteen, watched it after she got home from school. ms pap and her work colleague watched it during lunchtime.
I’m encouraged by the depth and breadth of interest, really. I’ve lived with these people for a very long time, we’ve always had political debates, but I gotta say, most of the time it devolves into how we’re all getting fucked and there is fuck all we can do about it. In terms of what came up in conversation, I’ve had headlines chucked at me before, and we’ve had fun dissecting them, but this was a first. Everyone had watched at least a bit of the debate. Rare.
In Corbyn’s pressence, Cameron looks like any or all of the following:-
a) A wayward son being told off by his father
b) A slippery eel trying to grease himself off the topic
c) A spiv rocking a toff’s tones.
I will leave you with Juvy #2’s favourite quote.
“The Prime Minister is trying his best, and I admire that”
Corbyn; floating human rights issues to China because Cameron is too scared to
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has raised China’s controversial human rights record in a meeting with President Xi Jinping.
The pair met for 30 minutes in room 1844 of Buckingham Palace, where Mr Corbyn introduced his delegation - including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and shadow business secretary Angela Eagle - to Mr Xi.
During what the Labour party described as “cordial and constructive” discussions with Mr Xi, the opposition leader also brought up the impact of cheap Chinese steel imports on Britain.
He raised the issue hours after Tata steel, a UK steel manufacturer, announced it would cut 1,200 jobs across the UK. The job losses come days after steel manufacturer SSI closed another plant at Redcar.
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Originally posted by @pap
Corbyn; floating human rights issues to China because Cameron is too scared to
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has raised China’s controversial human rights record in a meeting with President Xi Jinping.
The pair met for 30 minutes in room 1844 of Buckingham Palace, where Mr Corbyn introduced his delegation - including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and shadow business secretary Angela Eagle - to Mr Xi.
During what the Labour party described as “cordial and constructive” discussions with Mr Xi, the opposition leader also brought up the impact of cheap Chinese steel imports on Britain.
He raised the issue hours after Tata steel, a UK steel manufacturer, announced it would cut 1,200 jobs across the UK. The job losses come days after steel manufacturer SSI closed another plant at Redcar.
He met him at Buckingham Palace? You are kidding me aren’t you?
Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint
He met him at Buckingham Palace? You are kidding me aren’t you?
Checking it out see if it will be suitable for the Presedential resident
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Nah he was planting cctv and spliffs.
The Chinese President is using BP as his gaff during his holiday, innit
I know, but surely even going there is compromising his principles? Surely they could have met at the Stafford or Duke’s, it’s only just over the park.
Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint
I know, but surely even going there is compromising his principles? Surely they could have met at the Stafford or Duke’s, it’s only just over the park.
"Er, hallo Mr Xi. I know you’re presently situated in perhaps the most famous building in our country, but would you fancy coming somewhere…
…shitter?
I know, I know - but if we don’t, silly people see it as a betrayal of my principles, even though I’ve been turning up to Parliament for 32 years and have had to do things like make an oath to the Queen.
I know, I know. But they’ve still got votes. Can’t be helped in a democracy I’m afraid.
Mr Xi?"
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Well if he’s done everything else why turn down the Privy Council? I’m guessing because he’s a bit of a hypocrite.
I wasn’t aware that he had ‘turned it down’. I thought he just hadn’t been yet. I think it took Cameron something like 6 months before he first attended as leader of the opposition.
Originally posted by @hoofinruth
I wasn’t aware that he had ‘turned it down’. I thought he just hadn’t been yet. I think it took Cameron something like 6 months before he first attended as leader of the opposition.
Correct. The papers tried to make a big thing of it at the time. A lie gets around half the world before the truth has time to put its pants on.
Corbyn - Mr Xi, your country is not very nice and your cheap steel is fucking up our steel industry
Mr Xi - and?
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