There’s some reasonably bad news for the Bitterite wing of the party. A recent poll shows that if the membership were to vote on the Labour leadership, JC would be returned with an even greater mandate than he managed to secure back in September.
That’s not stopping some of Corbyn’s Parliamentary Labour Party colleagues from plotting his downfall, with former serviceman Dan Jarvis emerging as the new champion of the centrists. There’s been some right nonsense written about Corbyn this week, with some hilarious responses.
LBC inexplicably tweeted a question asking whether _Corbyn _should resign over his response to _Cameron’s _crisis. They copped a load of shite for that. This morning, four Labour MPs have indicated that Corbyn will be to blame if Brexit happens for not shouting loud enough for the EU.
Please. Just stop it. Not only does the latter do a complete disservice to the role of the British public in the referendum, who will be the only people “blamed” for whatever outcome, but you’re still sniping at your party leader during a time when your real political enemies are in utter fucking turmoil.
I am starting to think that the problem with the Bitterite set is that they have forgotten who their real political enemies are.
They’ve ruled the roost for the last 20 years and they’ll fight to try and keep their ideology going through the party. I think you do need a few centrist politicians in the Labour ranks to give them a broader appeal, but the party is weighed down with them at the moment and it’s always going to be a struggle to keep them in check. Corbyn’s doing well imo and I think most people see the criticism in the media as the desperate attempt at slander that it is.
I get the impression that the attacks by some media organisations with their own agendas have not impressed the voters, many of whom seem to be looking at content rather than headlines for a change.
Corbyn survived a ridiculous baptism of media fire and seems to be doing okay.
And he isn’t preaching about tax avoidance while trying to cover up his own offshore activities.
Perhaps I’m just projecting my own contempt for the media and reaching the entirely wrong conclusion, but most of the mainstream media attacks have been pure bee sting. Yes, you may irritate the person that has just been stung, but you’ll rip the fuck out of yourself in the act, most likely terminally. The only “paper” that seems to have balanced coverage is the Independent, and that is no longer on newsagent shelves.
It has been encouraging to see the Mirror swing behind Corbyn and take up his agenda, but that’s hardly balanced. Following years of pontification and prick-teasing on left-wing principles, the Guardian and New Statesman proved themselves every bit the establishment mouthpiece you’d expect pro-government papers to be.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that JC is perfect, nor am I saying that some of these issues shouldn’t have been raised. Thing is, having tried to bury him with the public with the IRA stuff when he was first elected (still the only go-to right wing Corbyn haters have got), and not managing it, you’ve got to wonder what utility these increasingly pathetic stories serve.
Additionally, when you consider some of the claims that the same people are making, they’re in total conflict. The constant excuse for being nasty to Corbyn is that he’s unelectable, and that the people who know better are ousting him to give Labour a chance of beating the Tories. Yet at the same time, this unelectable man is seen as someone with enough influence to swing a referendum on a major constitutional issue. Sorry, Bitterites, you cannot have it both ways.
That is brilliant, thanks for that Pap. Even after all of this shit, people still think Cameron would do a better job as PM. I think that’s pretty damning of Corbyn.
“Mr Corbyn is also preferred as PM to Theresa May by 30 per cent to 23 per cent, though Boris Johnson and David Cameron himself both retain leads.”
I’ve been consistent in my position on Corbyn all along. You can check the early days of the Labour leadership thread if you want. My view then was that a lot can happen in four years, enough to give Corbyn a genuine chance.
Today’s “New Old Labour in Trouble” story is wonderful
Labour are getting criticised in some quarters for not having McDonalds at their party conference. The multi-national, famous for its fine work in propagating obesity amongst children, has been told it could keep its thirty grand and that Labour would be seeking alternative partners, thanks.
Predictably, this is ammunition for New Labour backbenchers, who presumably don’t give a fuck about McD’s funnelling their profits overseas.
Former Labour minister Ian Austin tweeted: “Why has @UKLabour turned down £30k from McDonald’s? My first job was in their branch of Dudley High Street.”
Labour MP Wes Streeting told the Sun on Sunday: "I’m exasperated that we should throw away £30,000 worth of sponsorship like this.
“It smacks of a snobby attitude towards fast-food restaurants and people who work or eat at them.”
An aside, but I was sexually discriminated against by McDonalds. By a woman, too.
Went for an interview in 1991 at the Southampton branch. Everything is going well until the interviewer points out my ponytail, and remarks that the manager is a “real stickler for long hair”. There were loads of long-haired women working there. They just had nets to keep it all in.
Didn’t know enough about the law back then to know I was being discriminated against, but yeah, twats all the same.
Actually, I think it might just be New Labour in trouble. As some may know, I’m not exactly timid when it comes to dealing with public figures. Had a bit of a pop at the two MP’s losing their shit over the McD’s non-scandal.
Amazing response He’s getting quite a bit of grief on Twitter now.
