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I suspected Corbyn's tactic might be to continue being decent and nice to juxtapose the Tories' political posturing, and hope it exposes them in the eyes of the public.

[url= http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/27/cameron-bunch-of-migrants-calais-pmqs-holocaust-memorial-day?CMP=fb_gu ]Seems like the first part is working at least.[/url] Dave seems to be getting uglier and uglier as time goes on which is interesting as he started of by trying to look like Mr Nice.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 3:05 pm
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Gradually the cabinet is disappearing for PMQs, and other debates. In the chamber but not on the front benches. For those that think Corbyn is ineffectual, how do you explain this?


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 4:46 pm
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I have no idea what you're talking about I'm afraid. Could you explain? Cabinet disappearing? What's this got to do with Corbyn?


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 5:07 pm
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Corbyn has been putting the boot in a bit more lately.

Good.


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 6:12 pm
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a slipper surely- this is the nice new world of politics, remember?


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 6:32 pm
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He doesn't need to call them arseholes, he can just be decent and wait for them to make arseholes out of themselves.


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 6:33 pm
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Amusing tete-a-tete between Rees-Mogg and Dave today!


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 6:35 pm
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He doesn't need to call them arseholes, he can just be decent and wait for them to make arseholes out of themselves.

Labour Election Strategy, 2010-15


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 6:56 pm
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Implemented poorly though that time!


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 7:15 pm
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I have no idea what you're talking about I'm afraid. Could you explain? Cabinet disappearing? What's this got to do with Corbyn?

Disappearing as in not on the front benches but 'hiding' during PMQs, having junior ministers answer questions during debates about flagship policy while their bosses hide somewhere in the chamber. Why?


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 10:44 pm
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Having Labour communist as a leader is really dated. You lot really need to think of something new to argue or to rebel rather than living in the bubble utopia.

Stop saving the world! 🙄

Start a nuclear war ... reduce human population to 1/4 of it's original size then you shall have your utopia.

I mean on the one hand you don't like competition but on the other hand you want to save the world ... c'mon ... obvious is obvious.

Increase population leading to no competition? Ya, you lot haven't thought through the process have you? 😆


 
Posted : 03/02/2016 11:13 pm
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having junior ministers answer questions during debates about flagship policy while their bosses hide somewhere in the chamber.

I see you're suggesting that Corbyn has turned the labour party into such an effective parliamentary force that ministers are sending out cannon fodder to reap the whirlwind? An interesting theory. I have no real opinion as I don't really watch parliamentary debates or PMQs but I'll take your word for it 🙂


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 12:18 am
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Breakfast in the People's Democratic Republic of Laos and a STW political thread. Perhaps I am seeing first hand the sort of utopia Corbyn has in mind 🙂

Increase population leading to no competition? Ya, you lot haven't thought through the process have you?

Bingo ! Labour's approach will only "work" if their is agressive state protectionism of UK jobs at any cost. There is a huge wave of supremely smart, well educated and business/life hungry Chinese and Indians (amongst others) out there ready to compete for jobs and service provision


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:04 am
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Corbyn is sending junior ministers to PMQ's in an attemkt to "disrespect" PMQ plus he's not very good at it, no energy


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:13 am
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Corbyn is sending junior ministers to PMQ's in an attemkt to "disrespect" PMQ plus he's not very good at it, no energy
Err, wut? Corbyn can't 'send' ministers to PMQs. That's Cameron's job. So if anyone is 'disrespecting' PMQs, it's the Tories. And yes, we know you don't like Corbyn...


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 7:47 am
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How could anyone not like Jc? He's the finest comedy character since Mr Bean.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 9:55 am
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The finest comedian since 5thElefant.

he's not very good at it, no energy

Maybe the points he raises should be more important than his style?

You couldn't sound more vacuous if you tried, jam.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:02 am
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Breakfast in the People's Democratic Republic of Laos and a STW political thread. Perhaps I am seeing first hand the sort of utopia Corbyn has in mind

I think you'll find it's Cameron that wants the UK to be a Chinese client state like Laos has been


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:25 am
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Don't you be ruining his tabloid rants with facts...in jmabyland using facts is like cheating.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 11:07 am
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I think you'll find it's Cameron that wants the UK to be a Chinese client state like Laos has been

Don't you be ruining his tabloid rants with facts...in jmabyland using facts is like cheating.

😆 JC's comedy act is spreading to his comrades


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 12:22 pm
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"If all else fails - sneer"

- How to be a Tory by D Cameron.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 12:25 pm
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He showed the ugly side to his personality, he looked tired and angry (and sneery)


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:19 pm
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Doesn't matter; won't get reported (widely). However if Jeremy Corbyn so much as accidentally steps on a snail, there will be headlines and opinion pieces about his animal cruelty and rank hypocrisy galore. We get the politicians we deserve, I fear.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:24 pm
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He showed the ugly side to his personality, he looked tired and angry

Who, Corbyn?

I think most of his supporters, and a lot of the left would like him to get just a bit angry!


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 3:58 pm
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No no Cameron. Corbyn is a hunk I'd never describe him as ugly!

Yes I thought it would be good to see Corbyn go for the jugular a bit more but I'm starting to think what he does in PMQs works. His new politics thingy. It just shows the Tories as angry and sneery. "you might think its funny but Martin who wrote to me doesn't" etc.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 6:44 pm
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Yes. I wouldn't want him to go for 'the jugular' cos that implies a personal attack. Just show himself to be as angry as the rest of us are about the injustice.

He doesn't need theatrics, just tell it how it is.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 6:59 pm
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Well I still think he's doing a marvellous job.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 8:33 pm
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It's interesting that the main people who think he's doing a crap job are the tories or blairite labour MPs and their media friends. I've yet to come across anyone I know who voted for him who is majorly displeased with his performance. In fact pretty much everyone I speak to recognises that he's quietly getting on with the difficult job of reorganising the labour party so that it can address the huge challenges of the future, by turning it into a broad based democratic movement which is not in hock to either corporations, the unions, oligarchs, billionaires, or whoever else.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 8:45 pm
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Don't you be ruining his tabloid rants with facts...in jmabyland using facts is like cheating.

Hellooo! (as in the tone of the IT Crowd Irish bloke pointing at the model face ... )

What's up Junkyard?

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No no Cameron. Corbyn is a hunk I'd never describe him as ugly!

Crikey there is something wrong about that description I find difficult to pin point ... not sure if it is JC(not Jesus Christ) or the person who describes JC(not Jesus Christ) ... hmmmm ... 😯

I wonder what will happen if JC(not Jesus Christ) asks his supporters to jump from a tall building to show their love for him ... you know like the snake bloke in Conan the Barbarian film ordering the woman to jump ... "... that is power ...!" 😆

Obvious is obvious! 😛


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 8:52 pm
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It's interesting that the main people who think he's doing a crap job are the tories or blairite labour MPs and their media friends. I've yet to come across anyone I know who voted for him who is majorly displeased with his performance

Yes. There's huge gulf between those who want a player of the game, and those who want someone to stand up and do the right thing.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 9:00 pm
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Yes. There's huge gulf between those who want a player of the game, and those who want someone to stand up and do the right thing.

The shortest suicide note in history?


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 9:39 pm
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The shortest suicide note in history?

You don't get it at all do you?


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 9:46 pm
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You don't get it at all do you?

No, not at all.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 9:56 pm
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You dont get much do you 😉

Its not hard is it

other folk are left wing and they like the way this left winger does things

other folk dislike immigrants and like what Nigel does

All this thread is, and has been for ages, is just folk repeating that they don't like Corbyn- what he has done this wee is irrelevant he is not going, nor is he trying, to win over rabid right wingers/ true tories any more than Dave is going to win my vote.

FWIW i remain on the fence he has not had enough time to make a definitive call and he seems to be finding his feet after a rocky start. I dont think any other view is supported by facts as it is just too early to tell.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:01 pm
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It's not that bit I don't get.

It's the [i]we know he'll lose but he's doing the right thing[/i].

That. I don't get.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:05 pm
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Well, two things:

1) It's not clear he'll lose, just yet. There's a long way to go to the next election. He clearly has appeal.

2) A huge number of people haven't had a candidate they actually believed in or wanted to win for many years.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:10 pm
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Thank goodness no one gives any credence to polls anymore

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/01/19/corbyn-rating-fall/


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:13 pm
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Well, two things:

1) It's not clear he'll lose, just yet. There's a long way to go to the next election. He clearly has appeal.

2) A huge number of people haven't had a candidate they actually believed in or wanted to win for many years.

I'm still not hearing any optimism.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:15 pm
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It's not that bit I don't get.

It's the we know he'll lose but he's doing the right thing.

That. I don't get.

If anyone on the thread ever says this then feel free to ask them what they mean

Until then i cannot help explain the view that no one has said.

FWIW they may know he is currently losing but hope/want/wish for his approach to work. As i said there has not been enough time to be certain either way.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:22 pm
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Just been done. You need to take molgrips off your ignore list.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:28 pm
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you need to start using quotes that make the point you are not getting.

only chewkw is on my list and molly is nowhere near getting on it.

You might if this is how you "debate" 😉


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:31 pm
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we know he'll lose but he's doing the right thing.

That. I don't get.

You remind me of people at my work who change their vote depending on who they think they'll win this time. Here's a clue, some of us don't see politics as a sport where the only thing that counts is winning at all costs. Can you really not understand that?


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 10:50 pm
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Its not complicated. I don't want to vote for a Labour Party who are just the same as the Tories.

Ever the optimist I think whoever the Tories elect to lead next election will be not as electable as CMD.


 
Posted : 04/02/2016 11:18 pm
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Junkyard - lazarus

you need to start using quotes that make the point you are not getting.

only chewkw is on my list and molly is nowhere near getting on it.

You might if this is how you "debate"

On your list? Crikey is that a hit list? 😯

Or is it because you cannot answer my question (You said that you are not English so what are you? I am still waiting for your answer.) or is it because your logic does not make sense? Or are you trying to be manipulative with irrelevant "facts" to enhance propaganda value?

Some said I got you with that one simple question ... it's not a trap you know but rather trying to know your answer that's all. Fact.

So far you have advocated ...

Centralised EUSSR, one big EU family, "underprivileged" get feed free, save the world (song in the background), oh look we need equality coz my religion says so, right wing is evil (naive little piggy trying to break Dear Leader Mao's record), multiculturalism is good (ya, you eat bacon and bow to me coz in my culture you need to respect that!) etc etc ... where to start ...

The concept of large organisation without bureaucracy in the EU club? ... wtf! I mean what a delusional utopian to consider that possibility 😆 ... You are like fish out of water aren't you. Who taught you otherwise? Seriously out of your depth and anyone who think otherwise I would like to hear from them ...

Do you have identity issue? 😛

I mean obvious is obvious innit!

I see you coming and I told you so. 😆


 
Posted : 05/02/2016 3:34 am
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Cameron amd Osbourne want to do business with one of the worlds largest and most influential economies, if they where smarter they would introduce controlled immigration and encourage super smart and hardworking Chinese to come to the UK to boost our economy.

Saw this morining, perfect Corbyn transport solution;

Cheap (85p per trip)
Customer staff ratio 1 for 1 to boost employment
Ecologically sound
Keeps the Red Flag flying

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Must search out the EU thread, referendum could be just 140 days away, vote has to be before next tsunami of immigrants comes to Europe and before 2017 so as not to scupper German elections


 
Posted : 05/02/2016 4:16 am
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