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I would find it rather comforting to believe that Corbyn and his team could hush up a stroke, it would suggest at a competence he is never credited with. It isn't like they have their fingers on the levers of influence over the media and institutions like the unashamedly corrupt tories have. However for the torie boys, which of the contradictory conspiracies are you going to believe? or are you really so dim as to just believe them all?
Bojo is king of the bufoons, leading the nation over the cliff edge (from the rear of course).
Before the election there was lots of talk of Jezza's glasses and 'muscle weakness' got cited as the cause[1].
I didn't give it much thought but I was talking to a guy who's had a stroke at work and he brought up weakness in his face which got me thinking... Are there any 'trivial' causes of "muscle weakness". Feels to me like "muscle weakness" is usually caused by something non-trivial. (When I experienced weakness in my legs I was in front of a neurologist the following working day which suggests the NHS take it pretty seriously.)
So is whatever's wrong with Jezza likely to be harmless or has he had a more serious problem?
If he had a major health issue during the campaign and carried on as though nothing had happened he's a bloody hero whatever you think of his political skill.
https://www.opticianonline.net/news/jeremy-corbyn-receives-treatment-for-eye-muscle-weakness
A Labour Party spokesperson said: ‘Jeremy Corbyn has a muscle weakness in his right eye which has become apparent in recent months. He is being treated at Moorfields Eye Hospital and thanks the wonderful staff for their care and expertise. He has been using corrective glasses as part of the treatment. He is otherwise in good health, is on the campaign trail every week travelling the country and runs and cycles regularly.’
Seems the mighty red Brexit Wizard has starting celebrating hard in (possibly) Morecambe and hit the brown ale so hard he has gone and "forgotten" that some of the very few remaining MPs that Labour can claim are losing their jobs today. (MEPs)
What a nice, principled Trot he is was.
Seems the mighty red Brexit Wizard has starting celebrating hard in (possibly) Morecambe and hit the brown ale so hard he has gone and “forgotten” that some of the very few remaining MPs that Labour can claim are loosing their jobs today. (MEPs)
What a nice, principled Trot he is was
Can someone translate?
In all the Coronanews it might have been missed that it's JC last day as leader.
He's bowed out with a letter to Boris Johnson offering a plan to improve the safety of NHS staff.
As ever with Corbyn, it's a great plan (if we actually had the items he wants given) badly delivered.
It's a 5 point plan, only, it's really 6, he just counted 4 twice, and got the address slightly wrong.
https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1244993439181217794?s=20
Jeremy who?
Typical Corbyn, good riddance.
Step up Sir Keir!
Typical Corbyn, good riddance.
Step up Sir Keir!
+1
Labour party about to be back in the game.
Sorry, what is wrong with this letter? I don’t get what the problem is.
Can we not just say goodbye to him graciously? Even the Prime Minister managed that.
Can we not just say goodbye to him graciously?
We were. Nobody's even mentioned him on here for two months. Then he wrote a letter with a load of typos to get himself media attention at a time when media was largely ignoring him. (The typos are an obvious hate-sharing tactic.)
Finally!
Completely useless to the last.
Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out, grandad.
Unfortunately, I expect Barbara Ellen is probably absolutely bang on in this article in Sundays Observer: Yes, Jeremy Corbyn is still here and he’s still right about everything
grandad
Is grandad an acceptable term of derision/abuse now?
I expect Barbara Ellen is probably absolutely bang on in this article
That article was so full of fluff, it could have been you who wrote it.
Is grandad an acceptable term of derision/abuse now?
That depends if they're magic or not.
I'm just hoping the rumours are true that the first thing Kier Starmer is going to do is have a night of the long knives to clear out every last one of the utterly useless Corbynites, both on the front bench and behind the scenes, and actually appoint some people who are capable of finding their own arses using both hands.
I'm also hoping that involves firing Richard Burgon into the sun.
Sorry, what is wrong with this letter? I don’t get what the problem is.
Jeremy Corbyn wrote it.
Sorry, what is wrong with this letter? I don’t get what the problem is.
Well, apart from the obvious problems there's 2 points labelled 4. and he wrote Prime Minister twice in the address - important? I don't know, if I was writing a quick STW post, a tweet, a Teams message to my colleagues etc I might make the odd typo etc, but if I was writing a letter to the Prime Minister to offer my guidance at a time of international crisis, a letter which would be my last act as Labour Leader, a Letter I intended to share with my 2.4 million twitter followers, I'd make sure it was a bit better than that.
As for the content, it's pure 'benefit of opposition' highlighting lots of obvious issues that have been front page news for weeks, without any practical suggestion of how to achieve it, as if all the Government has to do is pass the "Full PPE for all 1.5m NHS staff now" law and as if by magic they appear, all in the right place, at the right time.
In reality he's just trying to knock the Government as a snide parting shot, if he had been that bold during his time as Labour Leader, he could be PM now, but he wasn't, he was too busy worrying about ideological purity.
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Labour party about to be back in the game.
I really hope so, but if I were them, I'd sit down and STFU for a few months unless the Tories try doing a bit of Evil or are glaringly ****ing it up - just chipping away, pointing fingers or worse saying 'told you so' as the death toll rises would be reprehensible.
it’s pure ‘benefit of opposition’ highlighting lots of obvious issues that have been front page news for weeks
Yeah - headlines for weeks but still no action by the govt because ... errr ... we didn't get the e-mail, that's it - e-mail. In Austria apparently you have to wear a mask to go to the shops. Hope they don't do that here or half the country will starve to death cos there are no masks.
But, typos, yes - well spotted. Finger on the pulse.
Yeah – headlines for weeks but still no action by the govt because … errr … we didn’t get the e-mail, that’s it – e-mail. In Austria apparently you have to wear a mask to go to the shops. Hope they don’t do that here or half the country will starve to death cos there are no masks.
But, typos, yes – well spotted. Finger on the pulse.
Was Jeremy Corbyn calling on the Government work with the EU he hates so much to get more kit?
PPE is reaching the NHS, my Wife's team had basic stuff, now they have much better kit ready.
Tests are being rolled out, as are anti-body tests so medics who've recovered can be safely redeployed to care for Covid patients.
See, it's easy to stand on the side-lines and knock the things that everyone knows are wrong, but what are his suggestions for fixing it?
typos, yes – well spotted
For many of us the problem with Corbyn was not so much his politics as his incompetence, at all levels and on matters great and small. Whatever. I promise never to mention him again.
Tests are being rolled out,
That's great - how many were done today?
See, it’s easy to stand on the side-lines and knock the things that everyone knows are wrong, but what are his suggestions for fixing it?
Step 1 is spotlight stuff so it gets moved up the priority list - obviously it can't go above "sit on the beach in the Caribbean", but maybe up there with "inspect artfully ruffled hair" or "write another piece of fluff for the Torygraph".
Third reply to Jezza on Twitter link:
Was Jeremy Corbyn calling on the Government work with the EU he hates so much to get more kit?
No, a different EU. Anyway it was Gordon Brown suggesting it in the first place and Jezza's just saying 'do what that Brown chap says'. Oh, plus, it's not really the EU its a "global" response thingyummydoodah.
There are some absolute gems on that Twitter thread
Time for Agent Corb to come in from the cold and be enobled as the greatest ever Conservative secret agent - Labour could never have been smashed this badly from the outside:
Conservatives hit 54% in new poll
Conservatives hit 54% in new poll
In a poll of conservative party members, jesus wept.
Mixing two things up there. The Tories are indeed polling above 50% in recent polls. The minister ratings are members only (a positive rating for Liz Truss gives that away).
Labour have stayed pretty steady at about 30% this year.
Source: ConservativeHome survey of party members
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Oh, and
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Yes, but he won the argument. Apaprently.
Should you be interested, here's Jeermy's parting words to members that we got by email this morning
Dear Binners,
I hope you and your family are keeping safe and well. I would especially like to thank the thousands of you working in key jobs and professions and those organising in mutual aid groups to help your local community.
As I stand down as Leader, I also want to thank you for all the support you have given the party, and me personally, over the last four and a half years. It has been the honour of my life to lead this party. Our members are my inspiration, and I am so proud that we have become a party of nearly 600,000 strong. I have made it a priority to meet members in every part of our country, and I learned so much from you.
So many of the issues we have been campaigning on over the past few years have been thrown into even sharper relief by the Coronavirus crisis. It has highlighted the underfunding in our NHS and social care as a result of damaging and counter-productive austerity, the lack of employment rights at work, the scandalously low level of welfare benefits, as well as housing insecurity and homelessness.
It has also reminded everyone how the people who keep our society running are not the hedge fund billionaires, but the cleaners, nurses, care workers and supermarket staff - so often women and migrant workers on low pay. The strength of our party is that it is rooted in our workplaces and communities in all their diversity.
Over the past five years we have changed the agenda on austerity and how the economy is run. In 2015, opposing austerity was seen as radical; today it is the political mainstream. A majority of the public supports Labour on issues such as public ownership and higher taxes on the richest. We now look forward as a party of economic inclusion, climate justice, peace and human rights.
Of course, we could have achieved so much in government, and I am sorry that under my leadership we did not get there. In 2017 we came close, winning the biggest increase in the popular vote since 1945. Sadly, the 2019 election was a Brexit election and our attempt to bridge the gap between Leave and Remain voters was unsuccessful.
I firmly believe that together we have the ideas, policies, energy and organisation to win a Labour government next time. We can build a society based on social justice, equality, and care for our environment. But it will not come about unless we fight for it.
Our party grew out of local communities and that is where we must focus our efforts, just as we always have. I will continue to campaign on the issues and principles that have motivated me as Leader, as an MP, as a councillor and as a party member for more than 50 years. I can assure you my voice will not be stilled. I'll be out there campaigning for socialism, peace and justice, and I feel sure we'll be doing that together.
Best wishes,
Jeremy Corbyn
I'm getting quite emotional reading it
Good letter.
He sensibly avoided numbered bullet points 😀
I also want to thank you for all the support you have given the party, and me personally, over the last four and a half years.
They've sent you the wrong letter.
So jezza was married, who new?!!!
Everyone?
Conservatives hit 54% in new poll
Let's see how that stands up when the morgues start filling.
Every Conservative Club in the country will be flying its flag at half-mast today to mourn Grandad shuffling off to the allotment.
I'm sure they'll have something lined up in the honours list to show their appreciation for his services to the Tory party
I’m sure they’ll have something lined up in the honours list to show their appreciation for
hismy services to the Tory party
🙂
That’s twice in a row you’ve made me laugh out loud Rusty!
Oi Rusty! You bloody communist!!!
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Between 2000 and 2017 the steepest decline in the number of NHS hospital beds was under New Labour. There seems to be a few deferential types who seem to think public school and Oxbridge types are 'natural born leaders' (and comedians), people we can look up to, people with the right manner, bearing and accent. Blair, Jacob and Boris would be so touched to see them celebrating down at 'spoons and Greggs.
Between 2000 and 2017 the steepest decline in the number of NHS hospital beds was under New Labour.
Was a trend all across developed world
A lot of care moved from NHS to social sector. Which was fine.
But when austerity came in and social sector was decimated by cuts, that fed back into NHS & led to chronic bed blocking