Corbyn to be PM within 6 months?

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blackbike wrote:Labour's deputy leader says Corbyn is secure as leader and calls for party unity.

That is a sure sign that all is not well.

It reminds me of a vote of confidence from a chairman to a football manager.


And all the comments from Cabinet colleagues saying May is secure as PM don't say much worse about the Tory party??? :lol:
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pete75 wrote:
blackbike wrote:Labour's deputy leader says Corbyn is secure as leader and calls for party unity.

That is a sure sign that all is not well.

It reminds me of a vote of confidence from a chairman to a football manager.


And all the comments from Cabinet colleagues saying May is secure as PM don't say much worse about the Tory party??? :lol:


I didn't mention Mrs May's standing with her party's rank and file because this is a thread about Mr Corbyn's chances of becoming PM within 6 months.

Given the divisions in the Labour Party I don't think it is at all certain that Corbyn would be the next PM even if Labour win the next election.

He could be history by then.

Apparently there is a Labour plot to undermine Corbyn's authority going on right now.

Usual Labour snafu.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 17121.html
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blackbike wrote:
I didn't mention Mrs May's standing with her party's rank and file because this is a thread about Mr Corbyn's chances of becoming PM within 6 months. I agree

Given the divisions in the Labour Party I don't think it is at all certain that Corbyn would be the next PM even if Labour win the next election.I agree

He could be history by then.I agree

Apparently there is a Labour plot to undermine Corbyn's authority going on right now.I agree

Usual Labour snafu.I agree

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 17121.html


The funny thing is I agree with all your points. But that's politics. I'm standing by my earlier prognosis above in which the Tories will select a new and dynamic leader to take on Corbyn (assuming he's still leader), a sort of Cameron Mark II. As the polls stand it's 45/39 in Labour's favour which means there won't be a voluntary election yet a while. But the Commons is a volatile place and TM has a very thin majority - a couple of Tory MPs kicking the bucket, Sinn Fein getting cheap flights to Heathrow and we are in election territory. And then all bets are off (sorry alyrpal).
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blackbike wrote:
pete75 wrote:
blackbike wrote:Labour's deputy leader says Corbyn is secure as leader and calls for party unity.

That is a sure sign that all is not well.

It reminds me of a vote of confidence from a chairman to a football manager.


And all the comments from Cabinet colleagues saying May is secure as PM don't say much worse about the Tory party??? :lol:


I didn't mention Mrs May's standing with her party's rank and file because this is a thread about Mr Corbyn's chances of becoming PM within 6 months.



And those chances have nothing whatsoever to do with events in the Tory party? You can't discuss one without discussing the other - cause and effect.
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I think the OP needs to give us more details as to how he sees Corbyn becoming PM or not. The crystal ball is very foggy at the moment and Corbyn has both electoral and parliamentary routes to No.10.
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I don't believe Corbyn has a parliamentary route to No 10. Now the Tories got the queen's speech through they can coast along for a bit. There's a lot of noise, there's some decent effective opposition at long last and what we are getting is a few Corbyn policies without the disadvantages of Corbyn. More Tory softening I think even though we are still increasing public debt at the rate of £1 billion a week and paying £1 billion a week in interest.
As for the electoral route it's pretty much blocked. The Tories will fight tooth and nail to hold on. As for general public sentiment I am the wrong person to ask because I live in the heart of the promised land. Even so the Labour party here increased it vote from lost deposit to 11500 at the recent election. But the sitting MP still got 33000 votes like he did before. This implies that Labour voters, old and new, had been sitting on their hands. But Corbyn still lost heavily.

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The Grauniad reports that Corbyn is a vegetarian who enjoys vegan food too

He talked about this at an event organised by *lush cosmetics*, what was he doing there?
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Cyril Haearn wrote:The Grauniad reports that Corbyn is a vegetarian who enjoys vegan food too

He talked about this at an event organised by *lush cosmetics*, what was he doing there?

Why does it matter?

FWIW, I believe that he was an invited speaker to a two-day event that included new Lush products, politics, food and music.
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I just upgraded from the Grauniad to the Sun where I read that Jacob Rees-Mogg is favourite to succeed Chairperson May and be Jezzas opponent next time

He has one Welsh name, +1!

But what newspaper does he read?
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Cyril Haearn wrote:I just upgraded from the Grauniad to the Sun where I read that Jacob Rees-Mogg is favourite to succeed Chairperson May and be Jezzas opponent next time ....

I think that would probably help Corbyn even more. Mogg might be popular within the core Conservative Party but he comes across as having a very privileged background (Eton, Oxford, £££££) and whilst Conservatives love that, to get elected they need far wider support.

Also, Mogg is a staunch and uncompromising supporter of brexit and public opinion is moving away from Brexit so he'll have even more of an uphill struggle there as well.

And if he starts the "I will work to improve the conditions for those at the lower end ..." who will believe him (given his background and accent). Nobody believes May when she spouts similar but Mogg has a lot more of a challenge.

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Ian
I'll second that,and hope he does become leader
At least he'll help rid the country of this shower currently making a complete spherics of it :)
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reohn2 wrote:Ian
I'll second that,and hope he does become leader
At least he'll help rid the country of this shower currently making a complete spherics of it :)

Also, I wonder if Mogg (or his supporters or the "hackers") have moved too soon. I'd expect even the most blinkered supporters of brexit to recognise by now what a disaster Brexit is going to be for the UK and for some (e.g. Mogg) they think that is a price worth paying (they are wealthy enough anyway so they wont actually be doing "the paying"). So they need to wait for the Brexit disaster, then they'll have May to blame it on; wont be hard for either side, Remain saying it always was a bad idea badly executed whilst Leave can declare it was a disaster because May really stood for a softer Brexit and did not negotiate hard enough.

But to start his campaign now is far too early. Or maybe it's the anti-Mogg factions who are starting it now deliberately too early so he is perceived as a threat and as disloyal and will be rejected like Gove was. Activate seem to be somewhat at odds with themselves claiming they were hacked by Activate themselves, pro-May factions hijacking the pro-Mogg factions ... And their website became something of a joke when they were publishing donations with names ... and the names of donors then included e.g. Harold Shipman and Jimmy Saville! only for them to then claim the web site has not yet been launched!

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Cyril Haearn wrote:I just upgraded from the Grauniad to the Sun where I read that Jacob Rees-Mogg is favourite to succeed Chairperson May and be Jezzas opponent next time ....

Interesting article about Rees-Mogg's opinions and stance on social issues http://eveningharold.com/2017/09/06/jacob-rees-mogg-still-right-about-everything-this-week-abortion/

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Psamathe wrote:Interesting article about Rees-Mogg's opinions and stance on social issues http://eveningharold.com/2017/09/06/jacob-rees-mogg-still-right-about-everything-this-week-abortion/

Ian

Mogg has the face of someone who was at the bottom of the bullying hierarchy at school (presumably private).
It's no wonder he looked for solace in an invisible friend and took the medieval teachings of their supporters at face value.
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kwackers wrote:
Psamathe wrote:Interesting article about Rees-Mogg's opinions and stance on social issues http://eveningharold.com/2017/09/06/jacob-rees-mogg-still-right-about-everything-this-week-abortion/

Ian

Mogg has the face of someone who was at the bottom of the bullying hierarchy at school (presumably private).
.....

Yet another from Eton.

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