mykeyb Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 So Labour have voted in a 66 year old as their leader.Will be 71 at the next election,................find that genuinely bizzare!How many floating voters will vote a 71 year old in for a five year term of office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well as far as I'm aware there is overwhelming support for renationalising the railways amongst other public services, and a reintroduction of a higher tax rate on the super rich.presumably this envy tax is popular in some quarters but I've not really seen overwhelming support for it , do you have a link to where you got this info ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well as far as I'm aware there is overwhelming support for renationalising the railways amongst other public services, and a reintroduction of a higher tax rate on the super rich.presumably this envy tax is popular in some quarters but I've not really seen overwhelming support for it , do you have a link to where you got this info ?There's some stuff in here...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-jeremy-corbyn-policies-that-most-people-actually-agree-with-10407148.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darrenm Posted September 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn.Until someone comes along to correct me, he's someone who's a bit more of an old skool lefty red socialist Labour politician, rather than the current crop of right, blue, conservative, Tory clones which the Labour party has been pushing since New Labour.But as well as being like the Labour of old, he also has some modern ideas which are quite progressive and are akin to the kind of things the Greens are pushing, but are quite scary to people who (I would consider) aren't fighting very hard to get out of their limited thinking box.The current system of government in the UK is that the 2 major parties have various friends in the media who they can call up to attack anyone and the public just lap it up, therefore someone who isn't part of this protection racket hasn't really got a hope. The same goes for big businesses and the banks too, they've got every reason to fear someone who isn't part of their agenda.It's why, unfortunately, he probably hasn't got a hope of winning the next election. The papers will dig up every scraping of every bone of every skeleton in every closet he has, unless he scratches a few backs quickly - promises to get something like TTIP through or something like that.Although they've already painted him as nigh on Hitler's right hand man and he's come through it so perhaps people aren't so ready to be duped by the media these days.Just my thoughts anyway. The British identity is quite socialist in my opinion so we naturally sway left. The majority of people want the good side of socialism, with a healthy dose of liberalism and with just a little bit of conservatism. We want to play fair, no-one gets a free ride, but no-one should be left in the gutter if they fall over. Modern Tory policies seem to be to kick as many people over into the gutter as possible, then stand on them so they can't get up, because they've only got themselves to blame for being down there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted September 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2015 Good to see Kendall ruling herself out of any sort of shadow cabinet role.4% of the vote should tell her everything she needs to know about her vision for light blue labour.and yet I thought she was the candidate that supporters thought could unite the party and take it forward ? 4%I think you've confused the words supporters and husband. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 I suppose the burning question now is who is the next PM .... Boris , Osborne or May ?When Cameron stands down before the next election, you mean?yep the next leadership election but without the £3 to sabotage a party entry fee You know that if you removed every single one of the three pound votes, he still won 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 6000 plus people have joined the Labour Party today since the announcement of the result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn.Well he says he wants a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS so crack might just be the issue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 A few policies I expect to see from Jez in the near future.Nationalising the Swan population.A super-tax on ties.Shaving to be made a hate crime.Tom & Jerry cartoons banned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn. Well he says he wants a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS so crack might just be the issue. Attacking ISIS would not end well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 A few policies I expect to see from Jez in the near future. Nationalising the Swan population. A super-tax on ties. Shaving to be made a hate crime. Tom & Jerry cartoons banned. You know the swan population has been nationalised for centuries don't you? The person who has had the longest shit ever in Britain owns them all and she's the head of state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn.Well he says he wants a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS so crack might just be the issue.You don't want a peaceful solution? You'd rather people died that didn't have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 @Bickster - yes, my point exactly. Why should she have them all?@peaceful solution with IS... They want to take over lots of countries that belong to other people. Short of "we surrender", there's not much to talk about. It's this kind of thing for me where JC moves from eccentric but endearing to, 'beyond the sun'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 He's not in power so his policies are never going to get implemented. Maybe this is all part of a Labour ruse? I suspect he will be a very good foil against Cameron, arguing unashamedly for old Labour values and taking the higher social ground, which a lot of the public will like - including those in Scotland where Labour needs to win seats back to have any chance. Maybe there is a cunning plan here for him not to actually stand for election, but to do some damage to the Tories and test out which left of centre policies seem most popular with voters. Then the new - more electable leader - steps in nearer the election, pulling the party back towards the centre, but keeping the left polices that resonated with the electorate. Just speculating but there is a lot of time between now and the election and this could be a way for Labour to test our where, and how far, they can and should move to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 @Bickster - yes, my point exactly. Why should she have them all? @peaceful solution with IS... They want to take over lots of countries that belong to other people. Short of "we surrender", there's not much to talk about. It's this kind of thing for me where JC moves from eccentric but endearing to, 'beyond the sun'. There's that box I was referring to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn.Well he says he wants a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS so crack might just be the issue.You don't want a peaceful solution? You'd rather people died that didn't have to?Yes that is exactly it. I don't want a peaceful solution and I want people to die, as many as possible. I am George Bush you rumbled me.Or alternatively I'm a little more realistic about the prospects for a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS and unlike the new leader of the opposition I've long since stopped think that if I wish really really hard for something it will happen. Could you enlighten me what a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS could possible look like? Edited September 12, 2015 by TrentVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well done Jeremy. You'll make a refreshing change from the shysters and careerist politicians who have dominated our political scene for so long. Look forward to seeing Cameron going red faced with frustration at his inability to win an argument with someone who refuses to take part in the Cameron led rowdiness that masquerades as PMQ's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 @Bickster - yes, my point exactly. Why should she have them all? @peaceful solution with IS... They want to take over lots of countries that belong to other people. Short of "we surrender", there's not much to talk about. It's this kind of thing for me where JC moves from eccentric but endearing to, 'beyond the sun'. There's that box I was referring to Fair enough Darren, I nominate you to go and lead these peace negotiations. Save them the trouble and dress in orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 can someone tell me what the crack is with this jeremy corbyn.Well he says he wants a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS so crack might just be the issue.You don't want a peaceful solution? You'd rather people died that didn't have to?Yes that is exactly it. I don't want a peaceful solution and I want people to die, as many as possible.Or alternatively I'm a little more realistic about the prospects for a peaceful solution to the issue of ISIS and unlike the new leader of the opposition I've long since stopped think that if I wish really really hard for something it will happen.It's guerilla warfare. You can't just bomb them into submission, that only creates sharper splinters. There's no easy solution but blind luck and stepping away from the red button has kept us out of nuclear winter so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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