The end of the Labour party

No surprise; the Labour vote was over 50% of all votes cast. Surely even the Party in its present ramshackle cannot lose Gorton?

I have £5 with William Hill to say they will

Surely even the Party in its present ramshackle cannot lose Gorton?

Not if UKIP are the main challenger.

Not if UKIP are the main challenger.

Why UKIP, have they won some by-elections?

Labour party losing thousands of members

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/wednesday-briefing-labour-is-shrinking-blame-the-leadership

 

Did you pay £3 to join? Will you be remaining a member at the full price?

 

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Hilarious PMQs today - Corbyn attacks May on grammar schools, conveniently forgetting his own son went to a Grammar school!

Well no not really. He got divorced over it as his wife wouldn't back down and he disagreed so strongly he broke up with her over it. I'd say that shows some serioused morality. His wife got main custody after the divorce so she decided to keep him that school against Corbyn's wishes.

Once again people who don't seem to understand a thing about him have a pop.

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It depends if George Galloway will split the labour vote

Why would Galloway split the vote?

Why would Galloway split the vote?

I believe Galloway and Labour both get a big Muslim vote?

I believe Galloway and Labour both get a big Muslim vote?

I hadn't considered that TBH. Looking at the consistuency break down it's still less than 25% 'Asian', so not necessarily all that 25% are muslim nor vote Labour at present, plus even if the entire 'Asian block' vote was split between Galloway and Labour then it's only 12% swing. Labour has a 50% majority in this seat so I really don't think Galloway will have any impact at all.

In fact the Greens came second their last time out. Wow, what an interesting constituency. Can't be many where Labour gets nearly 70% of the vote with Greens in second with 10%.

Well no not really. He got divorced over it as his wife wouldn't back down and he disagreed so strongly he broke up with her over it. I'd say that shows some serioused morality. His wife got main custody after the divorce so she decided to keep him that school against Corbyn's wishes.

 

Once again people who don't seem to understand a thing about him have a pop.

 

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Why would Galloway split the vote?

Galloway is a true socialist and a big supporter of Corbyn, the Labour party candidate that has been chosen to stand for Gorton by the PLP is a Blairite, this is not a candidate that Corbyn chose, you see thats the problem what Corbyn faces, he has thousands of grass root supporters that want change, but the the PLP still run the show and they want to strangle the growing socialist movement, so back to the problem, a labour voting socialist will have a dilemma in Gorton, vote for a Blairite or a true socialist?

Galloway is a true socialist and a big supporter of Corbyn, the Labour party candidate that has been chosen to stand for Gorton by the PLP is a Blairite, this is not a candidate that Corbyn chose, you see thats the problem what Corbyn faces, he has thousands of grass root supporters that want change, but the the PLP still run the show and they want to strangle the growing socialist movement, so back to the problem, a labour voting socialist will have a dilemma in Gorton, vote for a Blairite or a true socialist?

Ah that makes more sense than the vote being decided by a small minority of Asian voters. But Galloway? Urgh.

I wouldn't worry.

In 3 years and change there won't be much of a PLP left.

Ah that makes more sense than the vote being decided by a small minority of Asian voters. But Galloway? Urgh.

yeah....the Asian voter has little to do with it....its a battle for Socialism or Blairism.

Galloway is not everyone's cup of tea....but at times he does talk a lot of sense

If you look at the last by election that Labour lost, the candidate was a Blairite chosen by the PLP, he wasnt Corbyn's choice...and when they lost with a Blairite, they blamed Corbyn.??

Ah that makes more sense than the vote being decided by a small minority of Asian voters. But Galloway? Urgh.

The Liberal Democrats are strong in the area, at a local level, with councilors in every ward.

May full-socialism rather than Blair's light-socialism win the day within Labour, thereby seeing to the destruction of the party.

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Ah that makes more sense than the vote being decided by a small minority of Asian voters. But Galloway? Urgh.

Is Asian (which I understood to be a person from somewhere within a circle roughly defined by Turkey, Kuwait, India, Western Russia, Japan and China and Indonesia) a euphemism for Muslim in this context?