The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[LeMaquis 10]

Why 'likewise'? The Co-operative Party might have 75% of current Labour MPs, by current reckoning.

 

So the Co-operative Party booms because it refuses to be co-operative with Corbyn and McDonnell?

[unbeliever 10]

Why 'likewise'? The Co-operative Party might have 75% of current Labour MPs, by current reckoning.

 

Sure. Maybe as many as 80% if they all jump. But come the election, the radical former Labour voters will vote for Corbyn's lot and the moderate former Labour voters will vote for the other lot and with FPTP that will cost both parties a lot of seats.

[ez8004 10]

Sure. Maybe as many as 80% if they all jump. But come the election, the radical former Labour voters will vote for Corbyn's lot and the moderate former Labour voters will vote for the other lot and with FPTP that will cost both parties a lot of seats.

 

Nothing but good news.

[unbeliever 10]

Nothing but good news.

 

It's fine for us. But socialists (as much as I worry about them forming a government), surely deserve serious representation in parliament.

A lot of people believe in the government taking a bigger hand in the economy, and they deserve to be heard. This should not be sabotaged by a bunch of [words I'm not allowed to use on the forum] like Momentum.

I think the government should be smaller and less regulatory. I would not like it if a hypothetical collection of [more words I'm not allowed to use on the forum] anti-Momentum (on the other thread we agreed to called them "Inertia") created such a political mess that these views were not meaningfully represented in parliament.

[alchresearch 214]

Corbyn wins with 61%. I was expecting more.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37461219

[Robin-H 11]

Corbyn wins with 61%. I was expecting more.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37461219

 

Damn so was I. I had a bet amongst my friends, I think I guessed he would get 74%. I think someone might have guessed 62%

[Ridgewalk 96]

But what will he taking over? A party split in two? A tiny party?

 

 

Or a party with 600,000 members. Corbyn's victory would have been even larger if 130,000 new members had been allowed to vote,eg 200 Bristol members suspended and their votes cancelled.

[unbeliever 10]

Or a party with 600,000 members. Corbyn's victory would have been even larger if 130,000 new members had been allowed to vote,eg 200 Bristol members suspended and their votes cancelled.

 

Would you rather be in a party with 600,000 members and 50 MPs or 100,000 members and 400 MPs?

Manchester United have a lot of supporters. Nobody expects them to form a government any time soon.

[Ridgewalk 96]

Would you rather be in a party with 600,000 members and 50 MPs or 100,000 members and 400 MPs?

Manchester United have a lot of supporters. Nobody expects them to form a government any time soon.

 

50 MPs ? Labour have about 200 ? Strange boy

[the_bloke 17]

For reasons unknown McDonnell and Watson are saying they expect the Tories to call an early general election. What planet are they on?

[Santo 10]

50 MPs ? Labour have about 200 ? Strange boy

 

Errrr he's saying the party will split and Corbyn will have fewer MPs because the majority will form another party.

 

Not strange at all if you apply a bit of thought to the post...

[altus 537]

For reasons unknown McDonnell and Watson are saying they expect the Tories to call an early general election. What planet are they on?

They are just trying to scare the various factions within the party towards unity.