The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[hackey lad 3,991]

No more said, thanks for that hackey.

 

No problem

[Mister Gee 830]

Educate yourself a bit more Hackey, and read the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist.. Robert Tressel.

 

Frank Owen would describe him as a useful idiot for the Tory party.

[hackey lad 3,991]

2014ish (might have been 2015) My son was a fan. I was exactly like you - everything I knew about him was negative and so was my opinion of him. My son was trying to convince me that the press was biased (oh the irony) and I didn't get it.

 

Jeremy Corbyn was holding a rally at the Crucible theatre, so I agreed to go (to shut him up.) I went, and was amazed that he was saying all the things I thought, and all the things I was arguing about down the pub and making sense.

I started researching the things I was seeing about him in the press and on TV, and was appalled at the blatant bias and downright lies I was hearing. I began to like him more and more, and the things he wanted to do. I joined the Labour party so I could help get him elected. Incidently, I'd never heard of Momentum and have still never come across one.

 

I've never been to another political rally but went on the odd demonstration when I was a student. and I also sometimes attend the public gallery of the council meetings, especially if something I'm interested in is coming up. I've also met a couple of MPs at their local surgeries.

 

Thank you Anna

[hobinfoot 25]

Just heard the sad news about Tessa Jowell. I may not have agreed with her all the time but I always listened when she spoke. She was fair in her opinions of others. She represented the best in politics.

[blake 10]

the kind of lightweight that summed up New Labour really. RIP.

[I1L2T3 10]

the kind of lightweight that summed up New Labour really. RIP.

 

Couldn’t resist a dig could you.

 

Have a little respect.

[Calahonda 11]

Her last visit to the House of Lords brought a very brave and eloquent final speech from her, she didn’t have to do that, good on her.

 

R.I.P Labour Lady

[hobinfoot 25]

Couldn’t resist a dig could you.

 

Have a little respect.

 

Well said.

[convert 10]

Just heard the sad news about Tessa Jowell. I may not have agreed with her all the time but I always listened when she spoke. She was fair in her opinions of others. She represented the best in politics.

 

Agreed, RIP Dame Tessa.

[Anna B 1,417]

Just heard the sad news about Tessa Jowell. I may not have agreed with her all the time but I always listened when she spoke. She was fair in her opinions of others. She represented the best in politics.

 

I agree. Sad news indeed. One of the good ones.

[mickey finn 12]

Just heard the sad news about Tessa Jowell. I may not have agreed with her all the time but I always listened when she spoke. She was fair in her opinions of others. She represented the best in politics.

 

I'm not a Labour supporter by any stretch of the imagination but I agree it is very sad news indeed, also I would never ever have thought Tessa was 70.

[blake 10]

she was part of the '92 intake which Labour lost but where they made more gains than in any election since 1945 except '66 and '97. Average age of new MP's back then was mid-40s, most of the rest of that intake will be about the same age as that now.