Sunday 10 July 2016

Not for me Jeremy - Labour Wars - For the Party

So it begins the battle to put the future of the Labour party before the worship of the demigod and champion of the left Jeremy Corbyn. We are treated with flash mob love-ins and we love you Jeremy meetings around the country? They talk about the youth rushing to the barricades to defend democracy when it students, hipsters and the dinosaurs who in particular dream of returning to the 70s.

There is little democracy in the mind of some of the Corbyn’s supporters with talk of de-selection of those not towing the Jeremy line. Would that mean those selected would have to sign some kind of contract to say they would support Corbyn?

The party's deputy leader, Tom Watson, cancelled talks with the Unions because there is 'no realistic prospect of reaching a compromise’. Angela Eagle will challenge Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party with the official announcement coming Monday. She will then explain her vision for the country and the difference a strong Labour Party can make.

To have a chance to win the next general election we need Corbyn to walk through the door and back on the backbenches. He can’t even full his shadow government positions and after a bruising leadership battle, his support within the Parliamentary Labour party will not change. Who would be next to stand against him and will it ever end.

Is the end call to split the Labour party if not there will be a wedge unseen since the days of the old right and left battles? The word being used for any labour supporter against the present leader is a Blairite. It is a name that has been laid at my door but my politics have not changed. I have always be left of centre and proud to be.
His refusal to stand down is disappointing but expected with his ego bolstered up with union and constituency votes, many new members, and the £3 to vote ticket from the last Labour leadership battle.
There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category:
1. Labour members of the House of Commons and the European Parliament
2. Individual members of the party
3. Individual members of affiliated organisations, such as trade unions and socialist societies.
I was one of the £3 members last time around and I didn’t for Corbyn and if I had a vote this time around it would be a cold day in hell I would put my x against his name.

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