National politics

[Hugo]

"One Nation"   that's just rubbish when the party just looks after its own.   It'll be very interesting to see next year's New Years honours list as I expect that the Cons financial backers will be prominently featured in the list because of the Cons unexpected victory in the General Election

No surprises here then, even Douglas Hogg managed to get his snout in the trough.      

https://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/david-cameron-announces-26-new-tory-peers-11364000378674#.VeAiFXtJvh0.email

[Bosun]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11833264/Jeremy-Corbyns-Falklands-plan-tantamount-to-surrender-to-Argentina-warns-wounded-veteran-Simon-Weston.html

More of the lunatic's plans for running the asylum.........

[Hugo]

If Jeremy Corbyn does get voted in it'll be a backward step for the Labour Party, but that's democracy for you.

Look what democracy and the voting system has done for the UK.   It's left us with the Tory Party in total power with  arguably the most ineffective and impotent bunch of nodding Donkeys  representing us.

The UK is exempt from taking in any of these illegal migrants that are coming to Europe from Asia and Africa, that package has already been confirmed but what will Cameron do?
Only time will tell, will it be another U turn?

[Ian]

Look what democracy and the voting system has done for the UK.

It's more the voting system. We badly need some form of PR.

[Hugo]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

Obviously a good MP for Islington but a future Prime Minister?     


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34233537

[Bosun]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

And Cameron and Osbourne have opened a bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.

[DaveR]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

Obviously a good MP for Islington but a future Prime Minister?     


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34233537

Has he ever had a real job in his life outside of the Westminster bubble? Hes as out of touch as any tory toff.

[Ian]

Depends on how you define a 'real job'. He was a full time union organiser / administrator and also did two years with VSO. But I agree he's out of touch.   Time will tell, of course, but the first test could possibly come if Cameron asks Parliament to broaden the front on ISIS. He would probably tell Labour MPs to vote against that but his own behaviour over the years means he has no moral authority at all to instruct party members on how they should vote.

We live in interesting times...

[DaveR]

It's going to be a complete trainwreck and will be fascinating to watch.

[born2run]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

And Cameron and Osbourne have opened a bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.

https://twitter.com/david_cameron/status/642984909980725248

I don't think so. In fact I think they are very frightened that they actually have someone with some backbone facing them now. Hence the ludicrous tweet 
Time will tell, time will tell.

[born2run]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-win-conservative-party-warning-that-new-labour-leader-is-threat-to-national-security-mocked-on-twitter-10499317.html

he Conservative Party is facing ridicule after it responded to Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide Labour leadership victory by warning that he is a “threat to national security”.

Mr Corbyn gained 59.5 per cent of votes in the election, leaving his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall in the dust with 19 per, 17 per cent and 4.5 per cent respectively.

As part of what appeared to be a co-ordinated response to the left-winger’s win, David Cameron lead his party in warning the public of the apparent risk that Mr Corbyn posed to the nation.

[Ian]

It was funny, really, since under the Tories we now have the smallest army since Cromwell...

[DaveR]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

And Cameron and Osbourne have opened a bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.

https://twitter.com/david_cameron/status/642984909980725248

I don't think so. In fact I think they are very frightened that they actually have someone with some backbone facing them now. Hence the ludicrous tweet 
Time will tell, time will tell.

I doubt very much that they feel anything other than ecstatic at the news. Listening to the ranks of his own MPs expressing their lack of confidence in him must have been music to their ears.

My own prediction is that Corbyn will lead Labour to its worst election performance since Michael Foot was Leader.

[Ian]

The more they can tie him to Islamic-based Terrorism the better for them, and I suspect they'll find that easy.

[born2run]

Jeremy Corbyn had an overwhelming victory in the election for the Labour leadership.

And Cameron and Osbourne have opened a bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.

https://twitter.com/david_cameron/status/642984909980725248

I don't think so. In fact I think they are very frightened that they actually have someone with some backbone facing them now. Hence the ludicrous tweet 
Time will tell, time will tell.

I doubt very much that they feel anything other than ecstatic at the news. Listening to the ranks of his own MPs expressing their lack of confidence in him must have been music to their ears.

My own prediction is that Corbyn will lead Labour to its worst election performance since Michael Foot was Leader.

So exactly the same as Milliband did then.