http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-resigns-as-ukip-leader-a7118626.html Please
Corbyn's doing a good job of holding on, even if he does seem to be very much swimming against an overwhelming tide.
has anyone seen that post about how the brexit vote lines up perfectly with where mad cow disease was spread can anyone tell me if that's true because it would be fucking hilarious if it is
I'm pretty sure it was fake, looked like the second diagram was a greyscale colourswap of the first with edited text. The original diagram was a bespoke application that the BBC used to present the results and it'd be odd to see random 1990s data with coincidentally exactly the same presentation, down to the pixel. Pretty amusing fake though.
Bets on how long Farage stays out this time? And are there actually any viable candidates to step in if he's really gone? Also, anyone else seen Alex Salmond's theory that the Labour coup has been designed to get Corbyn out before the Chilcot Enquiry is published? I will personally be very interested to see that one pan out. Because hey, everything is going to hell in a handbasket anyway.
I hadn't seen that Alex Salmond has written about it, but I did see a fb friend's post saying something similar. It makes nasty sense.
Doesn't it? I know politics is billed as full of intrigue and backstabbing etc, but I've had enough of that shit for a lifetime. I do have high hopes for some serious Corbyn Wrath if he hangs on long enough. (Though I'd rather Blair had been decent in the first place and this wasn't even a thing, but that ship has sailed).
The Parliamentary Labor Party never wanted Corbyn in the first place, it was the membership, and who the hell are they?
I thought it was hilarious too, but by the second time I'd seen it, I'd already seen a Facebook thing explaining that Snopes had already busted it, but it's too far gone now to really stop. http://www.snopes.com/mad-cow-versus-brexit/
his party is trying to get rid of him. that's not "doing a good job of holding on," that's burning every bridge he has w the people he would have to work w if there were even the slightest chance he'd be able to continue in politics effectively after this. he's shooting himself in the foot if he has any further political ambitions. his own party in the parliament voted overwhelmingly against him in that no confidence vote. if he had stepped down after that, he might have been able to save himself for future runs, but as it is he's shown that he doesn't give a shit what his peers think. no one in his own party is going to want to work w him after this. o__o shit that's a little more heated than I intended, it's just that this is exactly why Bernie Sanders in the US wouldn't be able to get anything done as president and seeing it happen to other left wing groups is incredibly frustrating
i reblogged it even though i was pretty sure it was fake, because it was just too funny to pass up either way
I just worry about Corbyn not fighting to keep us in Europe if he does manage to retain leadership and win at the next general election. (Which I hope will be very soon after the new Tory leader is announced because fuck that noise). I'm aware that it might be too late and there might be nothing he can do, but I at least want him to come out swinging, you know? As it is I'm getting this aura of defeat from him that's worrying me. Will be very happy to be proved wrong though.
@thegrimsqueaker that's fair, but President and opposition leader aren't the same roles. Which isn't to say it's not a problem that Corbyn isn't supported by his party, even if I like his ideals. I do worry about his efficacy as leader when the press and most of Labour hate him. But I also haven't trusted Labour since 2003, so like, yes Jezza, drag them back left.
that's v true. my point isn't that the positions are similar, it's that Corbyn and Sanders as people are. they're both generally well-liked by their constituents and farther left than most of their parties, but are also fairly poorly regarded by the people who actually work w them. Corbyn received v little support from other MPs during his run for the party leadership, while Sanders didn't get a single endorsement from any of his peers in congress. that's always a huge red flag to me bc you can't get anything in politics done if the people you're working w don't support you
