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Post by finsobruce on May 29, 2024 21:05:14 GMT
I'm sure it wasn't him persay, but the party. But C'mon, this is politics - shady things and dirty tricks do happen. And for those of us who have been around this long enough - and that's most of us here - all know this is a very likely scenario and not *just* a Corbynista conspiracy. And it's a smart move, too. I like and respect Starmer for purging the "flotsam and jetsam" out for his party. If we are to have a Labour government, it should be one that is genuinely a stable and sensible government run by genuinely decent people, whatever my ideological differences with them may be. Per Se 😊 |
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Post by Merseymike on May 29, 2024 21:05:46 GMT
I'm sure it wasn't him persay, but the party. But C'mon, this is politics - shady things and dirty tricks do happen. And for those of us who have been around this long enough - and that's most of us here - all know this is a very likely scenario and not *just* a Corbynista conspiracy. And it's a smart move, too. I like and respect Starmer for purging the "flotsam and jetsam" out for his party. If we are to have a Labour government, it should be one that is genuinely a stable and sensible government run by genuinely decent people, whatever my ideological differences with them may be. Tweedledum and Tweedledee.... |
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Post by batman on May 29, 2024 21:08:55 GMT
It's really cutting it close to select a new candidate considering nominations close a week on Friday. not really. the NEC can do it pretty quickly. And there are other seats without Labour candidates so far, too. |
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Post by right on May 29, 2024 22:34:45 GMT
Amid all the rejoicing as a seriously nasty MP is ejected, think about the precedent
A complaint can be made at a strategic time and a troublesome MP is removed
This isn't the comparatively clear process with Abbott or Corbyn, this is done by administrative fiat
If Farage was doing this we'd say it was a new low
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Post by markgoodair on May 30, 2024 1:28:28 GMT
Amid all the rejoicing as a seriously nasty MP is ejected, think about the precedent A complaint can be made at a strategic time and a troublesome MP is removed This isn't the comparatively clear process with Abbott or Corbyn, this is done by administrative fiat If Farage was doing this we'd say it was a new low Farage would actually need to have some MP’s to expel. |
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Post by john07 on May 30, 2024 2:15:32 GMT
Amid all the rejoicing as a seriously nasty MP is ejected, think about the precedent A complaint can be made at a strategic time and a troublesome MP is removed This isn't the comparatively clear process with Abbott or Corbyn, this is done by administrative fiat If Farage was doing this we'd say it was a new low Farage would actually need to have some MP’s to expel. The only MP Farage's party ever had elected expelled himself quite quickly. |
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Post by rcronald on May 30, 2024 3:17:42 GMT
Surely people on the left could start playing the same trick by making false or spurious comments re those on the Right - eg Wesley Streeting and others. They literally did this to Jas Athwal… |
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Post by tonyhil on May 30, 2024 5:25:23 GMT
Labour people also did this to Jason Zadrozny in Ashfield in 2015. The LibDems suspended him, he was eventually cleared, and set up the Ashfield Independents.
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Post by mboy on May 30, 2024 6:29:52 GMT
Yeh this has been going on for years, and the fact that lefties appear to think the tactic has just been invented by dastardly right-wingers is nothing short of hilarious. Particularly as it was the Social Justice movement that threw away the principle of "innocent until proven guilty"... PS it's happened in the Green Party also - here trans activists made complaint against a terf lesbian councillor the week before selections in March: www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/green-councillor-suspended-party/ |
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Post by Crimson King on May 30, 2024 6:53:07 GMT
not exactly breaking news but the BCW’s son who is living with us (due to a tree falling on his house) tells me that he was a year or two above Lloyd Russell-Moyle on the Bradford peace studies course. He wasn’t forthcoming with any other info though
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on May 30, 2024 10:56:38 GMT
Crick reporting that Eddie Izzard is the name in the frame here. Her current show is only just starting its run though that shouldn't be a complete impediment.
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Post by rcronald on May 30, 2024 11:03:05 GMT
Crick reporting that Eddie Izzard is the name in the frame here. Her current show is only just starting its run though that shouldn't be a complete impediment. Bring back Lloyd Russel Moyle! |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2024 11:12:55 GMT
Probably not a bad fit for a seat like this.
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Post by greatkingrat on May 30, 2024 11:50:25 GMT
Crick reporting that Eddie Izzard is the name in the frame here. Her current show is only just starting its run though that shouldn't be a complete impediment. Even the Guardian only gave the show 1 star, so it may not be running much longer anyway! |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on May 30, 2024 11:59:43 GMT
Crick reporting that Eddie Izzard is the name in the frame here. Her current show is only just starting its run though that shouldn't be a complete impediment. Even the Guardian only gave the show 1 star, so it may not be running much longer anyway! I did see that! |
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Post by johnloony on May 30, 2024 12:35:48 GMT
Crick reporting that Eddie Izzard is the name in the frame here. Her current show is only just starting its run though that shouldn't be a complete impediment. You mean "His show..." not "Her show...". |
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Post by mboy on May 30, 2024 12:47:20 GMT
I saw Eddy Izzard at a student union event 30 years ago. Back then, some people were claiming "Izzard is a woman!" because of the nail-varnish and lipstick; and progressives understood then that this was a form of bigotry. Now, people are claiming "Izzard is a woman!" because of the nail-varnish and lipstick; and progressives say now that *denying* this is a form of bigotry. It's a sad indictment of progressivism...
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2024 13:23:52 GMT
Jobs for the boys
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Post by batman on May 30, 2024 13:45:55 GMT
For me it would be relief if Izzard doesn't get it.
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Post by mboy on May 30, 2024 13:52:10 GMT
If it's "jobs for the boys" does that mean Izzard is, or isn't, eligible?
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