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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 28, 2017 10:35:24 GMT
The Writ has just been moved in the Commons
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 28, 2017 12:13:21 GMT
Erm, "numerous"? Really??
Can't say I have seen lots of descriptions of our candidate as a "Blairite" either (and he very obviously is not)
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Post by Sibboleth on Mar 28, 2017 13:19:27 GMT
Well to the sort of people being referred to then e.g. you too would be a Blairite.
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 28, 2017 13:31:25 GMT
Indeed, but I was rather more questioning that there were huge numbers of such people - even amongst self-identifying "Corbynistas".
I think we are actually describing the "fringe of a fringe".
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 28, 2017 15:16:27 GMT
Funny thing is, Scargill isn't actually that much of a fan.
And I would say that many Corbynistas - indeed, the majority - despise GG as much as the rest of us do.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 15:46:41 GMT
Funny thing is, Scargill isn't actually that much of a fan. And I would say that many Corbynistas - indeed, the majority - despise GG as much as the rest of us do. Isn't Scargill a member of the Stalin Society? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 28, 2017 16:42:52 GMT
Funny thing is, Scargill isn't actually that much of a fan. And I would say that many Corbynistas - indeed, the majority - despise GG as much as the rest of us do. Isn't Scargill a member of the Stalin Society? Fairly certain he has addressed them, as a minimum. There was some footage on YouTube that might well have disappeared. Corbyn might have previously been friendly with some murderous authoritarian types but not that specific one! |
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Post by timrollpickering on Mar 28, 2017 17:23:36 GMT
One interesting side effect of Galloway's candidature is that numerous Hard Left / Corbynista types on social media are tweeting support for him, because Afzal Khan is supposedly a Blairite. The poor dears don't realise that they are effectively expelling themselves from the Labour Party. Good riddance to them. Is the Witchfinder General Compliance Unit still operating efficiently or has it been purged for unMarxist Activities? |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Mar 28, 2017 17:27:01 GMT
Erm, "numerous"? Really?? Can't say I have seen lots of descriptions of our candidate as a "Blairite" either (and he very obviously is not) Well, I am sure he will be referred to as "Jeremy Corbyn's man" in the LD election literature. |
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Post by johnloony on Mar 28, 2017 19:14:05 GMT
Funny thing is, Scargill isn't actually that much of a fan. And I would say that many Corbynistas - indeed, the majority - despise GG as much as the rest of us do. Isn't Scargill a member of the Stalin Society? No, because the Stalin Society was established by people who left (or were expelled from) the Socialist Labour Party because they had fallen out with Arthur Scargill. |
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 28, 2017 19:33:00 GMT
Isn't Scargill a member of the Stalin Society? No, because the Stalin Society was established by people who left (or were expelled from) the Socialist Labour Party because they had fallen out with Arthur Scargill. Which was pretty much all of them before too long. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 28, 2017 21:44:05 GMT
Pretty much just Arthur and his thug mate Ricky Tomlinson.
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 28, 2017 21:50:53 GMT
One interesting side effect of Galloway's candidature is that numerous Hard Left / Corbynista types on social media are tweeting support for him, because Afzal Khan is supposedly a Blairite. The poor dears don't realise that they are effectively expelling themselves from the Labour Party. Good riddance to them. Given that hardly any of those I have come across are actually in the Labour Party that might be a bit tricky. |
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Post by oldhamexile on Mar 29, 2017 12:37:51 GMT
Galloway has some far-left competition: Peter Clifford of the Communist League has announced his candidature. www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/240376544-gorton-election-communist-league-candidate-pledges-fight-against-parasiticMr Clifford was expected to be a candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral election, but dropped out allegedly because of the £5,000 deposit. My (perhaps unworthy) suspicion is that the CL found signature requirements an organisational challenge. (100 signatures: 10 from each of the councils in Greater Manchester.) The CL is close to the American version of the Socialist Workers Party, whose paper is confusingly named 'The Militant' (though with no connection either to our SWP or to our Militant Tendency). AFAIK the CL is only active in London and Manchester. It's composed of former members of Socialist Action (the Trot group once close to Ken Livingstone) who were expelled from SA in 1988. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 30, 2017 19:40:45 GMT
Shaden Jaradat standing for the Conservatives here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 19:54:32 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 30, 2017 20:04:15 GMT
Shaden Jaradat standing for the Conservatives here. Educated at Cambridge University (Natural Sciences) and Manchester University (PhD in Physics 2006). Now international officer for Manchester University. Joined the Conservative Party 2004. Chairman, Manchester Conservative Federation 2010-12. Contested Old Moat 2010, Levenshulme 2014, Withington 2015 and 2016 for Manchester City Council. |
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Post by oldhamexile on Mar 30, 2017 20:42:31 GMT
Shaden Jaradat standing for the Conservatives here. Jordanian background. Could make for an interesting debate with Galloway... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 21:47:51 GMT
UKIP not rushing to choose for this Northern town, eh?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 21:55:11 GMT
Re: Conservative candidate
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