Skybluefaz
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I don't think it's Starmer's choice to allow Corbyn back
I don't think it's Starmer's choice to allow Corbyn backTo be honest - why did they even admit him back into the party then?
They did it because procedurally they have dropped a bollock. And it’s probably the same with this.
I thought the whole point of the EHRC recommendations was that it was supposed to be an independent process, and not politically motivated. Starmer isn’t being brave - if he thinks Corbyn is truly an antisemite then expel him and provide evidence to back it up.
But it is his choice to withhold the whip that would have been automatically re-instated.I don't think it's Starmer's choice to allow Corbyn back
But it is his choice to withhold the whip that would have been automatically re-instated.
Happy to be corrected on that.Yes. He’s leader of the PLP as well as the Party. And the whip wouldn’t have been automatically reinstated. That’s nonsense being spread by people intentionally misreading the rule book.
His expulsion from the party and the removal of the whip are two different things. He needs to appeal his withdrawal of the whip. Not sure what’s happening with that.
Relevant bit of the rule book:
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Happy to be corrected on that.
To be honest it would be a lot clearer for everyone if this situation was dealt with factually and not played out with ‘experts’ through a media lens.
In terms of his suspension make it clear what rule he breached/broke. Explain what changed so that he was re-admitted but not given back the whip. The actions appear to be in contradiction of the recommendations in the EHRC report (even if the timing of his comment was thoughtless - which it was)
As I’ve said before - I don’t think he is AS. But if he is, show me indisputable proof and then his expulsion would be justified.
The centre or right of the party has had a non stop paddy for 5 years. They're managing to conveniently take the heat off the government once again. Wankers.Right call. If the left of the party could hold their shit together for five minutes without shitting the bed it wouldn’t be needed.
So depressing watching them step on rake after rake and smack themselves in the face.
My kingdom for a serious left wing politician. As much shit as I give BSB for stanning Bernie he is light years ahead of Corbyn as a politician.
I don’t either. But I do think he’s too pig headed to just apologise for what happened on his watch. He wants to win the fight as he sees it the morally correct fight to clear people who were accused unfairly or who say he is antisemitic.
The refusal to play politics was a plus for him at the start but eventually there comes a time where people realise others play politics for a very good reason, mostly because the court of public opinion isn’t fair.
Politically Starmer has to distance himself from Corbyn. A smart left would recognise this (and recognise getting Starmer elected is their best hope of enacting change at all) and not lionise Corbyn. Accept maybe he was treated unfairly but thems the breaks and the project is too important to scupper for the sake of one guy.
The centre or right of the party has had a non stop paddy for 5 years. They're managing to conveniently take the heat off the government once again. Wankers.
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What project?
The Labour project. The progressive project. The make the world a slightly less shit place project. Eyes on the prize.
Corbyn doesn’t matter. What matters is finding a way to get progressive left wing policy enacted.
Which given how much time some of the right of the party spent actively working against Corbyn is a ridiculous statement.
Fair enough if they thought he was that bad and thought he was a disaster but don't slate people who are equally unimpressed with Starmer.
I’m not skating you. I’m saying pick your battles. Some old bloke from Islington doesn’t matter. And right now fighting this fight makes the left look even worse.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. Yeah the right were shit. And now the left are shit. Both are wrong.
The left needs to take reality head on but it won’t. It wants to exist in this hypothetical headspace of “what would be perfect” or as I saw someone on Twitter say “First invent a time machine”. I get it. I like it too. It’s the land of UBI and green energy and a fair media. But that’s not where politics exists.
Oersonally I’m known for being negative at work. In my head I’m identifying issues and solutions to make the company better, but no matter how much I think this that isn’t how it comes across. So I go out of my way to censor myself and be positive even when I wouldn’t because then my words carry more weight.
The left needs to stop asking “what should it be like” and start asking “what is it like and how do we navigate this reality?” Deal with the world as it is not as you wish it to be.
IMO the ‘right’ of the party believe that the electorate exist to serve their needs - not the other way round.My issues with Starmer have nothing to do with Corbyn. I really wish he'd retire personally.
The 'right' need to wake up to the fact that, among other things, supporting the Tories spycop bill and not following up his empty rhetoric against Jenrick are far bigger issues for some of us.
Making out anyone who criticises Starmer is a disgruntled Corbyn supporter is just lazy thinking and won't help build any bridges.
My issues with Starmer have nothing to do with Corbyn. I really wish he'd retire personally.
The 'right' need to wake up to the fact that, among other things, supporting the Tories spycop bill and not following up his empty rhetoric against Jenrick are far bigger issues for some of us.
Making out anyone who criticises Starmer is a disgruntled Corbyn supporter is just lazy thinking and won't help build any bridges.
Sorry it’s being in the Corbyn thread that confused me.
I mean for me (and I didn’t vote Starmer I voted Nandy), he’s ahead in the polls and rebuilding the party image.
Your issue seems to be he doesn’t do performative opposition a la Corbyn. I’m not convinced that works, but doesn’t he have a mandate to try his way?
Unless you think renowned human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is secretly against human rights rather than this being an electoral strategy?
Sorry it’s being in the Corbyn thread that confused me.
I mean for me (and I didn’t vote Starmer I voted Nandy), he’s ahead in the polls and rebuilding the party image.
Your issue seems to be he doesn’t do performative opposition a la Corbyn. I’m not convinced that works, but doesn’t he have a mandate to try his way?
Unless you think renowned human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is secretly against human rights rather than this being an electoral strategy?
Sorry it’s being in the Corbyn thread that confused me.
I mean for me (and I didn’t vote Starmer I voted Nandy), he’s ahead in the polls and rebuilding the party image.
Your issue seems to be he doesn’t do performative opposition a la Corbyn. I’m not convinced that works, but doesn’t he have a mandate to try his way?
Unless you think renowned human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is secretly against human rights rather than this being an electoral strategy?
I guess it’s just that charisma/energy is what drives out your base to vote. Starmer seems competent but not yet someone people would want to go into battle for. I don’t want him ranting like a madman either but he could do well to learn from the clown
The fact Starmer has no charisma is the least of my concerns - as long as I'm never stuck in a lift with him.
He doesn’t appear to stand for anything - and you would think the one thing he would stand up against and reject as a human rights lawyer is the spycops bill.
To be honest being electorally savvy would be an improvement as Corbyn was naive here -
but all Starmer appears to be doing is alienating sections of the solid Lab vote. The left, the BAME community for example.
At some point the Press will go after Starmer. You know they will go on the attack line about Starmer ‘letting Saville off’ - whether that’s true or not. The courting of the soft right vote now might be playing out nicely in the polls - but that will evaporate once the media start with this kind of line.
I find this comment hilariously ironic.
Pratchett has the lefts view of voters down:
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I’m not disputing that the left aren’t naive in their ideals sometimes - but at least they have values and believe in something.
Listening to MP’s on the right of Labour remind me of watching the Apprentice. Lots of fancy noise about ‘electability’ and ‘grown ups in charge’ - criticism of the ‘student or protest politics’ of the left. Put them under even the tiniest bit of scrutiny and it falls apart. They don’t have anything to offer other than buzzwords.
Maybe if the 2 halfs managed to co-exist they would get somewhere, but you are asking the left to do that after 5 years of being undermined.
And the attacks won’t land unless the public already sort of believes them. We saw that with Corbyn. He was smeared from day -1 but it didn’t hurt him until he did something in voters eyes (Skripol/Brexit) that confirmed it.
We abstained from spy cops. You can read his reasoning here and why he thinks actually it was the right human rights position:
Starmer defends Labour position on ‘spy cops’ Bill
The Labour leader said the Bill would not give agents the ability to legally torture, murder or rape.www.shropshirestar.com
You also can’t ignore the reality that thanks to Corbyn he needs to go hard on anti terror and law and order just to seem normal. My biggest issue with Corbyn was always that what followed him would have to swing too far the other way for my preference, but you can’t cry over spilt milk.
That article is sensationist drivel.
Allowing rape and murder hadn't even crossed my mind.
But the bill does allow the continuation.of the underhand surveilance tactics which have been used against the unions in the past.
If that's what he believes in then fine, but reduce your pledges to 8 and get rid of 7 and 10.
Again. You say it’s not effective opposition (10), because to you effective opposition means getting shouty at PMQs and voting for the Twitter memes. Not trying to get changes to a law when you’re up against an 80 seat majority. I think you don’t appreciate just how different Corbyns situation was. He had a hung Parliament and if he was competent could have caused chaos. He didn’t because he cares more about “firing up the Base” and appearing to disagree than affecting change.
You’ve clearly got an issue with him. All I’m asking is understand the tactics he’s playing and give him time to pass around the back without everyone screaming “get it forward” at him. If we lose 5-0 I’ll be the first to say he needs to go. But right now we’re a quarter of the way through and he’s kept us in the game. Let’s see how Brexit plays out and if that 40% block of voters starts to break up, but for now he’s doing OK.
I was happy to see him as a unity candidate - I was happy with the pledges he ran and got elected.
I didn’t expect him to turn his back on them so quickly. I am hugely disappointed in his support for the teaching profession during this pandemic - if he wanted ‘schools back, no ifs, no buts’ why has he not be relentless on pushing for mass testing for teachers and/or students? Why has he not been relentless on pressurising to sorting out track and trace?
Yes he doesn’t have a majority in Parliament but he’d sure as hell have public backing, which as we’ve seen has influenced policy time and again already. Rashford has shown that on his own.
This is the guy you want me to back - but he doesn’t have mine. I know that Corbyn’s Labour would.
You seem to have shared something from the Sun.Found this interesting to add my bit to the discussion.
Keir Starmer's a nice new leader but it's the same nasty old Labour Party
YAY, he’s back! Magic Grandpa has made his return. You can probably hear the cheering from the rooftops. Jeremy Corbyn has, bizarrely, been allowed back into the Labour Party.The party he led to it…www.thesun.co.uk
Found this interesting to add my bit to the discussion.
Keir Starmer's a nice new leader but it's the same nasty old Labour Party
YAY, he’s back! Magic Grandpa has made his return. You can probably hear the cheering from the rooftops. Jeremy Corbyn has, bizarrely, been allowed back into the Labour Party.The party he led to it…www.thesun.co.uk
Standard attack lines really. Would hold more weight if the Tories had shown any interest whatsoever about dealing with their own Islamophobia and AS issues TBH.
Corbyn handled AS poorly, and the issue with him was it was too rife too close to him, but the idea that Labour is the worst party and has some unique poison it must rid itself of first is pure naked politics. By all measures Labour is one of the least racist memberships around.
This is just the right trying to keep their punching bag relevant a bit longer. Like you’ll see the Democrats try and attach whoever is next to Trump.
Democrats more busy attacking elements of their own party than Trump tbf.
Standard attack lines really. Would hold more weight if the Tories had shown any interest whatsoever about dealing with their own Islamophobia and AS issues TBH.
Corbyn handled AS poorly, and the issue with him was it was too rife too close to him, but the idea that Labour is the worst party and has some unique poison it must rid itself of first is pure naked politics. By all measures Labour is one of the least racist memberships around.
This is just the right trying to keep their punching bag relevant a bit longer. Like you’ll see the Democrats try and attach whoever is next to Trump.
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