Comrade Corbyn

He’s not. And his wit is as acerbic as ever!

The Strat (Fender) posted:

He’s not. And his wit is as acerbic as ever!

No it’s not... perhaps it’s the format but I’ve never liked his version of Room 101... :-)

Skinner would be head and shoulders above the current half dead halfwit currently holding down the position of FO. Or perhaps his (BJ's) skulking out of the Commons yesterday presaged his downfall; one can but wish.  

I loved the day Portilllo was announcing a new Royal Yacht and when asked what the new ship would be called up stepped the Beast of Bolsover “ obvious what it will be called isn’t it.  Will be called Camilla won’t it”. As he exited the Chamber courtesy of Speaker Boothroyd Nicholas Soames was heard to say “give him a good thrashing Betty”.!!

thebigfredc posted:

He's dead.

My bad, he's alive, at least according to Wikipedia.

I was getting him confused with that other arch socialist - Dennis Healey, only joking, I meant Tony Benn.

Dennis Healey  - pipsqueak!

thebigfredc posted:

thebigfredc posted:

He's dead.

My bad, he's alive, at least according to Wikipedia.

I was getting him confused with that other arch socialist - Dennis Healey, only joking, I meant Tony Benn.

 

Hilary Benn seems to be carrying the family torch pretty well. I suspect we'll see him as a leader of the party one day.

So there we have it: the next election will be contested between BJ (Conservative), Hilary Benn (Old Labour or is it New New Labour) and Resurrection (Independent).

I am sticking with my  previous assertion and voting for the latter.

Nick from Suffolk posted:

Skinner would be head and shoulders above the current half dead halfwit currently holding down the position of FO. Or perhaps his (BJ's) skulking out of the Commons yesterday presaged his downfall; one can but wish.  

You may not agree with his politics, but he's one of the very few politicians who shows a fair degree of integrity. I think he's great - best "Skinnerism" was when he stood up in the House and said, "Half of the opposite bench are crooks". Admonished by the speaker and told to retract, Dennis replied: "OK, half of them aren't crooks".

Yes a great retort although I am surprised the Speaker told him to retract as I believe the Houses of Parliament are one of the few places to be exempt from our laws of libel and deformation.

That's true but there is a strict code of conduct in the HoC on how Members should address one another e.g. not by name, never calling another MP a liar. 

If you watch the Commons on TV, you'll see the speaker frequently admonishing members and demanding apologies. No, they can't be done for libel, but they can be excluded from the House.

Nick from Suffolk posted:

Skinner would be head and shoulders above the current half dead halfwit currently holding down the position of FO. Or perhaps his (BJ's) skulking out of the Commons yesterday presaged his downfall; one can but wish.  

Currently reading David Laws account of  the Coalition.   He comments that Boris can appear to be a complete and utter fool and then in the next breath absolutely brilliant. 

thebigfredc posted:

He's dead.

Only from the neck up sadly.

Discussing Jeremy Corbyn with a fellow Liberal today and we agreed that if  Labour are realistically going to form a majority government next time around they should be further ahead in the polls.  So this points to a hung parliament and a SNP/Labour coalition.  Discuss. 

Good to see Labour are all united at the moment.  

Huge posted:

The one politician who, from the point of charisma, still stands out...   Is Boris Johnson...  

Imagine him as PM...  

Not sure who would be worse him or Jeremy Corbyn!

I sincerely hope that we never get to find out.

Peter

thebigfredc posted:

thebigfredc posted:

He's dead.

My bad, he's alive, at least according to Wikipedia.

I was getting him confused with that other arch socialist - Dennis Healey, only joking, I meant Tony Benn.

 

if every mp served his  seat in Bolsover like dennis   then  parliament would be a better place

northpole posted:

Huge posted:

The one politician who, from the point of charisma, still stands out...   Is Boris Johnson...  

Imagine him as PM...  

Not sure who would be worse him or Jeremy Corbyn!

I sincerely hope that we never get to find out.

Peter

But there's a chance that they may become the only realistic choices presented.

Not Johnson.   Not trusted even in the Tory party.  And that’s saying something!!

The tory's are always in a form of disagreement over something simply because they are not automatons.     I agree the bit about Boris being an utter fool & a moment later brilliant;  the problem I have with that is it makes him unsuitable for PM,  & yes I agree   

I suspect if/when the big push is applied to TM,  the most likely replacement will be Jacob Rees-Mogg,  & that will be interesting

Well I’m an avid remainer, internationalist by nature and believe 100% in dialogue.  But national interest has to be protected.  Although not a Labour voter I have previously tended towards giving Jeremy Corbyn the benefit of the doubt on the grounds that he stands by his principles but yesterday in the House of Commons proved him to be a quite despicable character.   He should resign as Labour leader and be deselected as MP for Camden. 

100%   I watched the HoC broadcast & was shocked but at the same time not surprised at his unwise/misguided party political point-scoring of such a serious subject.    I did note that during the Q&A session after the PM statement many labour MP's made a point of distancing themselves in one way or other from JC's position.  

A military weapon of Russian origin and of a type banned from use by international law has been deployed in Britain.
That is the simple fact.

As there was only very limited care to limit the "collateral damage" (hence the extent of the necessary cleanup operation), it's as stark as if a Russian military jet with stealth technology had been flown over Salisbury and dropped a smart-bomb on the house (it's just a lot less physically dramatic than that option would have been).

Corbyn's response will be seen by some in the Russian oligarchy as an invitation to carry out whatever atrocities they wish to inflict on this country, should he ever come to power.  He is now a definite and clear security risk to Britain.

To be honest the Russians can do what they like in the UK and they know it. The UK has no retaliation which will make any difference. We will just look stupid for making further empty threats.