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Jemmons

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3. Votes does not count if they are not votes on the elites

Reply to Ash_F (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 05:07 PM

Jul 2016

It is basically the Blairites who thought they could use the Brexit vote as an excuse for pushing out a democratically elected party leader by staging a no-confidence vote among the labor members of parliament. His response was something like this: Please make an official leaderships contest with a proper vote among the members and have your arses handed to you again. They have now declined doing that.

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I am glad to see they are looking to calm things down and give Corbyn a graceful way out. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #1

Corbyn was elected with59.5% of the votes, the runner up got 19.0% Jemmons Jul 2016 #11

How many people voted in that leadership election? hrmjustin Jul 2016 #12

If you dont know what you are talking about you might want to make sure that your oppinions Jemmons Jul 2016 #13

251,000 people voted for corbyn in that leadership election. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #16

Which is exactly what the arrogant pricks in the gang of blairites tend to think rather unsurprising Jemmons Jul 2016 #17

Well if you want to beat the Blairites you need a stronger candidate for leadership. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #18

Or maybe you are rather clueless as to what is needed Jemmons Jul 2016 #19

You have a lovely day. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #20

Thx Jemmons Jul 2016 #21

I don't think people knew then.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #23

Wasn't he voted in overwhelmingly? Ash_F Jul 2016 #2

Votes does not count if they are not votes on the elites Jemmons Jul 2016 #3

Brexit is a pretty vague explanation if that is all they got. Ash_F Jul 2016 #4

They had that and decorated it with suggestion about results of the next election which they seem Jemmons Jul 2016 #5

I would ask them to elaborate Ash_F Jul 2016 #6

Yes. 0.0 reason. But pure nothing sold with appeals to fear, authority, tradition and greed will Jemmons Jul 2016 #7

Oh I am sure they have their reasons. They just won't say it publicly. Ash_F Jul 2016 #8

What should be obvious to anyone is that this is motivated more than anything by greed for power Jemmons Jul 2016 #9

Haha, point taken. I guess I should have said "interests" Ash_F Jul 2016 #10

Do you think the neoliberal PTB care about pesky democracy? Odin2005 Jul 2016 #15

Labour's biggest problems are incompetence and infighting T_i_B Jul 2016 #24

How can they make him step down without a vote? Ash_F Jul 2016 #25

They've decided against that T_i_B Jul 2016 #26

I mean what are the legal mechanics of making him step down? Ash_F Jul 2016 #27

They obviously can't force him out T_i_B Jul 2016 #28

So the neoliberal Blairites won their anti-democratic coup. Labour is doomed. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #14

Oh - nothing is settled now Jemmons Jul 2016 #22