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T_i_B

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5. Best thing Corbyn can do is resign

Reply to Ironing Man (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 06:54 AM

Jun 2016

He comes across as a decent and honourable man, but he has done nothing to unify the party or present a more competent, engaging face to the electorate. And his interventions in the referendum were half-arsed at best, which is not what's needed when it's our economic future on the line.

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Hopefully, Jeremy can use the closeness of this result to argue for a clear break with Blairism [View all] Ken Burch Jun 2016 OP

Scottish independence is a given if they secede, no? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #1

EU withdrawal does make a second Scottish referendum a much greater possibility. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #2

They can't hav a snap election without Labour wanting it muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #3

... Ironing Man Jun 2016 #4

Best thing Corbyn can do is resign T_i_B Jun 2016 #5

Well, unenthusiastic support of the EU was probably the only decent position. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #8

Wrong T_i_B Jun 2016 #9

There was no way to campaign passionately for Remain Ken Burch Jun 2016 #23

As somebody who actually did campaign for remain T_i_B Jun 2016 #24

Corbyn's problem in campaigning on this Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #10

To be honest, nothing is going to be anyone's 'sole responsibility'. Except maybe the RW media's. LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #6

I agree that this involves far more than internal party politics. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #7

The leadership challenge suggests that something good may come of it. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #11

People seem to have forgotten that the next major act in the political circus Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #13

Perhaps that is why the Blairites are so obsessed with getting rid of Cornbyn now. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #21

Something similar had occurred to me since I wrote that. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #22

Yvette Cooper could never be a left-wing prime minister Ken Burch Jun 2016 #14

In no sense of the word could Corbyn have been said to have campaigned well. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #12

And replace him with a leader who stands for nothing. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #15

Yes, one could tell the difference LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #16

It would reduce a lot of the suspicion and trust about the anti-Corbynites Ken Burch Jun 2016 #17

Hopefully Corbyn is gone by next week and replaced with a leader who can campaign credibly Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #18

Agree 100% T_i_B Jun 2016 #19

The problem is, the two people most talked about as anti-Corbyn leadership candidates Ken Burch Jun 2016 #20

Utter rubbish T_i_B Jun 2016 #25

If those people had any strong principles, the rebels wouldn't want them. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #26