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In reply to the discussion: With just one word, Labour MPs reveal utter contempt for Corbyn supporters [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,219 posts)that says he doesn't gain automatic entry. Go on.
I'll need to hunt out the signed advice I saw last night at some point. I guess they could keep asking till they get the answer they want.
I've posted elsewhere on this page about the backers of this anti-democratic coup. Nobody yet has piped up to try to talk me off the ledge.
If there's no shortage of candidates, where are they? Why hasn't one come forward and got the mere 51 signatures needed to trigger a legitimate challenge? - they've seemed adept enough at rallying support behind the scenes. The squabbling about the succession has begun already. The future looks bright!
Sorry, "Something needed to be done he's inept and needs to be got rid of" sounds pretty fucking sinister. Here's that well-known Labour party organ the Mail on Sunday:
Does he need to be ultra-careful cycling around London now? You're condoning suspending Labour's rules and going along with a shady cabal's moves because you don't approve of him and what he's doing? Jeez.
Here's Burnham and some of the other Labour MPs who haven't been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the MSM:
And here's Dr Éoin Clarke, one of Labour's more effective and level-headed social media stars, by no means an unquestioning Corbyn supporter (he supported Burnham):
https://twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/747756953535905792
Corbyn twisting in the wind? What on earth is that about?! You really want to support that sort of stupid petulance in your representatives? Polls were starting to show Labour neck-and-neck with the Tories before Monday's events. Something's twisting in the wind alright ...