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In reply to the discussion: Corbyn on ballot. [View all]

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8. So which of the Monarchs-over-the-Water will you be rooting for, TiB?
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 07:04 PM
Jul 2016

Angie the Pink, Owen "Empty Taxi" Smith or Undeclared of Hampstead?

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Corbyn on ballot. [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2016 OP
Via Channel 4 ITN News's Michael Crick: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #1
From The Guardian liveblog: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #2
LOL Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #3
The replies to that tweet seem to say that's meaningless muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #6
Hence the LOL. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7
What is the deal with Laura Kuenssberg and Corby anyway? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #9
I don't know how she got the job. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15
This is eerily similar to the ABC here in Australia. Matilda Jul 2016 #32
I'm sure Murdoch loves the idea. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #33
That's the style we know all too well here. Matilda Jul 2016 #34
Blair and his entourage definitely ran scared of Murdoch on all sorts of issues. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #36
There IS going to be a legal challenge, apparently not welcomed by either "side": Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #26
Well, he ought to be on the ballot, as he's the leader. LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #4
This allows him to be on the ballot without being re-nominated RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #12
As it should be, because the MPs would refuse to nominate him Ken Burch Jul 2016 #19
It's ironic 'though RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #21
It's the party rules, not "privilege" Ken Burch Jul 2016 #22
That is not what the pollster is saying about that poll RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #24
No, it's not 'privilege'. He will have to get the votes of the party, just like challengers muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25
Keeping him off the ballot would have been sucicidal T_i_B Jul 2016 #5
So which of the Monarchs-over-the-Water will you be rooting for, TiB? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #8
Ooh...a Stuart loyalist metaphor...don't see many of those anymore... Ken Burch Jul 2016 #10
Don't know enough about Owen Smith T_i_B Jul 2016 #11
Maybe you should hold out for Undeclared of Hampstead? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #13
Never met him personally T_i_B Jul 2016 #18
There's always Dick Whittington's cat. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #35
T_i_B, it's clear from past experience with the PLP Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #14
Well said, Denzil. non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #17
The PLP tried to depose Attlee as leader...right after the 1945 Labour victory was announced. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #20
I'm beginning to wonder... BooScout Jul 2016 #27
The scary part of this to me.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #28
Absolutely. n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #29
The "moderates" need to accept the need to restore internal party democracy. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #23
No, they need to bury it at a crossroads with a stake through its heart. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2016 #30
You've just made an astoundingly antidemocratic post. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #31
This couldn't be more blatant: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #16
So my local Labour branch can't hold meetings.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #37
It's not the fault of Corbyn and his supporters that your local branch can't hold meetings. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #40
Corbyn STILL on ballot Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #38
That's a relief! T_i_B Jul 2016 #39
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