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Ken Burch

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20. Isn't it at least as legitimate for Momentum to try and get people it supports nominated...

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 03:08 AM

Jan 2017

...as it was for Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair to essentially FORCE dozens of CLP's to nominate people they didn't themselves want to nominate back in the Nineties?...

Why should the people who represent the numerical majority of party members NOT have a real say in the selection of Labour candidates?

What chance does Labour have of winning if Momentum and the other Corbyn supporters are driven away? The party can't win if membership size declines by the hundreds of thousands between now and 2020, and no one is going to come in to replace those people. There simply aren't any huge number of people out there saying "I'll join Labour the moment it stops being anti-austerity again and starts being pro-war again".

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Labour's Tristram Hunt quitting as MP to head V&A Museum [View all] T_i_B Jan 2017 OP

Is Hunt hoping to embarrass Corbyn by causing a by-election in which Labour loses ground? Ken Burch Jan 2017 #1

Hunt & Reed could hurt Corbyn more by staying on and fighting. T_i_B Jan 2017 #2

Well, you've got me a little confused here. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #4

Had he campaigned harder for Remain RogueTrooper Jan 2017 #7

In the case of Stoke... T_i_B Jan 2017 #8

Looks like the Tories are throwing in the anvil in Stoke RogueTrooper Jan 2017 #9

If Copeland's going to be lost under Corbyn, it would be lost under any leader. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #10

And when was the last time you were in Keswick? T_i_B Jan 2017 #11

Never claimed I had been. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #12

It's traditionally a safe Labour seat T_i_B Jan 2017 #14

Labour should be offering policies(Corbyn probably will)to retrain these people in non-lethal work. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #17

Danger can be averted. T_i_B Jan 2017 #18

I think we need a bit of realism about the timeline here muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #21

I stand corrected on chronology. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #23

Anti-Corbyn feeling seems to be the exact problem muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #25

As your link indicates, an anti-Corbyn (therefore presumably right-wing)candidate was selected. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #26

Yes, she was selected last Thursday evening, 24 hours before the Telegraph story was published muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #27

It should be noted that Labour held the seat in 1983 and 1987 Ken Burch Jan 2017 #28

Jamie Reed wasn't yet born when the Windscale fire took place, so he couldn't have helped to cover LeftishBrit Jan 2017 #22

Ok, Jamie didn't personally cover up Windscale. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #24

No; I think he is taking a good job that was offered to him LeftishBrit Jan 2017 #3

I think the proposed boundary chages have played their part. T_i_B Jan 2017 #5

You make it sound as if it would be intrinsically unjust to deny him a nomination. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #13

Wrong T_i_B Jan 2017 #15

If it's the Tories doing the boundary reductions, why bring "Corbyn loyalists" into it, then? Ken Burch Jan 2017 #16

Because Momentum are going to be very active in the selection process T_i_B Jan 2017 #19

Isn't it at least as legitimate for Momentum to try and get people it supports nominated... Ken Burch Jan 2017 #20

The seat is due to go with the boundary review RogueTrooper Jan 2017 #6