That Corbyn fella...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/13/renew-trident-dads-army-jeremy-corbyn-labour

I'm I doing it right?

Nope, completely oversimplified and missed the point. Dishonesty does not correlate with electability. I also do not believe the Labour leadership is being entirely honest, about a number of things. One example being Kens' defence "review". He had his mind made up about trident before it even started.

I like this

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/lets-get-jez-his-dream-bike/

Just saw that. :)

The Tories may look to have a lock on power right now, but there's a financial storm a'brewing. Let's say it hits in 18 months - that gives Labour 3 years to rail against the Tories with real, proper ammunition and actually try to win the election. The old myth that Conservatism sorts out recessions will be lost, with any luck. The austerity policy will exposed as the utter stupidity it really is. What platform would the tories be able to win the election on?

What platform would the tories be able to win the election on?

"But at least we're not Labour"?
(opinion not my own)

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What platform would the tories be able to win the election on?

1. Preventing a return to the left wing politics of the past
   
2. Maintaining Britain's security / defence
   
3. Solving the financial crisis, reducing unemployment, increasing the value of your house(s)
   
   

#misticmeg

Whoa - they solved the financial crisis? Huh. Think that'd be in the news.

It's their platform, obviously a platform of lies, but it's theirs.

Crompton (Bolton) result:
LAB: 70.9% (+10.5)
UKIP: 11.6% (-9.5)
CON: 10.9% (-0.7)
LDEM: 4.2% (+0.5)
GRN: 2.4% (+2.4)

Lower Stoke (Coventry) result:
LAB: 57.2% (+10.5)
CON: 15.9% (+0.8)
UKIP: 13.4% (-10.2)
GRN: 7.6% (+1.1)
LDEM: 5.7% (+5.7)

Two resounding victories for Labour in the Lower Stoke and Crompton by-elections, taking big chunks of UKIP's vote. Strangely there was no mention of this in the media this morning, it doesn't even appear on the relevant local new sections of the BBC website.

Interview Rosa Prince on her book Comrade Corbyn is worth a listen

https://www.mixcloud.com/lse/comrade-corbyn-a-very-unlikely-coup-audio/

There's a by election to come in Sheffield soon which could see similar results.

I missed both of those altogether for some reason. No idea why.

I often like Steve Bell's drawings, but rarely his (lack of) punchlines. This one has the rare distinction of featuring correct German, which is usually not the done thing in British newspapers:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2016/feb/24/steve-bell-on-david-camerons-motherly-advice-cartoon

I like the idea of re-interpreting the mother reference, like a visual 'your mum' joke. :)

Oh, I've just realised they were Council ward by-elections. That'll be why. :)

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/16/jeremy-corbyn-budget-unfairness-labour-george-osborne-mates-rates

JC in a PMQ on poor air quality and Cameron's 'greenest government ever' crap... "there was a time when no husky was safe from his cuddles". #piggate

"We need a vast increase in press releases in order to get any homes built in Ebbsfleet or indeed anywhere else." (from 9:35)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPXnANz3Pxc

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/23/labour-mps-hostile-corbyn-leaked-party-document

List at the bottom.

leaked labour list

Leaked by the Tories, no doubt, to distract from the self-impose schism brought about by the EU exit referendum, and disgust from the marginally less inhuman tories over the benefits cuts.

Who leaked it to the tories, or did the tories make it? Or are you cracking a joke that has wooshed over my head?

Who leaked it to the tories, or did the tories make it? Or are you cracking a joke that has wooshed over my head?

The fact that Sadiq Khan is listed as "hostile" makes a bit of a nonsense of Zack Goldsmith's tediously repetitive claim that electing Khan as Mayor would result in some sort of Corbynite "experiment" with London.