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Will those same colleagues ackowledge the duplicity of the ERG
who recently forced a vote on May's continued leadership?
mespilus-
No love lost for them either, but how does that make Corbyn's strategy better?
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Will those same colleagues ackowledge the duplicity of the ERG who recently forced a vote on May's continued leadership?
It's looking increasingly likely that the remaining signatories required to force that vote through were from some of May's supporters. At that point in time she was very unlikely to lose that vote, so by forcing it through there and then it guaranteed her immunity for a further 12 months according to party rules.
andyfallsoff
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All I know is that when I get to work today and talk to my more right wing colleagues, thanks to a failed vote of no confidence they can now say to me that "well she did win the vote of no confidence, she is in control". As opposed to the only story being her defeat on the brexit vote.
I also fundamentally disagree with the subsequent comments on Corbyn's stance to the second referendum, but anyway