That Corbyn fella...

#bloodycanadians

Things change. I can't stress how unbelievable this would have been before it happened: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canad­a-32604002

Are things changing in Canada?

I'll send that memo on to Jim Murphy and tell him that it wasn't because he's not Blairite enough even for his own constituents, but even the whole country thought that 'no, fuckit-those people over there advocating a broad based civic nationalism and espousing policy of social justice, environmental protection, land reform, anti nuke, anti ttip, protection of the nhs and the right to free education, the ones that really want proportional representation and have the first ever gender balanced cabinet-those cunts are really the empty, shallow Blairite red tories we're after, so much so we'll abandon the last vestiges of the Labour party still in office who represent those values'

I'm sure Jim will find that entirely in line with his views, and Kezia's having some reconstructive surgery and a sex-change as we speak just so she can look more like Blair and gain some votes back from the SNP...

I am mildly amused by how the SNP market them selves as opposed to what they do..

Yes, fair enough to most of the above - but they actually reduced spend in the NHS in compared to England in the same period. I also missed the NHS privatisation bill last year...but the SNP seemed to know all about it

Nicola is very careful to be "pro business " .

The federal election is in October, but the Conservatives who've been in power for about 10 years are struggling (although they never have been that popular - Canada's also first-past-the-post so...). The NDP (the most left of the three major federal parties) is in a tight race and occasionally polling in first. But right now it's a three way race with each party (two left, on right) around 30%. It is not inconceivable that the NDP will win a majority. This was pretty much near unthinkable 10+ years ago, although not as unthinkable as the NDP winning a majority in Alberta - that would be like the Tories winning Scotland. Except good.

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I work out in Surrey so Tory heaven. Corbyn is on the front of the copy of the Metro I got from the train. A few ppl have pointed out what a twat he is and how 'he won't win an election'

They may be right but most ppl thought he'd never become Labour leader either.

If he's no threat then why are they all getting so angry/excited?

Because Socialism

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Every economy needs business. With TTIP they admittedly didn't come straight out and say they wouldn't sign up to it, but there's no way their base would accept the scant detail that's been released for public consumption, but they're also not going to unduly antagonise the USA by embarrassing the UK government over it, because again, in time they'll want to keep those links positive so there's been a gradual hardening of their position in line with the increasingly alarming content of it being leaked. Good luck trying to get comment from Cameron on that.

In the English NHS 30% of contracts are fulfilled by private companies. Of these 70% belong to one company (how many tory mp's are on that board do you think?) In Scotland, it's closer to 5% and they're mostly classed as subcontractors delivering specialised services like mental health orgs. I don't think this represents a significant threat to the general integrity of the NHS as a public service, do you?

The following is cut and paste but basically, given Scotland's budget's been cut quite substantially, and they already spend more per head than England, a 1.2% cut over 6 years isn't really the creeping privatisation that's happening in the rest of the UK, is it? Being able to decide how much you will spend on the NHS doesn't mean that you don't have to balance the books overall-having lived in London I think the services up here work far better.

Healthcare spending per head is higher in Scotland than it is in England, according to Treasury figures. In Scotland spending was £2,115 per person in 2012/13, while in England spending was £1,912 per person. So that’s 10.6% higher in Scotland.

The Scottish government has said this is because lower population density in Scotland makes it more expensive to provide services at the same level, and that people in Scotland have a greater need for healthcare. It’s not a new trend – analysis by the Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation has shown that spending per head has been consistently lower in England than in each of the devolved nations since 2000/01.

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests that in the current period of austerity health spending has been less of a priority for the Scottish Government than in England. The IFS found Scotland’s planned public spending is to fall by 8.4% in real terms between 2009/10 and 2015/16, less than the 13% cut to the budget for English public services. In the same period the planned spend on health will fall by 1.2% in Scotland, and rise by 4.4% in England.

He's a nonconformist in Parliamentary terms. This rattles Establishment, funnily enough.

On that note I'm interested to see how the Privy Council stuff works out.

This is the first time I've heard John McDonnell speak. He comes across as a very reasonable fellow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkvGvsjpfUU

The full interview is worth a watch too.

What are people's feelings on Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet.

It's the most gender balanced shadow cabinet in history but the allocations of positions seems to be causing outrage. Has he done enough or is it just an excuse for more media hysteria?

(Bearing in mind we don't know who refused positions etc.)

an excuse for more media hysteria

perish the thought

He didn't sing the national anthem earlier. Cue the next onslaught...

I'm not usually much of a Daily Mash fanboi, but I liek this:

A MAN who just defied expectations to get elected definitely could not win an election, it has been confirmed.

I have just realised the best thing about Corbyn being elected: the tide of party leader and London Mayor candidates will finally stop!

Thank God for that. The Labour Party really needs to learn to use email. I just had to send this to my local organiser:

Dear X,

I am slightly confused about why I am receiving these emails. I presume it's because I'm a member of the local Labour Party, but while I'm happy to receive Labour Party related communications, I seem to be receiving rather a lot of tangential emails in the 'FYI' style: a format which frankly I find lazy and unengaging. I find it acceptable from colleagues in the workplace - just about - but it's not a format I wish to regularly see in my personal inbox.

Could I please ask that you review what you send on in this format? As I said, I am very happy to receive party communications, but if I wanted to receive emails from REDACTED I would have chosen to sign up to their mailing list, even if it is forwarded on with the best possible intentions.

Best,

Fox.

Richard_Cheese
I fucking hate New Labour and all that shit, and all the shitheads involved.
Brown's bedwetting speech the other day exemplifies their attitude - "we've simply got to win, bollocks to policy/manifesto/political beliefs, we need to win, cos that's central to my job description and future pay rise entitlement"
I thought a political party was created to reflect and support a particular segment of society's wants and needs, not simply to win win win.
How naive of me.

Take a bow Chuckwa- the people you represent made a decision and you've turned your back on them. Fuck off to the tories, tit.

#rats->sinkingship

He is known to have stabbed blind children in the eye.

Trufax^

And this will only be worse once the electoral boundaries are re-designed.

this

General_Strike in reply to @h2o
This is the exact kind of histrionic BS that the right engage in at the moment. "Oh no, you've selected someone to the left of General Pinochet, someone save us from the gulags and secret police..."

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As opposed to Guantanamo and GCHQ... Nice one, Dave...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpi7qro4y4g

Nick Cohen isn't a fan
http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/6196/full

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Nick Cohen isn't a fan

Yes Nick, we know you supported the Iraq War. Turned out well, eh?

As for the Blairites still carping at this point, they seem oblivious to the fact that not only the membership but the voting public despises them. Hopefully the worst critics will just form their own Buy to Let Portfolio Party, or Capita Outsourcing Partnership Contract Party, or something, and disappear.

He's not much of a fan of a Blair either if you read the piece.

if you don't believe in god and you don't recognise the monarchy why would you sing God Save Our Gracious Queen

stick to your guns Corbyn and give us our vote on the monarchy when you come to power