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JackRiddler

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25. Constant success = "His dreadful performance"

Reply to T_i_B (Original post)

Sat Sep 24, 2016, 11:34 PM

Sep 2016

Please! Every election since Corbyn became leader has seen a rise in the Labour share of the vote.

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UK Labour leadership: Corbyn awaits election result [View all] T_i_B Sep 2016 OP

The disaster scenario is a snap election Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #1

That system is so damn complicated. joshcryer Sep 2016 #2

Snap election yes, but for different reasons T_i_B Sep 2016 #3

I see what you did there. TeacherB87 Sep 2016 #7

Nobody in the Conservative Party is looking over their shoulder for Jeremy Corbyn Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #20

No matter what the outcome of the election is... JackRiddler Sep 2016 #26

I doubt that very much Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #28

Actual election results and JackRiddler Sep 2016 #31

You keep telling yourself that Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #36

Ditto. You do that. JackRiddler Sep 2016 #37

Corbyn will win, that's almost a certainty. MowCowWhoHow III Sep 2016 #4

Labour isn't going to split. They will stay together and deal with the next election, StevieM Sep 2016 #9

You can still topple a parliamentary government with a non-confidence vote Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #21

I can't see May losing a no confidence vote. That would mean Conservative MPs voting to topple her. StevieM Sep 2016 #23

Yes, that is how it works. Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #24

May is unlikely to hold a snap election because she will LOSE. JackRiddler Sep 2016 #27

Right, the British have been voting Conservative for lack of an ineffectual communist alternative Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #29

Corbyn reelected officially 61.8% MowCowWhoHow III Sep 2016 #5

Labour shake-up successfully completes purge of voters from the party T_i_B Sep 2016 #6

Way to go! Perhaps... Helen Borg Sep 2016 #8

I hope this is sarcasm Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #22

+ 1000 OnDoutside Sep 2016 #34

Newsthump Blue Idaho Sep 2016 #10

The moderates are the ones deserting the party! T_i_B Sep 2016 #12

Data?... Helen Borg Sep 2016 #13

Ah, the "idealogical purity uber alles" argument T_i_B Sep 2016 #14

Last time I checked, the vast majority of UK voters Helen Borg Sep 2016 #15

The only winds in UK politics are hot air. T_i_B Sep 2016 #16

As somebody who IS a London rail commuter Helen Borg Sep 2016 #17

The people commuting into that there London from Essex... T_i_B Sep 2016 #18

Not much point in idle yakking, really... Helen Borg Sep 2016 #19

Congratulations Mr. Corbyn LiberalLovinLug Sep 2016 #11

Constant success = "His dreadful performance" JackRiddler Sep 2016 #25

Labour could do with the return of David Milliband. OnDoutside Sep 2016 #30

Because he did so well in elections! JackRiddler Sep 2016 #32

Erm....that was David's BROTHER, Ed Miliband. OnDoutside Sep 2016 #33

Should have spotted that, sorry. JackRiddler Sep 2016 #35