NilSatisOptimum
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The poor darlings.
As someone who defends these people and their independent behaviour explain why they should continue to hold seats and be paid as elected members of the Labour party?
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As someone who defends these people and their independent behaviour explain why they should continue to hold seats and be paid as elected members of the Labour party?
roydo
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I guess for the same reason that we dont have a bye election when the Labour Party, or any other one for that matter, removes the party whip from an MP. Same thing if you think about it.
NilSatisOptimum
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The new way of doing politics is their mantra, still happy to the old political monies, funny sort of conviction people have these days.
Corbyn, McDonnel, Skinner and the various other very left wing blokes in the party weren't deselected during the Blair years were they?
roydo
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Aye. Havnt got a dog in this fight, but folk with way more charisma and profile than this lot have tried a "New sort of politics" many times before.
I stand corrected - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1455783/Show-trials-to-axe-MPs-disloyal-to-Blair.html
So in three years, Corbyn voted against the Labour government 87 times, or around once every 10 days. I suppose what goes around.
davek
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That's all it'll be - talk.
This group of rightwing racists and warmongers were put together to do one thing: embarrass and undermine the LP leadership. I would be very surprised if there were any Tories involved in it. That would blunt their odious undemocratic message and agenda.
The binman chronicles
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Depends if his views have softened I suppose. This isn't going to help Labour get elected though, people will see him for what he was and how Labour were a shambles at that time and it is just going to reinforce people's (the usual centre-right and liberal voters) views that it isn't for them.
NilSatisOptimum
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What are you going on about it's not even comparable. Genuinely confused by your comparison because their is none. Seven MPs leaving the labour party while still being paid by the labour party to set up another party is not the same as voting against the whip.
What again! Think you will find that was last year, fake news...
davek
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'kin nerve of that mess Tom Watson telling the LP leadership to reform its ways and go for a kinder more considerate politics, a new way of doing things....the feller taking half a million quid's worth of bungs off Max Mosley.
You couldn't make it up.
Gutted today that there's been no more neo-con lemmings throwing themselves over the cliff.
You couldn't make it up.
Gutted today that there's been no more neo-con lemmings throwing themselves over the cliff.
From what I can gather it’s being reported because the RS echo tried to confirm his readmittance with the Labour Party last year but they wouldn’t confirm it . They’ve checked again , presumably on the back of yesterday’s drama and the party have now confirmed it .
magicjuan
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We're in the eye of a storm created by a conservative putting party above the country. It's highly unlikely any others would do any different. Those tories who jumped to UKIP at least had the gumption to go through a bye-election iirc?
It really shouldn't be allowed that you can switch parties and then keep your seat without having to call a bi-election
The people of Stockport voted for Labour, not Ann Coffey, she should be forced face the electorate
The people of Stockport voted for Labour, not Ann Coffey, she should be forced face the electorate
magicjuan
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He makes my blood boil. He is the rightful heir to Mandy's crown, a careerist in the truest sense of the word.
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