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Jeremy Corbyn.
- Thread starter Diablo
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Don Quixote
Well-known member
- Nov 4, 2008
- 8,355
A landslide.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,312
slightly odd that nearly 120k members didnt vote. so with 251,417 vote for Corbyn is not actually half of the membership, only 46%. also, iirc there were over 600k signed up. did they really "vet" and reject 10% of those joining?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
So, it's Tom and Jerry leading!
Odd victory speech 
I've heard more coherent wedding speeches than this...
I've heard more coherent wedding speeches than this...
penny's harmonica
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2012
- 733
Democracy needs a strong, viable opposition to make it work. I fear we won't have one for a good many years after today.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,489
I can see references to Tom and Jerry becoming a regular headline feature!!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Me too. I have to be honest and say I nicked it off a Twitter account.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I'd always supported the Labour party until the last general election when I voted Conservative because they better represented my opinions and they had a clear vision for the country. I will always vote for those reasons, rather than to blindly follow any one party but it doesn't make me any less disappointed that the political party I'd always supported have crumbled so dramatically in my opinion.
I'll join others in saying Corbyn won't ever be a Prime Minister.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
I'm not sure about that. He got nearly 60% of the vote so has a strong mandate for his policies (assuming he doesn't change half of them now he's in and the realisation sets in). There is now most definitely "clear blue water" between the two main parties and they've got nearly 5 years to persuade the electorate. I would hope that there will be more substance in the ongoing debate now that there is a proper right/left divide.
Don Quixote
Well-known member
- Nov 4, 2008
- 8,355
I like this guy.
Meade's Ball
Well-known member
Am pleased. Where's the good in losing badly and bringing in another vacuous leader to heartlessly fight for the middle ground. Cameron wish solely to keep his leadership unshaken by anti-Europe mps, rather than actually look to offer valuable help in refugee crisis was a sickener. We might not all go along with Corbyn's policies, but at least he'll stand up for what he believes in and be different to the last couple of decades of desperation to appeal to the centre.
A lot of weird comments on this thread from Tories. The Labour members have voted for the person they want to represent them. It will only be the death of the Labour Party if the parliamentary party refuses to work with Corbyn despite the emphatic mandate he has been given by the Labour members. The Labour Party's first job IS NOT as opposition to the Conservatives, it is to represent the views of it's members, and the views of their MP's constituents.
HantsSeagull
Well-known member
thats another Tory government guaranteed in 2020.
Don Quixote
Well-known member
- Nov 4, 2008
- 8,355
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I wonder if you are including me as a Tory. Please don't. Labour does, of course have a duty to it's members. But it also wishes to get in power again. I don't believe Mr Corbyn will manage that. It's difficult to get the balance right between true principles and electability. I wouldn't be surprised to see SDP mark 2 on the horizon.
Baffled by these comments. Labour might've just got its most popular leader since Blair.