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I really don't understand communist chic. Millions died, countless atrocities were committed and famines caused, all in the name of that flag.

2010 Tories win election Survation poll 2011 gives Labour 2% lead Survation poll 2012 gives Labour 12% lead Survation poll 2013 gives Labour 8% lead Survation poll 2014 gives Labour 3% lead 2015 Tories win election with 6% lead over Labour You've basically done a Pardew dance except it's...

Read the part where he said he is against universal credit.

Random quotes from the 2012 BBC article: The government's flagship welfare reform programme is heading for "disaster", its "poverty czar" Frank Field has warned. Labour MP says Universal Credit will not simplify benefits as planned and will instead "rot the soul" of the low paid." It looks to...

Are you sure you've got the right man? Field was the Minister for Welfare Reform under Tony Blair for about a year in 97/98 and resigned because despite his role he realised he had absolutely no influence. Universal Credit was brought in by the Tories in (I think) 2013 and the architect is...

Fair enough. As I say, I don't agree with him on an awful lot, the admiration is in the way he's stuck to his convictions rather than what he believes in. Incidentally, Heffer and Thatcher had a lot of mutual respect despite being political opposites and Mrs T remained in contact with Eric...

Yup. I probably don't agree with Skinner on much at all except Brexit but he's one of the few MPs on any side whose word you would trust. He's one of the last great Parlimentarians. Along with the late great Eric Heffer, my all-time favourite Labour politician.

Of course it's larger but it's not still growing, as you claimed and all the while the Tories are in power and holding 15 point leads over Labour in England and leading them in Scotland then there's nothing about Labour for the Tories to envy.

It's certainly not still growing, reports from Labour List (I think) report that thousands are cancelling their direct debit in protest at Corbyn's Brexit stance and as long as the Tories are in power, they certainly aren't in envy of the Labour Party.

Stupid name? It's a perfectly good Hindi name you daft racist.

Is it early days? It certainly is for his latest shadow cabinet but he was elected 2 years ago as leader and he's only got another 3 years before the next election. A quote from Labour Uncut's Atul Hatwal "If you talk to anyone who is campaigning in Stoke or Copeland, the last thing we need is...

Let's talk about someone who really is out of their comfort zone - your man Corbyn. He's now net unfavourable across every age group, every region, every social group, men and women. Even amongst Labour voters. Got to say, that's one hell of an achievement.

I'm sure it would be amusing if it were true but we both know that's not the case.

I think you're probably right but I do remember reading this prophetic quote a while back from a leading Momentum member: In an extraordinary blog post last month, the group's women’s officer Laura Murray accused members of the hard-left Alliance for Workers’ Liberty of trying to mount a coup...

Rumours are afoot of yet another challenge being planned to Corbyn's leadership, this time precipitated by the quite shambolic way that Labour is trying to deal with Brexit and this time the attack is from the hard-left rather than the right of the party. Clive Lewis is the name being touted as...

1987, he assiduously observes a minute's silence for 8 dead IRA mates. 2017, goes through the motions of paying tribute to a policeman attacked by the IRA without even checking whether the poor copper is alive or dead. Utterly reprehensible.

Earlier this week he said he was too busy to attend Israel's Holocaust Memorial but did find time to hang out with Iranian state broadcaster Press TV and in particular Hatem Bazian, a man who doesn't much like Jews and isn't afraid to let people know it.

I'm surprised more hasn't been spoken of influential Labour-supporting columnists (Paul Mason, Owen Jones et al) finally admitting that Momentum has been a vehicle for Trotskyites to enter and try to control the Labour Party. Both have written at length about this in recent weeks and the...

A great advert for the Tory education policies. She sent her son to a selective school when Labour were in power but now under the Tories she believes that schools are better. Cheers Diana, you mad hypocritical race-baiting loon. Every time you open that cavernous gob, Kier Hardie spins in his...

Jackie Walker suspended from the Labour Party for anti-semitic remarks....again. And likely to lose her position as deputy leader of Momentum. And another Labour Party activist, Kevine Walcott, has been reported to the compliance unit after an astonishing racist outburst at a C4 reporter who...