Monty Mole
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Yeah if she couldn't cope with that, then she sure couldn't have coped with the shit that would have been thrown at her as PM. It's a tough job and impossible to please.
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The UK votes to leave the European Union |OUT2| Mayday, Mayday, I've lost an ARM
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Yeah if she couldn't cope with that, then she sure couldn't have coped with the shit that would have been thrown at her as PM. It's a tough job and impossible to please.
Monty Mole
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Never a dull news day since Brexit.
dealer-
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1922 Committee decides.
Gove vs May in the final deletion?
"Hell yes, I'm tough enough."
I think what's going to happen is that the Queen will come down to appoint May tomorrow, but gets stuck in traffic, while Gove launches a legal bid to make this a contest, but something makes May pull out and Gove loses his leadership challenge, sparking a whole new contest.
It's the only right way for this clusterfuck to end.
It's the only right way for this clusterfuck to end.
The Tory-lite or [insert main conservative party]-lite rhetoric is widespread all over Europe within the left wing political circles partly because of history. When we track back to the origins of labour movement the struggle was much more ideological, it was there to change the establishment of capitalist state and to liberate the workers by forming new form of governance. Even up until 70's and early 80's it was still common to hear left-wing politicians and parties state that the ultimate goal is in fact building the socialist state.
This has changed of course, partly because of increasing wealth, globalization and the end of cold war but also partly because of the success of the welfare state. Center-left parties have adopted a different approach over time: because capitalism didn't fall and could not be toppled, the aim is to accept and reform it to be more socially just. Now, this is not a new development as it basically started in late 1800's with Eduard Bernstein being one of the pivotal revisionist theorists within the movement, during most of the 20th century there was a huge debate over what is the correct path forward. It was only in the last decades when the concessionist view really took over.
Tory-lite is basically a slur used against people who have adopted these views. They're in cahoots with the establishment that they should be fighting against so to speak.
Why isn't it the other way around? Well, to put it simply they have the advantage of being viewed as the aforementioned establishment.
mehrmantrout
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Deluded till the very end
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I'm hearing that the '22 is not going to nominate any other candidates, and Cameron is going to step down as soon as the Queen is available.
Haha, she manages to twist the knife into labour. Says that with only 25% of the parliamentary party behind her that's not enough to form a stable government so she's stepping down.
Poor poor labour. May moves in on their territory with her speech and they are left with Corbyn in a bunker still repeating sound bites on austerity that have even less relevance now than they did at the last election.
Poor poor labour. May moves in on their territory with her speech and they are left with Corbyn in a bunker still repeating sound bites on austerity that have even less relevance now than they did at the last election.
Gurgelhals
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Jeremy Corbyn says hi! #lollabour
JonathanEx
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She's stepping down because of the economic uncertainty?
But I thought there'd been no impact, she claimed so
But I thought there'd been no impact, she claimed so
mehrmantrout
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The 1922 committee to make a statement at 12:30
She's said she won't trigger it this year, I doubt that will change. Depends how informal talks go with Europe and the state of the Labour Party mind you.
JonathanEx
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If May effectively gets crowned like this, it really screws her over on mandate, doesn't it? Only chosen by MPs, not even members. Will a snap election be back on the cards?
Every cloud has a silver lining
May wants to invoke it in early 2017
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No. The 1922 can nominate a candidate to contest now that May is sole contender. Don't think anyone will run, mind, so May will probably be PM as soon as the Queen is back from Scotland.
Lol, so every Brexit campaigner is actually out after being publicly tattered. Once again following quote rings oh so true:
“The Revolution devours its children,” Jacques Mallet du Pan
“The Revolution devours its children,” Jacques Mallet du Pan
More Fun To Compute
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I think she quit because it finally hit home that she could win and she would actually have to do the job and be held accountable.
Little Monser
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May should be appointed as soon as possible
If the actual political ramifications weren't so dire the irony would be incredibly satisfying.
FlammableD
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BROTHER GRAHAM... I knew you'd come
Everyone's reaction on Brexit/hearing the leadership candidates/imagining our right wing future
Party members may not like comrade Corbyn, but the people do and getting rid of him will destroy the labour party for years to come. Take a look at the Tories after the fall of Maggie. The bitterness of that fall is evident for all to see, even leading to the end of the UK as we know it.
mehrmantrout
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Thats it, no more candidates May is the new PM
SymbiantXenos
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Lol this entire leadership contest was a stich up from the start.
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