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Whatever their reasons; chilcott, deselection or boundary changes, their claim that corbyn is unpopular is bunkum
Quote:Furthermore, the carefully co-ordinated coup puts its own political agenda above the interests of the Labour party. The establishment media and MPs claim Corbyn cannot be elected. But in reality, Corbyn’s tenure so far has been a success:Since Corbyn became leader Labour has won 4 by-elections. Oldham West, Sheffield Brightside, Ogmore & Tooting. Oldham West, Tooting and Sheffield Brightside saw Labour win with an increased majority.Labour won 4 mayoral elections under Corbyn – London, Bristol, Salford and Liverpool.The membership has increased massively under his leadership.Labour’s 2016 local election performance was as good as 2001, where the party went on to win a landslide victory in the general election.Corbyn won the Remain vote among Labour supporters in the EU referendum. Two-thirds of Labour supporters voted to Remain.Sympo wrote:KAZ wrote:Does that mean that we should tolerate the sort of offhand racist, sexist, homophobic shit that I have heard repeatedly in Party circles? Hell no.Maybe a member of the SPGB could write an article about it in the party magazine addressing the issue? Perhaps the article can convince members that it's not very good to have racist, sexist or homophobic opinions? Or maybe I'm being too naive to think that people can change their views about these things by reading an article.
I think this is important. This item was raised at conference 2016 in March 'Is a complacency about actively tackling casual homophobia and related LGBT issues damaging to the party?'
alanjjohnstone wrote:This is just a partial list …. and now includes Bernie SandersNot according to thishttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/28/bernie-sanders-just-gave-an-amazingly-condescending-interview-about-hillary-clinton/
ALB wrote:PS I can't understand YMS's map. What is it supposed to be showing?I think its an attempt to show Wales and Cornwall have voted firmly against their best economic interests to put it generously.
Which revolting MPs are fearful for their seats? Hillary Benn's majority is 16,967 (37.7%). Heidi Alexander's majority is 14,333 (33.4%). Chris Bryant's majority is 7,445 (23.6%). Gloria De Piero's majority is 8,820 (18.6%). Why do they think Labour will lose the general election? The last opinion poll reported
Quote:The UK-wide BMG survey for The Herald, carried out before the shock Brexit result, found that just over one-third, 36 per cent, said that they could vote for a Corbyn-led Labour party. But that figure jumped to almost half, 48 per cent, if the veteran socialist was no longer in charge – a 12 point boost.Cameron won the last general election on 36%. No party has won more than 36% of the electorate since 2001 when Blair won with 40% whilst halving Labour party membership – reducing it to its lowest level since the 1930s.The Parliamentary Labour Party are spinning the unpopularity of Corbyn.
Haven't the biggest countries with majority Muslim populations had their democracies (Nasser-Egypt, Mossaddegh-Iran, Ataturk-Turkey) undermined by the CIA?
The party should look into commissioning artists for one off publications. The jacobin publication looks very attractive and of a high visual standard. Perhaps print copies could be sold at head office?
stuartw2112 wrote:The Great Idiot Revolt has it. I lost a fiver. If that's all we lose, we'll be very lucky indeedRemaining in the EU wouldn't have been the sort of victory for the working-class we are looking for.
Kasama Project has ceased to be.https://louisproyect.org/2016/06/19/notes-on-the-demise-of-the-kasama-project/
