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Jeremy Corbyn re-elected leader of divided UK Labour Party

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Corbyn has been an MP for many years. Returned time after time by his constituents. The grass roots membership of the Labour Party has overwhelmingly supported his leadership. The career political elite classes of Blairite Labour despair because the people have taken back the Labour party and it will return to being a true left wing party hopefully free of the champagne socialism introduced by the Blair weasel in his time in office. Contrary to what you might think, I am not a left wing supporter, just someone who believes that politicians should represent the views of the people and not big business.

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The grass roots membership of the Labour Party has overwhelmingly supported his leadership.

By which you mean the thousands of new 'members' who only recently joined specifically to elect Corbyn.

just someone who believes that politicians should represent the views of the people

And we'll see just how much Corbyn doesn't represent the views of the British people when he leads Labour to their worst showing ever in the next election.

Labour party and it will return to being a true left wing party

So instead of starting your own far left party and winning in the marketplace of ideas, why do you insist on hijacking the existing Labour party? You may not like what Labour has become over the past few decades but Labour is what it is and it enjoys substantial support from the electorate. The only reason Corbyn supporters were able to hijack the part was because of a flaw in the party constitution, not because people have rejected 'the Blairites' and 'champagne socialists', whatever that means.

I think the only choice left for sensible Labour party members is to realise that the party is lost. It's time to form a new credible party before the next general election, a party with a much better constitution where you can't just pay £3 to join and vote in the leadership election the following week.

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Corbyn is Labor definitely going back to its socialist, trade unionist roots.

Unfortunately, on foreign policy, he represents the useful idiots on 'pacifst' Left.

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"The only reason Corbyn supporters were able to hijack the part was because of a flaw in the party constitution, not because people have rejected 'the Blairites' and 'champagne socialists', whatever that means."

It seems strange to say that people who supported a socialist hijacked a party which still, as far as I know, identifies as a socialist party. I left the Labour Party after Blair took the country into the filthy bloodbath in Iraq. It was also the Labour Party under Blair who introduced university tuition fees ( later jacked up by the Tory/Liberal coalition ). It was also the Blair government which despite having an enormous parliamentary majority, spent his time in office trying his best not to upset middle England and Rupert Murdoch while leaving the less well off to rot. Labour were punished for this in 2010 when lower income people stayed at home. This last point is part of the legacy of the Blair years and Ed Milliband's Tory-lite was dismissed roundly by the electorate.

Let's be practical here. Who do you think is the right person to lead the Labour Party? I don't see a lot of talent around.

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The process that re-elected Jeremy Corbyn as Leader enabled 100,000 additional £3 Corbynistas a vote. Aided and abetted by the party's executive committee ruling Corbyn would automatically be included on a leadership ballot.

Ed Miliband could have opted to tweak the former electoral college system to be more responsive/representative of the party membership. Nope, Ed inadvertently created a back door for Momentum to infiltrate party at its core.

Had Jeremy Corbyn campaigned seriously for remain, the UK government would not be about to trigger article 50. The UK needs a strong united opposition. Not a shambles that would struggle to organize a 6th form debate. Yvette Cooper, would unite the parliamentary Labour party. The only winners are the ruling conservative government.

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"The UK needs a strong united opposition. Not a shambles that would struggle to organize a 6th form debate. Yvette Cooper, would unite the parliamentary Labour party. The only winners are the ruling conservative government."

I think what you're saying is Labour needs to be Tory-lite. Cooper? The woman who couldn't beat the blander than bland Andy Burnham in the last leadership contest?

You may as well vote Tory.

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Unfortunately, on foreign policy, he represents the useful idiots on 'pacifst' Left.

What sort of solutions has war garnered in the last 70 years?

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Lite? This Government abandoned any recognizable principles or philosophy of modern political conservatism a long time before David Cameron chose to share government with that lily-livered Liberal Calamity Clegg.

Tory Lite is a meaningless sound bite masquerading as some perverse political truism. Conservative governments have utterly failed to roll back UK welfare dependency.

Jeremy Corbyn brand of socialism will ensure any prospects of social justice remains buried with Margret Thatcher's hand bag. As for Andy Burnham, a BBQ in hell is awaiting the former health minister.

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@Jimizo

You have a point. The list of potential leaders I wouldn't like to see is certainly longer than those I would. Yvette Cooper is a credible option. Definitely not Burnham. Maybe Chuka Umunna in another 10-15 years. But how about Hilary Benn?

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The much anticipated return to politics of David Miliband with Hilary Ben as a running mate to coin and phase or a cliché.

On a platform of a second EU referendum. UK needs to steer Southern European states away from debt driven economic catastrophe. I thought that logic would prevail and UK withdrawal would herald a change of direction, fiscal and monetary .

The EU trade ministers meeting in Bratislava has failed to dispel any possibility of debt consolidation and a comatose protectionist oblivion awaits. A voice of reason is sorely needed to persuade no demand compromise. That cannot be achieved booing from the gallery.

Labour Leadership Election 2016 results .....

http://www.labour.org.uk/pages/labour-party-leadership-election-2016

Jeremy Corbyn leadership is a relevant as the 30 years he has spent in the political wilderness barking from the sidelines.

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And that's the end of Labor as a credible governing entity for a generation.

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@itsonlyrocknroll

Yes, I was going to mention David as well but I suspect that ship might have sailed, particularly with his current day job and the anti-refugee sentiment these days. At this point I'd even be happy to get Ed back. Just imagine how much better off the country would have been at this point if he had been elected.

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I imagine many in the UK are happy with both May and Corbyn being leaders of their respective parties. They make a change from the recent Blair-Cameron types. Debates in the House of Commons may even become interesting. Only time will tell whether it works in the country's interest.

I wonder how many in the US wish they had a choice between the likes of May and Corbyn rather than what they are being offered.

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Hi M3, Parliament must debate 'Bratislava' in it'd full context before invoking article 50. And if deemed necessary withdrawing from the process. A opposition that genuinely supports remaining within the union need to unite and present a convincing argument to hold fire.

I believe that PM Theresa Mary May is the least qualified to address the yawning gap exposed by the EU referendum...... Between expectations the UK electorate has of politicians they have elected to govern, all revealing deep-seated distrust and apathy to economic and social divisions caused by un-fireable incompetents.

Broadcasters seem to forget or ignore May's scandals, the preposterous site of May's billboards barking illegal immigrants to leave. Yet May leadership style provoked the appointment of Boris Johnson as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Here performance of the international stage has been an disappointment to say the least.

Jeremy Corbyn is incapable of mounting a credible opposition, hence the vote of no confidence from his parliamentary party.

The lesson from Bratislava is that the future of the European project looks bleak without the UK.... Dalibor Rohac

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2016/09/24/the-lesson-from-bratislava-is-that-the-future-of-the-european-project-looks-bleak-without-the-uk/

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"And that's the end of Labor as a credible governing entity for a generation."

They weren't regarded as a credible governing entity by the electorate in the last election under Ed Miliband. They also weren't regarded as electable in 2010.

Judging by some of the posts here, Thatcher's boast that her greatest acheivement was Tony Blair is horribly true. I think I can hear her cackles from Hell when people start throwing names like David Miliband and Hilary Benn around. She must be in stitches about the son of one of the greats of the Labour left turning out to be a warmonger in the Blair camp being touted as a leader.

The victory is complete.

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All that Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson, John McDonnell, and Diane abbot have presented as an opposition to this incompetent government is, in the words of Angela Eagle....

“The 17 whistleblowers who wrote to the Labour party with eyewitness testimony of homophobic language and actions, threats of violence and other behaviour unbecoming of Labour members did so because they want the same as we all should– for the Labour party to be a safe welcoming campaigning environment, free of bigotry and bullying" continuing, “That is why I am so saddened and disappointed that Labour party constituency officers are seeking to challenge in public the private testimony of whistleblowers. If this was happening in a workplace, the unions – for which I worked for many years – Jeremy, myself, the whole Labour movement would be aghast "...This is what the Labour Party has become under Jeremy Corbyns leadership.

The only conclusion the Chilcot report could not determine is whether Tony Blair is a pathological, compulsive or habitual liar, his premiership defined by a poisonous brand of manipulative deception of the electorate and every single party member that believed him.

Thatcher was never a fan of Blair or Brown.

Margaret Thatcher on Blair and Brown .......

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4naRzjNkEA >

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@itsonlyrocknroll

The full Thatcher quote on her greatest achievement was "Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds"

Being a fan isn't the issue. The issue is how far right the Tories have moved over the past near forty years - dragging Labour with them. You may despise the left but for the sake of democracy, I prefer to see an alternative to Toryism. A half-arsed impression of the Tories isn't what I'd call an opposition.

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HI Jimizo, Labour can make a start by unifying the parliamentary party with the membership around a common set of established principals, social justice and inclusion. Rebuilding the economy with coherent strategy. Events in Europe could offer an opportunity. Theresa May government has clearly no strategy to handle the coming brexit negotiations.

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Corbyn wants to remain in opposition. It's his life's work as a backbench radical. This generations Michael Foot. Sadly for the British electorate that is exactly what will happen, at a time when the UK desperately needs a credible opposition against the Tories.

The moderates in the Labour party need to break away and form a credible opposition. Leave the radical left to screech kumbaya from the wilderness that Komrade Corbyn assures.

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