Agenda 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/21/corbyn-critic-jamie-reed-quits-labour-mp-byelection-copeland Corbyn critic quits as Labour MP, triggering tight by election race Jamie Reed A labour MP leaves the party to take up a lucrative position as Head of Development and Community Relations with Sellafield Ltd, a private limited company owned by HM Government, a position which pays, "not that much more than" his £74,962 MP’s salary. A Labour MP who publicly resigned from the shadow cabinet in June This is the same Labour MP who, when calling for Jeremy Corbyn's resignation said, “In the short time you have been Leader, along with the shadow Chancellor, yo u have sought to inject an unprecedented poison into our party,” adding, “You have actively worked to divide Labour MPs from the Labour Party membership…you have repeatedly incited you supporters on social media to confront Labour MPs; without doubt you are not fit to lead our great party.”  Jamie Reed, ...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/17/unite-leader-under-attack-puppet-master-jeremy-corbyn Unite leadership challenger Gerard Coyne says Len McCluskey has put Labour infighting above members’ needs Gerald Coyne Len McCluskey Gerald Coyne, another of the Quasi intellectuals so much in favour with the Guardian and other "centrist" media who will grasp at any opportunity, now matter how small or how unclear such opportunity may be, in their incessant campaign to remove Jeremy Corbyn from the leadership of the Labour party. In his bid to replace Len McCluskey as General Secretary of "Unite", Coyne accuses the Unite general secretary of meddling too much in Westminster politics , a comment which in itself is reason enough for members to re elect McCluskey for another term. Had the TUC generally and other specific Trade Union leaders in particular , spent more time over the last 18 months "meddl...

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/dec/14/pmqs-verdict-corbyn-gets-better-of-may-over-social-care Corbyn gets better of May over social care Corbyn hammers May at PMQ's Another pathetic performance from Theresa May at the Dispatch box during Prime Minister's Questions It cannot be too much longer that conservative MP's will be prepared to tolerate the evasion and prevarication of their Prime Minister under attack from Jeremy Corbyn from the opposition benches.  Jeremy Corbyn tell Prime Minister to "Get a grip" The conservatives distress would be even more uncomfortable for them, if all Labour MP's waded into the barrage instead of just a few comrades supporting Corbyn.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/23/corbyn-attacks-may-over-divisive-and-impractical-nhs-passport-check-plans Jeremy Corbyn dominates Questions to the Prime Minister. There have been some pathetic performances from pathetic conservative Prime Ministers at PMQ's over the years. Theresa May rates as number 1 for pathetic performances which become even more pathetic each week. She is already, after less than 140 days occupying Number 10 as Prime Minister, receiving criticism and "advice" from cabinet and former cabinet ministers regarding her performance at the dispatch box and elsewhere and more importantly in respect of Brexit, Welfare reforms and the NHS to mention just three areas. The best advice that these ministers and former cabinet ministers can give to this increasing inept Prime Minister is to stand down, call for a General election and hold a conservative party leadership election. If only they had the backbone to...

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/moment-when-labours-poll-rating-gets-lot-lot-worse This is the moment when Labour's poll rating gets a lot, lot worse Rambling and contrived, the NewStatesman publishes an article which seems to be no more than speculative opinion on what their editorial "team" would prefer as the outcome of the next general election. Describing itself as occupying " a left-of-centre political position" the NewStatesman can hardly be described as being in the Jeremy Corbyn camp. In fact with their articles going back over the months since Corbyn was elected as Labour party leader, the general tone and direction of the NewStatesman, can at best be described as more in tune with "Labour First" and that organisations determination to undermine the current leadership and restore the more autocratic Labour Party of the mid-1990s and early 2010s. Professor Glen O'Hara. NewStatesman   Until ye...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-returning-to-politics-comeback-jeremy-corbyn-nutter-theresa-may-lightweight-a7427676.html Tony Blair is positioning himself to return to British politics, The British press or at least sections of it, seem to have a morbid fascination with Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair . In the Express today (20th November 2016) there is a story that Blair could become an adviser to President elect Trump after s peculation that the schmoozing former Labour leader might be fishing for a role in Trump's team . Admittedly, Blair's aides have rubbished claims that he’s vying for an advisory role in Donald Trump’s administration, blasting such rumours as “complete nonsense”. However, with Blair's record of political opportunism and the delusion of his own importance, we never know where this martinet may materialise next. President elect Donald Trump On the other hand, p e...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-labour-block-article-50-theresa-may-cannot-guarantee-single-market-access-brexit-a7400266.html Labour could block Brexit by voting against Article 50  What a scurrilous and deliberately distorted headline, but indicative of this "newspaper" and its obsession to take every opportunity, no matter how tenuous the opportunity may be, to discredit the Labour party generally and Corbyn in particular.  The Labour party will oppose any move to trigger Article 50 if the Government is unable to guarantee access to the single market. There is nothing wrong  or even new with that. It is a perfectly legitimate position to state and is consistent with that already on record as being a Labour party "red line" in any "Brexit" agreement. The "Independent"s position on continued UK membership of the European Union is widely known as is their view of the recent High Court ruling ...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/16/jeremy-corbyn-antisemitism-chakrabarti-inquiry MPs accuse Jeremy Corbyn of incompetence over anti-Jewish abuse Why is this rag of a newspaper carrying a clearly biased conclusion from a point scoring "committee" who have historically been opposed to the Labour party leadership? The Home Affairs Select Committee, grudgingly concede that there is "no reliable evidence" to support their views, thus leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions as to the motivations of the committee members and the "newspaper" for carrying this scurrilous "non story" "The committee acknowledged that t here was “no reliable, empirical evidence to support the notion that there is a higher prevalence of antisemitic attitudes within the Labour party than any other political party” The Observer rag, no better than the Guardian rag.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-tony-blair-labour-leadership-win-general-election-comres-poll-a7363306.html Labour would have a better chance of winning if Tony Blair came back as leader. The Independent exceeds even its own standard of truth distortion. As a "newspaper" (even an exclusively on line version because it did not sell on the news stands) the Independent is famous for manufacturing "facts" and producing concocted "opinion polls" to suit whichever line of rubbish it is currently peddling. This week, it is Blair. Last week it was Milliband Major who the Independent sought to promote as the saviour of the British people. Blair, the hypocritical war monger, exposed (eventually) in the Chilcot report as a puppet of Bush and the American neocons, would never be trusted to run a whelk stall let alone have another stint at destroying this country. They say that in war, truth is the first vic...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-labour-whips-quit-parliament-walkout-a7352806.html Jeremy Corbyn hit by new parliamentary walkout as two MPs quit as party whips Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch We can always rely on the "Independent" to find the most lurid phraseology with which to headline their rather feeble "stories", over emphasising , "a furious reaction from Labour MPs". The reality is of course that had Winterton together with Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch been more successful in maintaining discipline within the Parliamentary Labour Party over the last 18 months, we would not have been subjected to another party Leadership contest and the constant sniping, p lotting and media briefings against the leadership that has been filling the media and television news or the very audible insults and jibes thrown at Jeremy Corbyn by his own MP's during Prime Ministers Questions.  I am sure that the departure of McG...

Priti Patel blames Jeremy Corbyn for the failure of government policy to control immigration. Blaming Jeremy Corbyn for everything descended to new depths of absurdity on Question Time (BBC Television 10:45. 29th September) last night when panellist Priti Patel, who was born in London to a Ugandan Indian migrant family, stated that immigration to this country is out of control with vast numbers of migrants arriving almost daily, placing an intolerable burden on housing, jobs, social services and the infrastructure of our society. The cause of this problem is, according to Patel, the absolute failure of Jeremy Corbyn to control the numbers of migrants, arriving in this country from Europe and additionally as refugees from outside, and the failure of his policies on immigration. The problem will, according to Patel, deteriorate as Corbyn's policy of allowing uncontrolled numbers of migrants unfolds over time, allowing more and more people to arrive in this c...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/the-guardian-view-on-the-labour-leadership-wanted-tolerance-and-compromise The Guardian view on the Labour leadership.  Wanted: Tolerance and compromise. Editorial. I read this article twice. The first time, I thought that I had picked up a piece which had strayed into the pages of the Guardian, as if by accident from another newspaper. Only upon the second reading did I realise, with a growing sense of incredulity, that this was in fact a Guardian article and moreover, one written under the heading of, ""Editorial": The Guardian view on the Labour leadership: wanted – tolerance and compromise ". I found the "Editorial" to be a little puzzling, because here they are, calling for , "a collective effort to work together or even merely to coexist tolerantly, based on compromise and mutual respect" when, for the past 12 months or so, the Guardian has been in the v...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-results-live-jeremy-corbyn-owen-smith-poll-incompetent-working-class-voters-a7326486.html Poll for The Independent shows a major disconnect between traditional Labour voters and new Corbyn supporters (well what would you expect from the "Independent")        Labour supporters are still backing Jeremy Corbyn in droves The result of the Labour Party leadership election has not yet even been declared (the time is 06:50 Saturday 24th September), and already the "Independent" is preparing the ground for the next round of the, "We must get rid of Corbyn", smear and vilification campaign. The rest of the anti Corbyn media and television cabal will no doubt wade in with their duplicitous distortions over the next few hours and days (provided of course that at around 11:45 this morning Corbyn is actually declared to have won the ballot) to carry on the deceitful crusade that they have...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-miliband-savages-jeremy-corbyn-and-his-own-brother-too-a7321531.html David Miliband savages 'unelectable' Jeremy Corbyn, and his own brother too There are those in the Labour party who would like to see the return of Miliband Major to British politics. There are also those in the Labour party who rather that he stayed 3000 miles away. Miliband Major never really got over the shock, some may even say humiliation, of being defeated by his brother Miliband Minor, for the "Big Job" in Labour Party politics. Many people, not least of all Miliband Major himself, considered that the matter was a done deal and that he would be anointed as leader, to follow in the footsteps of Blair (via Brown). His disappointment and surprise was evident to all at the special Labour Party Conference, and to those watching on television, as Miliband Minor was awarded the crown, and within a very short space of time, Miliband Major...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/08/owen-smith-wiped-the-floor-with-jeremy-corbyn-in-labours-questio/ Owen Smith wiped the floor with Jeremy Corbyn in Labour's Question Time debate. John McTernan How can this "political adviser" McTernan, be so wrong on so many issues? McTernan writing for the Telegraph again, says he was watching BBC's Question Time Labour leadership debate last night (8th September). Perhaps the headline to this Telegraph story and the content of the article itself, was the only text that the Telegraph would allow McTernan to put into print before paying him his fee. He was certainly not watching the same 60 minutes of debate that I watched and tellingly, his verdict on the proceedings is not reflected in the poll at the end of the article either. Certainly I and I suspect hundreds of thousands of other viewers, drew an entirely opposite conclusion from what we saw and heard during the exchanges. At the e...