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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Jan 16 1.22pm

Quote The White Horse at 13 Jan 2016 1.08pm

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 9.23am

You speak about the media, of course they are going to do everything to make sure that the message is distorted - case in point making so much fuss about the reshuffle and almost goading more right wing labour mp's into besmirching Corbyn's character in the press.

Assuming you're entirely right on this, will this stop because you and other lefties are complaining about it? I've just watched the Daily Politics, Laura Kuenssberg and Andrew Neil are laughing at the accusations of bias. I'm not bothered by it to be honest, I'd guess most people aren't. The more the left whine, the less I care to be honest.

What you've done is highlighted an anti-Left force, but shown no evidence it's going to be reduced. On that evidence, surely you'd expect that force to win out? At the moment birds in a tree above my car repeatedly sh*t on it. If I don't move the car or move the birds, how can I expect things to change? History will just repeat.

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 9.23am

I do think that Corbyn's ideas would lead to the betterment of the country. When asked about what Corbyn wants to do, without being told it is a Corbyn idea, then many people actually agree with it!

Obviously left-wing ideas would lead to the betterment of the country, I basically agree with 90% of what Corbyn says. But overwhelmingly the public do not.

7 out of 10 voters would consider voting Labour (compared to 6 out of 10 for the Tories) but if there was a general election tomorrow, only 3 in 10 say they actually would vote Labour whilst 4 in 10 say they would vote Tory. Essentially Labour's conversion rate among potential voters at the moment is 3/7, while the Tories' is 4/6.

I couldn't disagree more with your claim that voters are erroneously intending to vote against Corbyn in spite of him agreeing with them. Many of Corbyn's opinions fly in the face of public opinion. The public want less immigration, not more. The public want Trident, not unilateral disarmament. The public wanted to bomb Syria, not stay out of it.

If Corbyn wants the public to vote for him in 2020, the best thing he can do is keep quiet about all of the above, not repeat it in public in the hope that people support him but haven't realised.

I agree with you, sort of.
What Corbyn needs to do better is concentrate on the areas where there is public dissatisfaction and keep hammering the points home so that it rises above the white noise created by the media.
He is still learning on the job and one hopes that is allowed the chance to improve.
You say that you agree with 90% of what Corbyn says -so why not support him and move away from the infighting. Will any other labour MP have the gumption to put forward what Corbyn proposes?

 

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The White Horse Flag 13 Jan 16 3.07pm Send a Private Message to The White Horse Add The White Horse as a friend

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 1.22pm

I agree with you, sort of.
What Corbyn needs to do better is concentrate on the areas where there is public dissatisfaction and keep hammering the points home so that it rises above the white noise created by the media.

Could you name any areas of public dissatisfaction that weren't already given a 5 year go by Ed Miliband that you think Corbyn will lead on? I'd say the only popular subjects Ed Miliband didn't touch were those where the public has quite a right-wing view, so Corbyn will leave well alone.

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 1.22pm

He is still learning on the job and one hopes that is allowed the chance to improve.
You say that you agree with 90% of what Corbyn says -so why not support him and move away from the infighting. Will any other labour MP have the gumption to put forward what Corbyn proposes?

I don't think it's infighting to give your honest view about dire leadership. I'll support him by voting for him and encouraging others to do so but you can't polish a turd and I'd say there are 200 odd better options within the Labour Party, a dozen or so of whom are substantially more capable.

As yet, I've not heard of Labour MPs voting against the Labour whip. It doesn't show gumption to support policies supported by a minority of the public, it shows a basic failure to represent your constituents. Dozens of them will pay the price in 2020.

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Jan 16 4.49pm

Quote The White Horse at 13 Jan 2016 3.07pm

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 1.22pm

I agree with you, sort of.
What Corbyn needs to do better is concentrate on the areas where there is public dissatisfaction and keep hammering the points home so that it rises above the white noise created by the media.

Could you name any areas of public dissatisfaction that weren't already given a 5 year go by Ed Miliband that you think Corbyn will lead on? I'd say the only popular subjects Ed Miliband didn't touch were those where the public has quite a right-wing view, so Corbyn will leave well alone.

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 1.22pm

He is still learning on the job and one hopes that is allowed the chance to improve.
You say that you agree with 90% of what Corbyn says -so why not support him and move away from the infighting. Will any other labour MP have the gumption to put forward what Corbyn proposes?

I don't think it's infighting to give your honest view about dire leadership. I'll support him by voting for him and encouraging others to do so but you can't polish a turd and I'd say there are 200 odd better options within the Labour Party, a dozen or so of whom are substantially more capable.

As yet, I've not heard of Labour MPs voting against the Labour whip. It doesn't show gumption to support policies supported by a minority of the public, it shows a basic failure to represent your constituents. Dozens of them will pay the price in 2020.


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I'd say that renationalisation, the health service and social housing are high on people's agendas. These are 3 issues that Labour should focus on - if the press allow it.

 

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We are goin up! Flag Coulsdon 13 Jan 16 4.53pm Send a Private Message to We are goin up! Add We are goin up! as a friend

"Learning on the job". He's had how long as an MP? You'd have thought at some point in that time he'd have given some thought about what his vision would be and how he'd run his party. Or maybe he's only fit for a debating society...

 


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Kermit8 Flag Hevon 13 Jan 16 4.58pm Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

This is all rather pointless. It won't matter what he does he won't get anymore than 30%ish of the electoral vote so the next gov is a Tory shoe-in.

He will then resign.

 


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npn Flag Crowborough 13 Jan 16 5.21pm Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

The plain fact is that he's just not very good as a leader.

Clearly there is a leftward shift in the membership (hence his result in the leadership election), which is fine, but you then need to have a team in place that can sell that vision to the wider electorate. Corbyn just ain't it!

There is a trait of many on the left particularly (not a dig, more an observation - there are many unpleasant traits on the right as well), which you can see on this board as well as in politics in general, that if you disagree with them you were too dim to understand their argument. That doesn't help you at the ballot box. If they haven't understood your argument (which is doubtful) then you need to explain it better, not imply they are bumbling idiots.

I understand the arguments (I like to think) and I agree with some, and disagree with many. Belittling my and my opinions will not change them, it will merely make me not wish to listen to you any more.

Couple that with the perceived hypocrisy of his closest allies (Abbott springs to mind, but that may well be bias because I despise her) that says anyone not backing him is disloyal, despite his long and proud record of defying the Labour whip from the backbenches at every possible turn (something seen by his supporters as principled when done by him).

He may serve a purpose for the Labour left by pushing the agenda of the party leftwards (in the same way that UKIP and the Greens served a purpose by bringing immigration and environmental issues to the fore for the main parties) but if Corbyn is a potential Prime Minister, then I am the answer to our goal-scoring problems!

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Jan 16 5.42pm

Quote npn at 13 Jan 2016 5.21pm

The plain fact is that he's just not very good as a leader.

Clearly there is a leftward shift in the membership (hence his result in the leadership election), which is fine, but you then need to have a team in place that can sell that vision to the wider electorate. Corbyn just ain't it!

There is a trait of many on the left particularly (not a dig, more an observation - there are many unpleasant traits on the right as well), which you can see on this board as well as in politics in general, that if you disagree with them you were too dim to understand their argument. That doesn't help you at the ballot box. If they haven't understood your argument (which is doubtful) then you need to explain it better, not imply they are bumbling idiots.

I understand the arguments (I like to think) and I agree with some, and disagree with many. Belittling my and my opinions will not change them, it will merely make me not wish to listen to you any more.

Couple that with the perceived hypocrisy of his closest allies (Abbott springs to mind, but that may well be bias because I despise her) that says anyone not backing him is disloyal, despite his long and proud record of defying the Labour whip from the backbenches at every possible turn (something seen by his supporters as principled when done by him).

He may serve a purpose for the Labour left by pushing the agenda of the party leftwards (in the same way that UKIP and the Greens served a purpose by bringing immigration and environmental issues to the fore for the main parties) but if Corbyn is a potential Prime Minister, then I am the answer to our goal-scoring problems!

Bet you're better than Bamford.

 

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We are goin up! Flag Coulsdon 13 Jan 16 5.53pm Send a Private Message to We are goin up! Add We are goin up! as a friend

Quote npn at 13 Jan 2016 5.21pm

The plain fact is that he's just not very good as a leader.

Clearly there is a leftward shift in the membership (hence his result in the leadership election), which is fine, but you then need to have a team in place that can sell that vision to the wider electorate. Corbyn just ain't it!

There is a trait of many on the left particularly (not a dig, more an observation - there are many unpleasant traits on the right as well), which you can see on this board as well as in politics in general, that if you disagree with them you were too dim to understand their argument. That doesn't help you at the ballot box. If they haven't understood your argument (which is doubtful) then you need to explain it better, not imply they are bumbling idiots.

I understand the arguments (I like to think) and I agree with some, and disagree with many. Belittling my and my opinions will not change them, it will merely make me not wish to listen to you any more.

Couple that with the perceived hypocrisy of his closest allies (Abbott springs to mind, but that may well be bias because I despise her) that says anyone not backing him is disloyal, despite his long and proud record of defying the Labour whip from the backbenches at every possible turn (something seen by his supporters as principled when done by him).

He may serve a purpose for the Labour left by pushing the agenda of the party leftwards (in the same way that UKIP and the Greens served a purpose by bringing immigration and environmental issues to the fore for the main parties) but if Corbyn is a potential Prime Minister, then I am the answer to our goal-scoring problems!


Good post, especially the bit in bold. This was rife after the general election, calling those who voted Tory both stupid and selfish. Pretty daft of them to slate the very people they need to win the votes back from, Labour will not win them back by calling them self-serving idiots.

 


The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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matt_himself Flag Matataland 13 Jan 16 9.56pm Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

Quote Kermit8 at 13 Jan 2016 4.58pm

This is all rather pointless. It won't matter what he does he won't get anymore than 30%ish of the electoral vote so the next gov is a Tory shoe-in.

He will then resign.


Shame.

Who knows how things will work out.

Edited by matt_himself (13 Jan 2016 10.07pm)

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Jan 16 10.18pm

Quote matt_himself at 13 Jan 2016 9.56pm

Quote Kermit8 at 13 Jan 2016 4.58pm

This is all rather pointless. It won't matter what he does he won't get anymore than 30%ish of the electoral vote so the next gov is a Tory shoe-in.

He will then resign.


Shame.

Who knows how things will work out.

Edited by matt_himself (13 Jan 2016 10.07pm)

You seem to like changing your posts completely. I recall you professing that you loved me either on Friday or Saturday night, then removed it the next day. I presumed the ecstacy must have worn off.

 

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matt_himself Flag Matataland 13 Jan 16 10.29pm Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 10.18pm

Quote matt_himself at 13 Jan 2016 9.56pm

Quote Kermit8 at 13 Jan 2016 4.58pm

This is all rather pointless. It won't matter what he does he won't get anymore than 30%ish of the electoral vote so the next gov is a Tory shoe-in.

He will then resign.


Shame.

Who knows how things will work out.

Edited by matt_himself (13 Jan 2016 10.07pm)

You seem to like changing your posts completely. I recall you professing that you loved me either on Friday or Saturday night, then removed it the next day. I presumed the ecstacy must have worn off.

I thought you weren't talking to me.

You have said it enough times.

 


"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Jan 16 10.30pm

Quote matt_himself at 13 Jan 2016 10.29pm

Quote nickgusset at 13 Jan 2016 10.18pm

Quote matt_himself at 13 Jan 2016 9.56pm

Quote Kermit8 at 13 Jan 2016 4.58pm

This is all rather pointless. It won't matter what he does he won't get anymore than 30%ish of the electoral vote so the next gov is a Tory shoe-in.

He will then resign.


Shame.

Who knows how things will work out.

Edited by matt_himself (13 Jan 2016 10.07pm)

You seem to like changing your posts completely. I recall you professing that you loved me either on Friday or Saturday night, then removed it the next day. I presumed the ecstacy must have worn off.

I thought you weren't talking to me.

You have said it enough times.


I'm not. I'm typing.

 

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