All set for the big day tomorrow?

I hear jim went out to buy some very sharp scissors to cut his membership card up with. :ping:

No matter who wins today I will be having a few beers, I will be leaving my house at around 11.30 so the result should be known by then.

40 odd economy's said JC's economy plans were sensible, from the radio last night. They also said if he scrapped his Trident and Clause Four plans this would boost Labour.

Results due 11:33

Results will posted here in this post.





RESULTS ARE IN

>>>>The winner is Jeremy Corbyn<<<<

Hmm 11.33 shall I stay in for this, and miss a pint :hmm2: or do I get breaking news from sky installed on my phone :hmm2:

Looks like it's Tom and Jerry. :yep:

Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34223157


http://news.sky.com/story/1551339/co...ercent-of-vote




http://news.sky.com/story/1551344/to...-deputy-leader

Callers to LBC Radio have said..

Last 10 years Labour has not been in touch with the voters.

Labour is selecting people straight out of university and the private sector who have no understanding of politics.

Ken Livingston agreed with one caller why is Labour is not selecting councilors who have political experience to become MP's.

Labour is out of touch with the people.







The big question now is will this cause a split and see a new party being formed? :hmmm:

Jeremy Corbyn speech was interesting and looks like he has Scotland in his gun sights.

That's Jimbuna ending his membership of the Labour Party, then.:hmmm:

Bit unfortunate, I think the Tories will make capital out of that.

I think Labour needs to split, but, then, I think the Tories have to split as well. Too many competing viewpoints in each party for a harmonious relationship.

Personally, I'll never vote Labour due to the way the way the Scottish branch of the party has behaved in the past (corrupt, greedy, a complete waste of space, etc, etc) but I can see the possibility of the SNP going in to full attack mode to make sure it hangs onto it's new power base in the western central belt. That's if Kezia Dugdale and company can actually work with Corbyn. SLAB's current leadership is fairly Blairite, so I can see a few problems ahead.

That and they're a branch office, not an independent party. Yet.:hmm2:

Mike.

Can't fault that old boy, now, how are you going to do this as its been like this whichever party is in power. :yep:

What!, how many military personnel have you Tories fired since 2010 you plonker. :/\\!!

Some interesting times ahead, the mud slinging of the past is nothing compared to what the future holds me thinks. :hmph:

So, it seems that I am reliable at predicting Labour leaders as the UK poll system is at predicting General Election results.

If someone put a few quid on Corbyn to win this back when he first put his hat in the ring then they'll have cleaned up this morning. :yep:

Good job you did not add anything else like..

Jeremy Corbyn ain't gonna happen and I can say I will run down my high street stark naked if he wins which he will not. :03:

Like a certain pair at the GE...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10237838.html

Sturgeon has spoken (well, tweeted)!

https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/s...62844425732097

Officially:

In other words, Obi-Wan (good nickname that one!:haha:) has about as much chance of winning in 2020 as Nigel Farage saying he thinks the UK should stay in the EU.

Mike.:hmmm:

Does not matter who took the helm of Labour 2020 was a write off. Labour is falling apart playing right in to the hands of the Tories and the right wing gutter press is having orgasms banging home the message Labour will kill you, hidden between the lines.

Meanwhile in Scotland stand by for referendum 2, just watch old Toff Boy rush on up to Scotland spreading his lies like last time to keep Scotland in the (defunct) union.

Has anyone seen the Libdems? Have they been abducted by aliens?

Jim's doing the great north run and will be back in about a month's time. :)

Bossmark is manning the beer tent at the great north run, get your free beer fast! :03:

What's a Libdem, is it a form of bacteria?

Meanwhile Dave is scared:

I hear this was sent out to all Tory MP's and the gutter press! He's off the mark with his attack on JC like when he attacked EM saying he backed stabbed DM.

Just had Labour on my door wanting to talk about local issues and his first question who did you vote for in the general election? I ask what has that got to do with local issues? He walks away....:rolleyes:


All three main party's here are totally rubbish and today's encounter with one of them proves my point yet again.

Which is why the SNP are doing so well up here - they're not primarily based in Westminster, but closer to hand in Holyrood. They're also an actual Scottish party, not a branch office of a British one. The Scottish Greens have that same advantage in the eyes of the electorate up here.

Another reason is that SLAB is completely out of ideas, full of second and third rate nonentities and has no "grassroots" organisation left. The last was allowed to atrophy and die off because "they'll always vote Labour, 'cos SNP BAAAAAADDDD!":doh: See what I mean about no idea?

What did the LibDems in in Scotland was their coalition with the Conservatives, for not too dissimilar reasons as in England and Wales.

For both parties, running with the Conservatives in the "Better Together" campaign has proven to be almost fatal as well. If they'd actually run their own, separate, campaigns they might have fared better. Maybe.

As for the Conservatives? They're seen as English, not British, and decidedly anti-Scottish.

UKIP has the same image as the Cons.

Why would Scotland vote for a party that it thinks hates it?

Perhaps it's that Conservatism as it's currently understood in the Home Counties and South East of England doesn't really have a historical precedent in Scotland. From a basic look at political history up here, it seems to go thus:

Scottish Liberals,

Scottish Unionists,

Scottish Labour

and now

Scottish National Party.

No Scottish Conservatives in sight until the Scottish Unionists amalgamated with the English and Welsh Conservatives to form the current Conservative and Unionist Party in the late '60's.

Mike.:hmmm: