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Denzil_DC

(8,105 posts) Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:49 PM Jul 2016

Corbyn on ballot. [View all]

This is breaking, so no media sources yet, this is off Twitter.

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Corbyn on ballot. [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2016 OP

Via Channel 4 ITN News's Michael Crick: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #1

From The Guardian liveblog: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #2

LOL Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #3

The replies to that tweet seem to say that's meaningless muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #6

Hence the LOL. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7

What is the deal with Laura Kuenssberg and Corby anyway? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #9

I don't know how she got the job. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15

This is eerily similar to the ABC here in Australia. Matilda Jul 2016 #32

I'm sure Murdoch loves the idea. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #33

That's the style we know all too well here. Matilda Jul 2016 #34

Blair and his entourage definitely ran scared of Murdoch on all sorts of issues. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #36

There IS going to be a legal challenge, apparently not welcomed by either "side": Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #26

Well, he ought to be on the ballot, as he's the leader. LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #4

This allows him to be on the ballot without being re-nominated RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #12

As it should be, because the MPs would refuse to nominate him Ken Burch Jul 2016 #19

It's ironic 'though RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #21

It's the party rules, not "privilege" Ken Burch Jul 2016 #22

That is not what the pollster is saying about that poll RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #24

No, it's not 'privilege'. He will have to get the votes of the party, just like challengers muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25

Keeping him off the ballot would have been sucicidal T_i_B Jul 2016 #5

So which of the Monarchs-over-the-Water will you be rooting for, TiB? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #8

Ooh...a Stuart loyalist metaphor...don't see many of those anymore... Ken Burch Jul 2016 #10

Don't know enough about Owen Smith T_i_B Jul 2016 #11

Maybe you should hold out for Undeclared of Hampstead? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #13

Never met him personally T_i_B Jul 2016 #18

There's always Dick Whittington's cat. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #35

T_i_B, it's clear from past experience with the PLP Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #14

Well said, Denzil. non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #17

The PLP tried to depose Attlee as leader...right after the 1945 Labour victory was announced. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #20

I'm beginning to wonder... BooScout Jul 2016 #27

The scary part of this to me.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #28

Absolutely. n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #29

The "moderates" need to accept the need to restore internal party democracy. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #23

No, they need to bury it at a crossroads with a stake through its heart. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2016 #30

You've just made an astoundingly antidemocratic post. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #31

This couldn't be more blatant: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #16

So my local Labour branch can't hold meetings.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #37

It's not the fault of Corbyn and his supporters that your local branch can't hold meetings. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #40

Corbyn STILL on ballot Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #38

That's a relief! T_i_B Jul 2016 #39