[News] Corbyn to become CND vice-president

[Soulman]

I suppose Corbyn is going to be bigged up the same way as Milliband and his 7 point lead, the future government blah blah.
The honeymoon and blind support is over..... bring on the next hero, and let's hope he/she is credible to oppose.

 

[Buzzer]

My goodness, is Corbyn naturally stupid or is he just trying very, very hard to appear so? The Tories are quite rightly in a right old pickle about the Tax Credits review and he should be focusing all efforts to make greater political capital out of it - so what does he do? He gives the Tories and the Tory-led press yet another stick to beat him with, gift-wrapped and hand-delivered, sealed with a loving kiss.

No-one's heard of CND since the 80s, they're bloody irrelevant. Why didn't someone in his team suggest that perhaps the best thing to do would be politely to decline citing work pressures but that he would continue to offer support? Schoolboy amateurish stuff.

 

[nicko31]

Labour all at sea, Libs with a wet leader, hopeless, we're almost a one party state, there's no one holding the government to account

When Labour are destroyed next May will they wake up and smell the coffee? I fear they will not...

 

[Soulman]

My goodness, is Corbyn naturally stupid or is he just trying very, very hard to appear so? The Tories are quite rightly in a right old pickle about the Tax Credits review and he should be focusing all efforts to make greater political capital out of it - so what does he do? He gives the Tories and the Tory-led press yet another stick to beat him with, gift-wrapped and hand-delivered, sealed with a loving kiss.

No-one's heard of CND since the 80s, they're bloody irrelevant. Why didn't someone in his team suggest that perhaps the best thing to do would be politely to decline citing work pressures but that he would continue to offer support? Schoolboy amateurish stuff.

Maybe his views are still stuck in the 80's, which is worrying given his track record on who he supported and fraternised with.

 

[jackanada]

If you think Trident provides us with a sovereign nuclear deterrent you haven't done your research.

Also I don't get this obsession with all MPs in a party having to hold the same views. It undermines what is meant to be a representative democracy.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Labour all at sea, Libs with a wet leader, hopeless, we're almost a one party state, there's no one holding the government to account

When Labour are destroyed next May will they wake up and smell the coffee? I fear they will not...

That's correct. We need a strong opposition in this country and ATM there's none.

 

[Buzzer]

Maybe his views are still stuck in the 80's, which is worrying given his track record on who he supported and fraternised with.

Quite. He's as good as written the headlines that will condemn him all next week - stuck in the 80s. He needs to wise up fast.

 

[BigGully]

If you think Trident provides us with a sovereign nuclear deterrent you haven't done your research.

Also I don't get this obsession with all MPs in a party having to hold the same views. It undermines what is meant to be a representative democracy.

You then have a problem on who to vote for and what the party represents, it becomes a muddle.

 

[Buzzer]

If you think Trident provides us with a sovereign nuclear deterrent you haven't done your research.

Also I don't get this obsession with all MPs in a party having to hold the same views. It undermines what is meant to be a representative democracy.

You're missing the point. He has already been through the wringer regarding his views on Trident being at odds with his party. The best advice would have been to try to bury that dispute. He's dug it back up and re-animated it and then some. Regardless of your views on nuclear weapons, CND should be consigned to the historical scrap-heap. Their history is also littered with various dodgy links to the KGB and Stasi. Corbyn seems determined to surrender the political middle-ground that he needs to win the next election.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Legend, my wallet is still stuffed. Up the workers

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

370.000 members of the Labour party
180.000 since may when Corbyn was elected as leader
and rising
get your viagra ready

Membership boost happened before Corbyn's election, the new members achieved that in September, great laugh at the time and continues to be!

 

[Brian Fantana]

tory party memebership has halved since dave and is now 135.000
laugh it up tory boys
the tories are on a downward spirral

Party membership stats are a HUGE irrelevance.

What is the incentive for people to actually join up to a political party?

 

[HantsSeagull]

370.000 members of the Labour party
180.000 since may when Corbyn was elected as leader
and rising
get your viagra ready

easy to count new members joining - lets see how many of the not so new members renew their subscriptions when they expire.

you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you think the labour party are going to be elected whilst he is in charge - doesn't matter how many students and and left leaning individuals join the party - its not gonna happen.

 

[GT49er]

Great that Corbyn is upsetting the apple cart in all directions in the sterile world of the Westminster bubble - love it! Think this particular move is not a good one though.

 

[Soulman]

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you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you think the labour party are going to be elected whilst he is in charge - doesn't matter how many students and and left leaning individuals join the party - its not gonna happen.

I tend to agree. Time to get rid of this weird chap and get someone in who can actually challenge the Tories, not embarrass the majority of the voters.

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Heaven forbid. An honest man with principles and no apparent outside interests or affiliations to murky financial/military/law/real estate/pharma companies - enjoys a position of responsibility. How can anyone, who's not already corrupt in some way, not see this as a small step towards a better Britain?

Integrity is nothing to be scared of.

 

[Diego Napier]

But Corbyn isn't just an MP, he's the leader of the Labour party, and wants to become PM.

Doh! I hadn't realised that.....

Your point is immaterial, everyone has interests as well as their day job. As though David Cameron wasn't managing multiple business interests whilst he was in opposition.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

You're missing the point. He has already been through the wringer regarding his views on Trident being at odds with his party. The best advice would have been to try to bury that dispute. He's dug it back up and re-animated it and then some. Regardless of your views on nuclear weapons, CND should be consigned to the historical scrap-heap. Their history is also littered with various dodgy links to the KGB and Stasi. Corbyn seems determined to surrender the political middle-ground that he needs to win the next election.

It makes perfect sense for Putin's Lapdog to become vice president of an organisation with past(?) KGB links.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

It makes perfect sense for Putin's Lapdog to become vice president of an organisation with past(?) KGB links.

True, this man is a security risk, he will be leaking information back to the Russians. If he manages to get power he will dismantle our defences allowing the russians to invade.

Too much?

 

[Triggaaar]

It makes perfect sense for Putin's Lapdog to become vice president of an organisation with past(?) KGB links.

The new vice president of CND is going to be symyjym?