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Old 16-10-2016, 01:34   #726
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Re: Corbyn's kerfuffle

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis View Post
and he is right.

They serve the members and the people who vote them in.

Its the MP's trying to cause trouble who have it wrong, they may not want him as leader but has been voted in now "twice", they have to just get their heads down and get on with it. Even if it means pain in the next election.

What they dont realise is that all the in fighting will be causing more damage than he potentially might.
Okay. What happens when the interests of constituents conflict with the demands from the leadership?

How exactly does it help the party to have MPs get themselves voted out by doing what an unprecedentedly unpopular leader tells them?

Looking at the Labour Party's polling and comparing it to Jeremy Corbyn's personal polling, a distant 3rd for Prime Minister behind 'don't know', I'm not convinced that anything could cause more damage than Corbyn.

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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne...jews-5p9h033lr (£)

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MPs blame Corbyn for ‘vile’ abuse of Jews

Jeremy Corbyn has allowed “institutional anti-semitism” to thrive in the Labour movement and has made his party a “safe space for those with vile attitudes towards Jewish people”, a damning report by an all-party committee of MPs has concluded.

In a withering judgment on the Labour leader, MPs on the home affairs select committee concluded that Corbyn has shown a “lack of consistent leadership” in tackling anti-semitic abuse within the Labour ranks.

The report — signed off by the Labour MPs Chuka Umunna and David Winnick — questioned whether Corbyn “fully appreciates” the nature of anti-semitism and said the party was guilty of “incompetence” over its handling of high-profile allegations of anti-semitism.

It also delivered a damning verdict on a report by the Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti, saying her conclusions exonerating Labour in her investigation of anti-semitism in the party were “clearly lacking” and saying her decision to take a peerage from Corbyn had “completely undermined” her report.
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