Jeremy Corbyn To Defend Leadership Of Labour

[naomi24]

//It comes after criticism of his leadership from a number of Labour MPs.//

So soon! He’s not been in the job long. Does it bode well for his future? I doubt it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34819130

[Old_Geezer]

:-D
Good one.

[Zacs-Master]

Meanwhile back at the ranch.......
Is anyone aware of Corbyn's views on the reported killing of Jihadi John?
http://news.sky.com/story/1587369/jihadi-jez-under-fire-from-his-own-side

I,do hope he will be expounding on that particular point.

[Baldric]

///Jeremy Corbyn To Defend Leadership Of Labour///

How can he possibly defend the indefensible?

[Zacs-Master]

Let's wait and see. I suspect he might be digging the hole he's in even deeper. Give him enough rope........

[Gromit]

It amuses me that if Corbyn is such a joke and you are confident the British public will never elect him, why you are so vehemently attacking him? He is taking Labour down the road to oblivion, so the last thing you want to do is to get him replaced?

[Prudie]

Because it's sad that people who have been Labour all their lives (like mikey for example) have to pretend they support him.

[Gromit]

Prudie,
Mikey had to pretend to support Blair who was nothing more than a Tory. Blair made Labour electable by making it into the Conservative Party. It was Blair who sold out genuine Labour supporters. Corbyn is attempting to get them back. As I have been saying, far too early to see if he has any success with that. Labour lost the last two elections trying to be Tory friendly and forgetting its core voters (losing all of Scotland). Corbyn is trying to be a Labour friendly party. If you are not of that persausion, you will not be interested, but some will.

[bazwillrun]

"The rabid right-wing media in Britain will use every opportunity to try to trip Corbyn up, as we all expected. "

hes doing that well enough by himself, he just makes it even easier for them...and lets not forget the rabid left wing media who are trying to pretend and failing miserably that hes the right person...and its yet another truly pathetic comment from you as usual, as if the rabid sheep of the left wing media wouldnt try and trip up a tory leader...youre really clutching at straws for your put downs now, still thats not to be suprised....give up on the bitter

[Gromit]

I am not sure Mikey is supporting him yet. Corbyn has been in the job 9 weeks and done a couple of PMQs. He hasn't really done anything yet. Far too early to make an objective judgement. I will give him a year, if he lasts that long, before deciding if it is working or not. Miliband really was a terribly ineffective opposition leader, so we have something to compare to for improvement.

[ichkeria]

I would like to support Jeremy: he has a lot of good things going for him, but he has three enormous, and probably insurmountable problems.
First, his views on foreign policy and defence: you can be a staunch socialist (if not a particularly successful one) without being wobbly on such things, as President Hollande has shown. Corbyn seems to be part of the Left tradition, of which I am deeply ashamed which seems to have his head in the clouds when it comes to the wickedness we face worldwide. And the ability to attach himself to causes that "sound" good but which are phoney.
Second, he doesn't have the support of many, probably most, of his PLP: he never showed any loyalty to a string of Labour leaders, and I am damn sure the compliment will be returned with interest when the times comes.
Third, of course, the right wing press.

Let's face it the Labour election was hijacked by people who should never have been allowed to vote. In one way, it was great: democracy in action and all that, but while policy "change" might have appealed to a lot of political activists who paid their £3 to vote for him (and in fairness a large number of others too) all the signs are that they are the sort of changes that not will appeal to the people that matter: voters who don't care much about politics and fear change in an uncertain world.
I guess that is a 4th problem then :-)

[mikey4444]

Prudie...with respect, please don't put words into my mouth.

I am not "pretending" to support Corbyn. I am supporting him, just as I have always supported every Labour Leader. I am a committed Labour supporter, not some fair-weather friend that vacillates between a different party every few years.

It may not be fashionable to support Labour at present, but I have a good memory and it wasn't so long ago that it was popular, and highly popular at that.

[Baldric]

Living in (on) the past! ^^^

[mikey4444]

Balders...the past has a nasty habit of coming back and biting us in the rear end !

I guarantee that Labour will be in power again, in the near to medium future, so enjoy your crowing in the mean time.

[sandyRoe]

If he consolidates his position he'll be in place until the next general election. After that he'll do the decent thing and resign.
I hope there are plenty of youngsters who'll be ready in 10 years to take up the Herculean task of cleaning up the mess that a decade of Tory rule will have left.

[mikey4444]

sandy....don't be so sure. dave has a wafer-thin majority of just 12, and he can be defeated, as recent events have shown.

[viv41]

Probably won't vote Labour again while he's in power.

[viv41]

Sorry leader of the opposition, not 'in power' ...

[Baldric]

Just taking a lead from you Mikey
;o)

[retrocop]

A case of rats swimming towards a sinking ship!! :-)