tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post5616475397158966856..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: The World Well and Truly TransformedDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-42349584618885338872016-08-26T22:42:21.894+01:002016-08-26T22:42:21.894+01:00No, he isn't. The result of this election, eve...No, he isn't. The result of this election, even after it had been rigged against him, will be a very odd example of having fallen victim to a curse.<br /><br />Cameron should never have held the referendum. What would anyone have done? May would still have succeeded him unopposed, and it would certainly never have happened under her.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-51969409683482033062016-08-26T22:35:56.046+01:002016-08-26T22:35:56.046+01:00No, it isn't. Not accepting that result is wha...No, it isn't. Not accepting that result is what has lost it for Smith.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-42591370044229439152016-08-26T15:31:08.781+01:002016-08-26T15:31:08.781+01:00Look, I want Corbyn to be Labour leader. At least ...Look, I want Corbyn to be Labour leader. At least he accepts the referendum result, even if his party doesn't.<br /><br />But that's precisely the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-47227022099127161622016-08-26T14:04:31.205+01:002016-08-26T14:04:31.205+01:00Thatcher was removed because of her No, No, No spe...Thatcher was removed because of her No, No, No speech and Major was undermined for five years (mostly by Thatcher's allies) because of Maastricht and the euro. Cameron had to resign because of his EU referendum defeat. <br /><br />Corbyn is but the latest party to fall victim to the EU curse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-69989068161993535062016-08-26T00:22:11.130+01:002016-08-26T00:22:11.130+01:00Only the second time.Only the second time.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-8614960089814430932016-08-26T00:20:48.220+01:002016-08-26T00:20:48.220+01:00That's not my point. Nobody could beat Major, ...That's not my point. Nobody could beat Major, but the electorate did. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-44393117051886513762016-08-26T00:19:47.435+01:002016-08-26T00:19:47.435+01:00If he is that bad, then what about the people who ...If he is that bad, then what about the people who cannot beat him?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-37323994445016595102016-08-25T23:49:37.009+01:002016-08-25T23:49:37.009+01:00Could they be that stupid?
No more stupid than so...Could they be that stupid?<br /><br />No more stupid than someone who wants to lead a party 80% of whose MPs despise them and want them out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-29761221759070107332016-08-25T21:35:28.706+01:002016-08-25T21:35:28.706+01:0040 per cent last year, 30 per cent (by cheating) t...40 per cent last year, 30 per cent (by cheating) this year, 20 per cent next year, 10 per cent in 2018? Could they be that stupid?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-29201769173633681822016-08-25T21:25:01.992+01:002016-08-25T21:25:01.992+01:00The PLP have already scraped the bottom of the bar...The PLP have already scraped the bottom of the barrel. Imagine what the Labour membership will look like by next June or July. And the new NEC will have changed all the staff to stop a third purge. Another right-wing candidate wouldn't get 20% of the vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-72352011790476201432016-08-25T18:56:33.366+01:002016-08-25T18:56:33.366+01:00Pretty much. They'll bellyache a lot, and of c...Pretty much. They'll bellyache a lot, and of course there will always be a few serious troublemakers. But there won't be another Leadership challenge. I mean, who would it be? Who?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-72168270546718948302016-08-25T18:55:24.237+01:002016-08-25T18:55:24.237+01:00You reckon?You reckon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-62445396080495328782016-08-25T18:44:44.742+01:002016-08-25T18:44:44.742+01:00The PLP doesn't organise the Party Conference ...The PLP doesn't organise the Party Conference (bloody hell, there'd <i>never</i> be one), but it will, however sullenly, accept defeat when every trick in the books still delivers a Corbyn victory this year.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-65089287220497463782016-08-25T18:42:22.323+01:002016-08-25T18:42:22.323+01:00The Parliamentary Labour Party is "Jeremy Cor...The Parliamentary Labour Party is "Jeremy Corbyn's enemies" that's the whole point.<br /><br />He leads a party that despises him. It can't ever work.<br /><br />If they lose now they'll be back every year until 2020.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com