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The 60-something candidate, initially priced at 100/1 by Ladbrokes, suddenly looks like he might actually win. The public seem to have had enough of the over-coached younger generation and his price tumbles to single figures, but the establishment judges warn that he is making a mockery of the contest.
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If he should win, I should think he will have a few years - who of the current crop is going to lead a slew of defections, honestly - and he could bow out with honour if it looks like the country and party are not buying what he is selling.
I was surprised to see him presenting the award to Froomy in Paris today
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/scotland/article1585827.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_07_25
Currently Ladbrokes have Ken on 12/1 and Kezia on 1/50. Interestingly when Ken last stood he got over 50% of the membership vote in the first round of a 3 horse race.
Stand on the westbound platform of East Ham Station at 7am every weekday morning and you see the paradox of immigration and economic growth on the same overcrowded Tube.
Once again, Corbyn isn't arguing for a return to the bad old days of British Rail - he simply (and not unreasonably) wants to see the rail network run for the benefit of passengers and that means making sure track infrastructural improvements are prioritised and that the commuter paying thousands of pounds for an annual season ticket to stand in discomfort has at least some sense that their situation isn't just responded to by PR platitudes.
Does Mrs TSE know your harem secret?
As Guest editor, I've done a few PB threads with the phrase "Balls Deep" in the headline
What does that even mean, and how would renationalisation fix it?
I still say they should get Johann "no nonsense" Lamont back.
Sure it seems like a joke and sure it'll probably help Con win in 2020.
But who knows? Once you set a ball in motion there is no way of knowing where things will end up.
99% of people think Corbyn would lose GE 2020. But a few weeks ago 99% of people thought he had zero chance of becoming Lab leader.
Is it not a terrifying prospect that we may be just 5 years from Britain heading right back to the disastrous days of the 1970s?
Sure it may seem unlikely. But why even risk the chance of it?
The risk of your house burning down is tiny but you still insure it.
If Beeching had not happened, what would have happened to the network?
Still, Beeching left places like Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon as branch lines even though they are only a few miles apart.
The Central line should have been built to 16ft diameter tunnel to allow main-line size trains to run between Ealing/Ruislip and Stratford. But CrossRail should help when it opens in 2018.
Just read option C3!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpell_Report
Thatcher somewhat ignored the report, which every rail enthusiast should be grateful for.
Luckily, quite a few railway lines have re-opened for public use (as opposed to preservation) in the last twenty years or so.
Team Corbyn is an unstoppable alliance
Nice article and attempt to ease his price out
At least the title is quite fitting!
Go Corbyn!
*conflicted*
And are you sure that aberration was down to Beeching? The railways had a big input into what was closed - hence my beloved Matlock to Buxton line closed when it was not even in the report, whilst the mid-Wales line was saved, allegedly because it served many Labour (i.e. government_ constituencies.
Beeching gets too much bad press IMHO. He was given a difficult task, and did it reasonably well.
I've just discovered that my father-in-law was mentioned in the Wikileak cables. He was not too complementary of the government.
(* copyright the Continuity Anti-Beeching Front)
Lots of choruses, sub-Lloyd Weber, a bit samey.
Registered Voters
Clinton 51% (54%)
Bush 46% (41%)
Clinton 53% (57%)
Walker 44% (40%)
Clinton 56% (59%)
Trump 40% (35%)
Adults
Clinton 51% (54%)
Bush 46% (41%)
Clinton 54% (57%)
Walker 43% (38%)
Clinton 57% (59%)
Trump 38% (34%)
Registered Voters
Bush 48%
Sanders 47%
Sanders 48%
Walkers 43%
Sanders 59%
Trump 38%
Adults
Sanders 48%
Bush 47%
Sanders 48%
Walker 42%
Sanders 58%
Trump 38%
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2179399-cnn-orc-poll-2016-election-9-a-m-july-26-2015.html
The new standings orders state that any MP must "accept that no member shall within or outwith the parliament publicly criticise a group decision, policy or another member of the group".
So the lots of choruses, much samey, really applies to the SNP not the Tories
However, a hard-core group decided to perpetuate the struggle, albeit covertly, as the Continuity ABF, vowing to carry on its campaign of Physical Force Trainspotting
If Corbyn wins, that would only happen if the Tories lost their nerve, and decided they had to move left. And that would open up territory for UKIP.
https://youtu.be/pDJflQfNUE8
I won't say anymore for legal reasons other than to say it makes todays Lord's scandal look like very very small beer. It is freely available on the internet.
But me saying that is probably cause for Nicola to call a second referendum I guess.
The sad truth, which Corbyn is so callously exposing, is that the gulf between what the average Labour member thinks and even those who vote Labour, let alone the rest of the country, has probably never been greater. The membership like him because he indulges their fantasies and supposed verities, verities that the public found to be disproven some time in the early 80s when Corbyn was first elected.
I can understand the desire, even desperation, for the sane in Labour to find some excuse to bring this chaos to an end. By the time it is finished the next election may already be over.
He is articulate, unlike Miliband
You can see yourself talking over a pint with him, unlike Miliband.
This idea feels like a 6/1 shot - but if he's to withdraw before the ballot papers are printed he's only got about a week IIRC. Withdrawing after they're printed risks a truly magnificent spectacle.
Still it was amusing to read that Corbyn's policies for renationalising industry is going to apparently be sourced directly from Marx! Marx having a particular insight into the workings of the Private Sector in a globalised 21st century.
Why would anyone want to risk wasting their money over him? As for voting?