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edited June 2016 in General

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.@tom_watson – elected at the same time as Corbyn by a huge margin calls for him to quit. Wow https://t.co/V3xJSkJpcA

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  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,204
    First?
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,204
    edited June 2016
    As amusing the current Labour farce is, despite the significance of having an opposition in a time like this, it is really a side show to the more important succession planning of the Government.

    Need to replace Cameron with Lord Howard (or someone of similar stature) immediately - new cabinet of Leaver unity to steady the constitutional position of the country and giving the Tory party time to regroup and have a proper leadership race.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,925
    Chilcot next week
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    I admire Corbyn’s decision to ignore the men in grey coats - he’s never been conventional.
  • JasonJason Posts: 1,614
    This could rip the Labour party in two, literally. PMSFL!!!!!!!!!!
  • DanSmithDanSmith Posts: 1,215
    Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 7s8 seconds ago
    Presumably Tom Watson consulted Len McCluskey before telling Jeremy Corbyn he should resign
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    edited June 2016
    Jason said:

    This could rip the Labour party in two, literally. PMSFL!!!!!!!!!!

    And the Tories; while the LibDems and Ukip could share a taxi. Interesting times.
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    A bit of advice for PB thread writers.

    This is going to be a horrible week to write your threads well in advance.
  • volcanopetevolcanopete Posts: 2,078
    Jim Waterson ‏@jimwaterson 4m4 minutes ago
    Update: Tom Watson source furious at BBC for claiming Tom Watson directly asked Corbyn to resign, wants them to apologise and retract story.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,908
    Stick to your guns Jezza!
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 65,827
    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    edited June 2016
    SimonStClare said:

    I admire Corbyn’s decision to ignore the men in grey coats - he’s never been conventional.

    I think he should try to get associations to start deselecting some of these MPs. The ones representing Leave areas would be a good start.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    edited June 2016
    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    If Corbyn looks like toast, the careerists will want to pledge their loyalty to the new king ...

    ... whomsoever that might be.
  • BarnesianBarnesian Posts: 9,092
    bigjohnowls said:

    Chilcot next week

    FPT

    Rumour has it that the Brexit team have asked Chicott to advise on the arrangements for invoking Article 50.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,835
    rottenborough said:

    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
    Yes, the three quidders are usually disturbingly Europhilic,
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,908
    Mortimer said:

    As amusing the current Labour farce is, despite the significance of having an opposition in a time like this, it is really a side show to the more important succession planning of the Government.

    Need to replace Cameron with Lord Howard (or someone of similar stature) immediately - new cabinet of Leaver unity to steady the constitutional position of the country and giving the Tory party time to regroup and have a proper leadership race.

    Lord Howard couldn't be Prime Minister from the Lords could he?
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,925
    volcanopete said:

    Jim Waterson ‏@jimwaterson 4m4 minutes ago
    Update: Tom Watson source furious at BBC for claiming Tom Watson directly asked Corbyn to resign, wants them to apologise and retract story.

    LOL thread header based on a lie
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A bit of advice for PB thread writers.

    This is going to be a horrible week to write your threads well in advance.

    Even 10 minutes in advance -- Watson's denied it.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    volcanopete said:

    Jim Waterson ‏@jimwaterson 4m4 minutes ago
    Update: Tom Watson source furious at BBC for claiming Tom Watson directly asked Corbyn to resign, wants them to apologise and retract story.

    Watson bottles it. Good move for him.
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    bigjohnowls said:

    volcanopete said:

    Jim Waterson ‏@jimwaterson 4m4 minutes ago
    Update: Tom Watson source furious at BBC for claiming Tom Watson directly asked Corbyn to resign, wants them to apologise and retract story.

    LOL thread header based on a lie
    Watson knew full well what the headline would be when he said it.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @BBCNormanS: Tom Watson appears to have left the revolver on Mr Corbyns desk. PLP have no confidence in u but up to u whether u quit
  • DanSmithDanSmith Posts: 1,215
    edited June 2016
    rcs1000 said:

    rottenborough said:

    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
    Yes, the three quidders are usually disturbingly Europhilic,
    Yes exactly, when they find out that Corbyn wants Labour to adopt a more Eurosceptic negotiating position than the Tories, he's in trouble.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,428
    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 22,107
    edited June 2016
    Meanwhile, out in the real world things are looking bearish.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    edited June 2016
    Scott_P said:

    @BBCNormanS: Tom Watson appears to have left the revolver on Mr Corbyns desk. PLP have no confidence in u but up to u whether u quit

    Corbyn. "After you, Tom."
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @georgeeaton: Lisa Nandy will stand against Corbyn, Labour source tells me.

    Wise, wise choice...
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    Get in:

    @georgeeaton: Lisa Nandy will stand against Corbyn, Labour source tells me.
  • DanSmithDanSmith Posts: 1,215
    George EatonVerified account
    ‏@georgeeaton
    Lisa Nandy will stand against Corbyn, Labour source tells me.

    wtf ?!
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    DecrepitJohnL said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A bit of advice for PB thread writers.

    This is going to be a horrible week to write your threads well in advance.

    Even 10 minutes in advance -- Watson's denied it.
    What is it that they say about never believing something until it's been officially denied?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,428
    Jezza will stand down now I think.
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 60,422
    'Jack of Kent' on Article 50:

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1200279093330132&id=137432829614769
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    DecrepitJohnL said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A bit of advice for PB thread writers.

    This is going to be a horrible week to write your threads well in advance.

    Even 10 minutes in advance -- Watson's denied it.
    I'm reminded of that Yes Minister quote

    First rule in politics: never believe anything until it's officially denied.
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Pulpstar said:

    Jezza will stand down now I think.

    I am now expecting that.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    Jonathan said:

    Meanwhile, out in the real world things are looking bearish.

    Nah, it is project fear.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 55,329
    The no confidence motion against Corbyn will pass but so what? Corbyn may really struggle to fill his shadow cabinet but so what? If he hangs in there he will be very difficult to shift. Labour are playing with nuclear waste at the moment. Is there a spread market on how many seats they will have after the next election?

  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,925
    Pulpstar said:

    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D

    The PLP has no authority to unseat the democratically elected leader.

    Simple as.

    SDP2 their only option IMO

    We all know that ends well for the splitters with years of Tory Government,

    I guess many of the plotters would prefer that to Corbyn.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,428
    Tory majority is looking like an atrocious bet right now.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    edited June 2016
    I'm sure it's been said before, in the 20,000 comments since Friday morning, but fair play to Labour. On a weekend when all the talk should have been about Tory infighting and market fallout from last week's vote, Labour have done very well indeed to put almost all of that talk to the end of the bulletins.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Oooh

    @ProfMarkElliott: A significant and interesting post, arguing that only Parliament can pull the Article 50 trigger https://t.co/Y0GMXKsm7M

    David Lammy, for the win?
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Nandy into 6.4/8.2
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    Now steady on, Labour. Some of us have bets on Cameron going before Corbyn.
  • PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
    Mortimer said:

    As amusing the current Labour farce is, despite the significance of having an opposition in a time like this, it is really a side show to the more important succession planning of the Government.

    Need to replace Cameron with Lord Howard (or someone of similar stature) immediately - new cabinet of Leaver unity to steady the constitutional position of the country and giving the Tory party time to regroup and have a proper leadership race.

    The Labour leadership distraction is allowing some of the sillier media types to get a grip on their teddy throwing. They've been talking themselves into a right old tizzy and making Charlies of themselves.
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    Scott_P said:

    Oooh

    @ProfMarkElliott: A significant and interesting post, arguing that only Parliament can pull the Article 50 trigger https://t.co/Y0GMXKsm7M

    David Lammy, for the win?

    LOL, imagine if parliament go against the referendum result. Total chaos....
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,820
    fpt

    Good Article 50, um, article

    https://constitution-unit.com/2016/02/23/does-the-prime-minister-have-to-invoke-article-50-if-we-vote-for-brexit/
  • LennonLennon Posts: 1,812
    Pulpstar said:

    Tory majority is looking like an atrocious bet right now.

    Is it not the case that everything is so unknown and up in the air, that you should basically just bet on pretty much everything that's 50/1 or more on a value basis - the unlikely is pretty likely to happen - we just don't know which unlikely...
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,428
    Richard_Nabavi said:

    Now steady on, Labour. Some of us have bets on Cameron going before Corbyn.

    Lisa Nandy covers my losses and then some though.
  • FeersumEnjineeyaFeersumEnjineeya Posts: 4,771
    edited June 2016
    Barnesian said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    Chilcot next week

    FPT

    Rumour has it that the Brexit team have asked Chicott to advise on the arrangements for invoking Article 50.
    :-D
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    I shouldn't laugh at this but

    https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/747371100477231104
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    Resigned as an MP?
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,204
    GIN1138 said:

    Mortimer said:

    As amusing the current Labour farce is, despite the significance of having an opposition in a time like this, it is really a side show to the more important succession planning of the Government.

    Need to replace Cameron with Lord Howard (or someone of similar stature) immediately - new cabinet of Leaver unity to steady the constitutional position of the country and giving the Tory party time to regroup and have a proper leadership race.

    Lord Howard couldn't be Prime Minister from the Lords could he?
    Interim - why would it be a problem? Are we going to be passing any contentious legislation until there is a new full time leaer? PMQs can be deputised to an interim deputy - any ideas? Peter Lilly?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Richard_Nabavi said:

    Now steady on, Labour. Some of us have bets on Cameron going before Corbyn.

    Surely you took the saver on Corbyn being out in the next 3 months?
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    Sandpit said:

    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    Resigned as an MP?
    No, as a shadow foreign office minister.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 22,107
    bigjohnowls said:

    Pulpstar said:

    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D

    The PLP has no authority to unseat the democratically elected leader.

    Simple as.

    SDP2 their only option IMO

    We all know that ends well for the splitters with years of Tory Government,

    I guess many of the plotters would prefer that to Corbyn.
    Jeremy Corbyn is Michael Foot without the brains.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 51,411
    Scott_P said:

    Oooh

    @ProfMarkElliott: A significant and interesting post, arguing that only Parliament can pull the Article 50 trigger https://t.co/Y0GMXKsm7M

    David Lammy, for the win?

    But once sent, it will be the EU under EU law that decides whether it is a legitimate notification or not. And all the signs are that they can't receive it soon enough. If Cameron sends one that later fails under a British legal challenge god knows what the penalty is, apart from what little is left of his reputation.

    My guess however is that it will go to Parliament - the only way that Boris can at least try to share the blame (didn't work that well for Blair/Iraq tho). A tough call for lots of remain MPs if the economy is tanking by the autumn!
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 65,827
    The_Apocalypse said:

    Scott_P said:

    Oooh

    @ProfMarkElliott: A significant and interesting post, arguing that only Parliament can pull the Article 50 trigger https://t.co/Y0GMXKsm7M

    David Lammy, for the win?

    LOL, imagine if parliament go against the referendum result. Total chaos....
    Well, Brexit people wanted sovereignty of Parliament!! I say Parliament should block it and damn the torpedoes.
  • Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,782
    rottenborough said:

    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
    It's not just the £3 members who are going cool on Corbyn.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @MarkKleinmanSky: Exclusive: New hole in public finances facing Treasury as OBR prepares to slash bank sale revenue forecasts. https://t.co/13mG36V9B0 #Brexit

    Maybe we should have an emergency budget?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 55,329
    SimonStClare said:

    Sandpit said:

    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    Resigned as an MP?
    No, as a shadow foreign office minister.
    Some of these resignations do make me reflect that a much smaller shadow minister team might not be a bad thing.
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 10,030
    Corbyn can't be around for much longer. Labour know they have the chance to utterly destroy the Tories.
  • PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
    DanSmith said:

    Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 7s8 seconds ago
    Presumably Tom Watson consulted Len McCluskey before telling Jeremy Corbyn he should resign

    Len and 11 other union bosses backed Corbyn fully just yesterday - there's serious Kremlinology going on behind the scenes.

    Speaking of Seumas - I saw rumours that he wants Corbyn gone too. Golly if true.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    Now that the main parties are tearing themselves apart would be a good time for UKIP to get their forces and house in order, and make headway in the country. But I bet they don't. Farage, who is too busy arguing in Strasburg, won't have the time, they need a new leader to exploit the moment. Quickly.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 22,107
    This Labour thing reminds me of an Australian Labor politics spill.

    The big story today is elsewhere right now.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    SimonStClare said:

    Sandpit said:

    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    Resigned as an MP?
    No, as a shadow foreign office minister.
    This is all happening far too quickly to attempt to keep up with it. 20 resignations now is it? It'll just be JC, McIRA and Diane left by the end of the day!
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 65,827
    Pound plunges past Friday's lows to 31-year low of $1.3221

    Feeling a little sick yet Brexiteers?
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    £ = € 1.20
  • JohnOJohnO Posts: 4,308
    Wouldn't it have been easier for those Labour frontbenchers who are staying to write to Corbyn?
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Jonathan said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    Pulpstar said:

    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D

    The PLP has no authority to unseat the democratically elected leader.

    Simple as.

    SDP2 their only option IMO

    We all know that ends well for the splitters with years of Tory Government,

    I guess many of the plotters would prefer that to Corbyn.
    Jeremy Corbyn is Michael Foot without the brains.
    Or rhetoric.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    JohnO said:

    Wouldn't it have been easier for those Labour frontbenchers who are staying to write to Corbyn?

    LOL!
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/747372680144367616

    So either Boris becomes the PM that owns the greatest crash in history, or he goes down in history as the man who crashed the economy and didn't get the prize.

    I have never felt so "in control"
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    Wulfrun_Phil said:

    rottenborough said:

    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
    It's not just the £3 members who are going cool on Corbyn.
    Youngsters furious about Corbyn and ready to destroy him. Goodbye.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    rottenborough said:

    Pound plunges past Friday's lows to 31-year low of $1.3221

    Feeling a little sick yet Brexiteers?

    Now who's doing Britain down?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    edited June 2016
    Sandpit said:

    SimonStClare said:

    Sandpit said:

    SimonStClare said:

    Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North has just resigned.

    Resigned as an MP?
    No, as a shadow foreign office minister.
    This is all happening far too quickly to attempt to keep up with it. 20 resignations now is it? It'll just be JC, McIRA and Diane left by the end of the day!
    Indeed, while you were writing that post, MP Ruth Smeeths resigned as a PPS and
    Roberta Blackman-Woods resigned as shadow housing minister. :lol:
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    What if the MPs elect a new PLP leader ? Does he/she appear on PMQ's as the Labour leader ?

    In theory, I cannot see why that cannot be done. Of course, it will break up the Labour Party.

    In one way, the MPs have nothing to lose. They feel in Yorkshire, particularly and also the North, they will lose anyway.
  • JohnOJohnO Posts: 4,308
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'

    Revelation of the century!! And none of our media elite has asked him how he voted on Thursday?
  • pinkrosepinkrose Posts: 189
    Hahaha! Corbyn is a top troll!!

    https://twitter.com/nickeardleybbc/status/747372253940166656
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    "Corbyn's hanging on" will soon be apposite without the last word.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 65,827
    How the hell am I suppose to do any work?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,936
    Without wanting be even more smug than usual, I did point out last September

    How Mr Corbyn could end Cameron’s Premiership

    Were David Cameron to campaign for Remain and Leave won then that would almost certainly trigger his immediate resignation/removal as Conservative Party leader and thus First Lord of the Treasury, so the fate of the Prime Minister could well be in Mr Corbyn’s hands. Over to you Mr Corbyn.

    Yesterday’s ICM poll gave Remain a 4% lead when you add in the potential for a very disunited Labour party on the EU referendum, Remain supporters should be very nervous about the outcome.

    http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2015/09/16/how-mr-corbyn-could-end-camerons-premiership/
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 10,030
    MikeK said:

    Now that the main parties are tearing themselves apart would be a good time for UKIP to get their forces and house in order, and make headway in the country. But I bet they don't. Farage, who is too busy arguing in Strasburg, won't have the time, they need a new leader to exploit the moment. Quickly.

    I wouldn't bother with UKIP - that thing is surely finished. The very embodiment of the worst idea in British history.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    edited June 2016
    surbiton said:

    £ = € 1.20

    Remember these speculators are idiots. As their heavy betting on Remain recently reminded us.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 84,013
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'

    Only suspects. I would think it was a full on certainty.
  • DanSmithDanSmith Posts: 1,215
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'

    You can see how a leadership election would play out. And it wouldn't be pretty for Corbyn.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,311
    rottenborough said:

    Pound plunges past Friday's lows to 31-year low of $1.3221

    Feeling a little sick yet Brexiteers?

    No.

    Markets hate change.

    Goldman Sachs assessment

    "While we do now expect the UK to enter a technical recession in the first half of 2017, it should be a mild one by historical standards."

    Given all the claims of doom by Remain prior to the vote this is much more in line with reasonable expectations.

    To be honest I am still on a high and very happy with our position right now.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,825
    surbiton said:

    £ = € 1.20

    talking to my brother who works in Germany he's rubbing his hands. The Euro is down against the dollar so he thinks his company will have a bumper year with US sales.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,848
    Pulpstar said:

    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D

    He's certainly not like any other leader....He just defies political gravity.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    Jobabob said:

    Wulfrun_Phil said:

    rottenborough said:

    MonikerDiCanio said:

    Corbyn's untouchable. Let the lemmings leap.

    I'm not so sure. A lot of Corbyn's summer romance, £3, were young people who may now be very f***** off about EU.
    It's not just the £3 members who are going cool on Corbyn.
    Youngsters furious about Corbyn and ready to destroy him. Goodbye.
    Maybe, but they're furious with him for not being utterly in favour of the EU, whereas most Old Labour voters turned up for the first time since 1992 last week to vote against it!

    Not sure anyone could have written the script of what's happened the last two weeks.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 84,013
    rottenborough said:

    How the hell am I suppose to do any work?

    Just remember the classic British adage...Keep Calm and Carry On.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 55,329
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'

    Sigh. Is it not bad enough having Nigel Farage on our side?
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I shouldn't laugh at this but

    https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/747371100477231104

    Libdem graph.
  • nunununu Posts: 6,024
    rottenborough said:

    Pound plunges past Friday's lows to 31-year low of $1.3221

    Feeling a little sick yet Brexiteers?

    no.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Stark_Dawning said:

    Corbyn can't be around for much longer. Labour know they have the chance to utterly destroy the Tories.

    Funnily, any ABC Labour leader could knock the Tories off the perch. Of course, not a full majority.
  • murali_smurali_s Posts: 3,081
    Richard_Tyndall said:

    rottenborough said:

    Pound plunges past Friday's lows to 31-year low of $1.3221

    Feeling a little sick yet Brexiteers?

    No.

    Markets hate change.

    Goldman Sachs assessment

    "While we do now expect the UK to enter a technical recession in the first half of 2017, it should be a mild one by historical standards."

    Given all the claims of doom by Remain prior to the vote this is much more in line with reasonable expectations.

    To be honest I am still on a high and very happy with our position right now.
    ...but for how long Richard, how long?

    Your victorious Leave team have already kicked Article 50 into the long grass - is it going to stay there forever?
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 10,030
    JohnO said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Just wow. Fecking WOW

    Chris Bryant says 'I suspect that Jeremy Corbyn may have voted to leave'

    Revelation of the century!! And none of our media elite has asked him how he voted on Thursday?
    Has anyone asked Boris and Gove how they voted?
  • nunununu Posts: 6,024
    DanSmith said:

    George EatonVerified account
    ‏@georgeeaton
    Lisa Nandy will stand against Corbyn, Labour source tells me.

    wtf ?!

    Ha! Labour are doomed. Below 200 seats at next election.
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 40,046
    Wanderer said:

    Jonathan said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    Pulpstar said:

    This is simply astonishing by Corbyn. Good to admit I have some sneaking admiration for his stubborness :D

    The PLP has no authority to unseat the democratically elected leader.

    Simple as.

    SDP2 their only option IMO

    We all know that ends well for the splitters with years of Tory Government,

    I guess many of the plotters would prefer that to Corbyn.
    Jeremy Corbyn is Michael Foot without the brains.
    Or rhetoric.

    Or love for the Labour party.

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,428
    MonikerDiCanio said:

    surbiton said:

    £ = € 1.20

    Remember these speculators are idiots. As their heavy betting on Remain recently reminded us.
    This isn't speculation. The results are in, this is the true position of the UK outwith the EU-US linkbridge.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @MichaelWhite: Osborne's upbeat 7am statement one of his better performances: first officer arrives on bridge of SS Titanic while Boris pleads with iceberg
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