What does he mean when he says opinion polls cost him his seat? I genuinely don't get it.
He believed if the polls had accurately shown the Tories on course for a majority, then the soft left like the Greens would have voted for him to stop the Tories.
IIRC he lost by 40 odd votes whilst the Greens polled over 1,600 votes
Technically he might be correct in that the Greens cost him his seat, in which case Corbyn would fix that problem.
However practically if the polls where not showing it as a close race, then both Labour and the Tories would have lost a lot of votes to the smaller parties, due to less polarization. The LD, the Greens, and UKIP lost winnable seats due to the perception that it was neck and neck.
What does he mean when he says opinion polls cost him his seat? I genuinely don't get it.
He believed if the polls had accurately shown the Tories on course for a majority, then the soft left like the Greens would have voted for him to stop the Tories.
IIRC he lost by 40 odd votes whilst the Greens polled over 1,600 votes
It's tough for a politician to accept it's the fault of the voters sometimes - if they needed the threat of a Tory majority to vote for him, clearly they didn't care for him in the first place.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Yep they all lose their seat at the next election alongside the labour candidates as the vote is split....
Not sure how that's worse for Corbyn. He no longer has as many truculent Parliamentary members, he has dozens of open vacancies and doesn't have a rival organisation leaching votes.
Turns out it's very easy to get onto the air on LBC. I feel a new addiction coming on!
New quest, use the phrase 'Vapid Bilge' on radio
I once managed to get an email in which I waxed lyrical about the perils of International Trottofascism read out on the BBC three counties breakfast show....
james o' brien asked for nicknames for one of the Milliband brothers he read it out " X Williban."
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
I was presuming they'd go Independent Labour and not seek reselection (the few who would dare go Independent), so the long term damage would only be in terms of party management, not in contested seats, and the short term would be just formalising that the current crop of MPs, or at least those bold enough to take this step, see no point in being loyal to the leader
Dear media figures and politicians - we're not going back to the 80s, while its ok to draw allusions, don't push it.
"Dear Fleet Street. Show me on this dolly where nasty Mrs Thatcher touched you."
Sometime in the early 2200s, when the Tories have their 17th female prime minister, they'll probably still be calling her 'Heir to Mrs T." Only in robot.
The Elite simply don't understand Corbyn. He is reshaping politics. He represents the 99% and will win for them
You're wrong Jonathan. They understand him far too well, they realise how dangerous he is. That is why the full force of the media has been used against him from day one.
The Elite simply don't understand Corbyn. He is reshaping politics. He represents the 99% and will win for them
You're wrong Jonathan. They understand him far too well, they realise how dangerous he is. That is why the full force of the media has been used against him from day one.
A political leader gets targeted by the media, this is unprecedented!*
*We can quibble about the degree to which it happens, but there's nothing unusual about it happening to some degree.
LOL. How does swingback work when an opposition party does worse as the parliamentary term goes on?
Judging by the last time something similar happened which was during the Brown honeymoon period in 2007 Corbyn will be forming a minority government despite trsiling in the polls as was Cameron then .
The Elite simply don't understand Corbyn. He is reshaping politics. He represents the 99% and will win for them
You're wrong Jonathan. They understand him far too well, they realise how dangerous he is. That is why the full force of the media has been used against him from day one.
A political leader gets targeted by the media, this is unprecedented!*
*We can quibble about the degree to which it happens, but there's nothing unusual about it happening to some degree.
Of course all leaders come under scrutiny, it's the degree that I would quibble strongly about.
The Elite simply don't understand Corbyn. He is reshaping politics. He represents the 99% and will win for them
You're wrong Jonathan. They understand him far too well, they realise how dangerous he is. That is why the full force of the media has been used against him from day one.
A political leader gets targeted by the media, this is unprecedented!*
*We can quibble about the degree to which it happens, but there's nothing unusual about it happening to some degree.
Of course all leaders come under scrutiny, it's the degree that I would quibble strongly about.
Ed M had plenty. And while you may accept all come under scrutiny, the way the argument is so often presented it comes across as people trying to make Corbyn seem more unusual, more transformative, than in fact he is.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
Thinking about it more given that there are boundary changes that will probably go through this time around its utterly pointless..
Any independent former Labour MP standing will need to pick their constituency knowing that x% have not had you as their MP previously. So they won't stand a pray in the next election..
The only chance that they could win is to group together and even then the things they will be standing for won't be what their constituents want (remember the layers of divorce)...
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
I was presuming they'd go Independent Labour and not seek reselection (the few who would dare go Independent), so the long term damage would only be in terms of party management, not in contested seats, and the short term would be just formalising that the current crop of MPs, or at least those bold enough to take this step, see no point in being loyal to the leader
In any case it would be a solution for Labour's problems. A replacement of most of the current Labour MP's with people who are more in line with their local Labour voters and Labour members, would solve the problem of most Labour MP's lecturing their people instead of listening to them.
It's like replacing the scottish Labour MP's with new people before SLAB collapsed.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
I was presuming they'd go Independent Labour and not seek reselection (the few who would dare go Independent), so the long term damage would only be in terms of party management, not in contested seats, and the short term would be just formalising that the current crop of MPs, or at least those bold enough to take this step, see no point in being loyal to the leader
In any case it would be a solution for Labour's problems. A replacement of most of the current Labour MP's with people who are more in line with their local Labour voters and Labour members, would solve the problem of most Labour MP's lecturing their people instead of listening to them.
It's like replacing the scottish Labour MP's with new people before SLAB collapsed.
You assume members are in line with voters... Post Corbyn in many places your typical member (especially the new ones) have little to no understanding of the typical voter....
Oh that's good. It's embarrassing she used to be an MP.
Just imagine if she hadn't stood down as an MP, she might have filled the Andrea Leadsom role.
She could have become PM this year!
That's the sort of nightmare alternative timeline that gives you sleepless nights...
There are a fair few science fiction / ???(can't remember the current preferred prefix) fantasy series where multiple alternative timelines have a few people who can cross between timelines usually with catastrophic consequences for all involved.. And given infinite alternative timelines the technology to do so must have been created in some of them...
Just wanted to give you a valid reason for those scary nights
If they go Independent, they'll all be gone at the next GE.
If they set up an SDP2, by the time of the GE they'll at least have given themselves a bit of a run up to it as Opposition, and have a better chance of holding their seats.
I was reading the details of that story earlier.. The dark arts of social media land are alien to me, but it was fascinating stuff.
Mensch really is a bit mental. Aside from the fact she made a complete bellend of herself with that tweet, the fact she waded in on the side of that Milo fella when he had blatantly instigated the horrible, gratuitous racist abuse suggests she needs a serious word with herself.
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
I was presuming they'd go Independent Labour and not seek reselection (the few who would dare go Independent), so the long term damage would only be in terms of party management, not in contested seats, and the short term would be just formalising that the current crop of MPs, or at least those bold enough to take this step, see no point in being loyal to the leader
In any case it would be a solution for Labour's problems. A replacement of most of the current Labour MP's with people who are more in line with their local Labour voters and Labour members, would solve the problem of most Labour MP's lecturing their people instead of listening to them.
It's like replacing the scottish Labour MP's with new people before SLAB collapsed.
You assume members are in line with voters... Post Corbyn in many places your typical member (especially the new ones) have little to no understanding of the typical voter....
Looking at the rather posh Labour member demographics, it's clear that for them the working classes exist as some form of vaporous political abstraction, like a platonic solid or Schrodinger's cat.
Important to have some in your ancestry of course, for the street cred. But you would never allow your children to marry one.
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
I do - got +Londin's letter yesterday. I haven't had the chance to discuss with my sources in the Old Deanery yet... I wouldn't bet on this market without insight
Why the feck are the Independent entitled to "front pages" any more on paper reviews and the like?
Plus, although I don't wish to spoil The Independent's pity party here, can they really say Theresa has 'stirred antagonism in Europe'? From everything I've seen she's been businesslike, calm and collected. She hardly barged into Berlin, handbag at the ready and demanded her country back within the day!
I was reading the details of that story earlier.. The dark arts of social media land are alien to me, but it was fascinating stuff.
Mensch really is a bit mental. Aside from the fact she made a complete bellend of herself with that tweet, the fact she waded in on the side of that Milo fella when he had blatantly instigated the horrible, gratuitous racist abuse suggests she needs a serious word with herself.
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
Bloody hell, Chartres is chucking his hand in. Bloody shame, I twice hoped he make ++Canterbury. A bloody good egg, sound and with bottom. Genuinely sad to see him go, but I suppose he isn't getting any younger.
On the betting side of this I think you are very wise to ask Mr. Charles. He has in the past been particularly fortunate in his information about episcopal appointments, allowing me to make a few quid. The old Dean has gone now so I don't suppose the market will be as liquid as it once was.
Nonetheless, come on Mr. Charles, nose to the grindstone, old boy, ear to the ground and ferret out those tips for us.
Oh that's good. It's embarrassing she used to be an MP.
Just imagine if she hadn't stood down as an MP, she might have filled the Andrea Leadsom role.
She could have become PM this year!
That's the sort of nightmare alternative timeline that gives you sleepless nights...
Here's a thought that will make Mensch as PM seem like a pleasant dream.
At the next general election the choice could have been Corbyn v Leadsom, in one universe, that'll be the option.
Even worse - Angela Eagle vs Leadsom!
I admire Angela Eagle. She stepped up while all the so-called big beasts were cowering on the back benches and bitching about Corbyn in the corners. Labour's grandees have absolutely no balls.
There are a fair few science fiction / ???(can't remember the current preferred prefix) fantasy series where multiple alternative timelines have a few people who can cross between timelines usually with catastrophic consequences for all involved.. And given infinite alternative timelines the technology to do so must have been created in some of them...
Oh that's good. It's embarrassing she used to be an MP.
Just imagine if she hadn't stood down as an MP, she might have filled the Andrea Leadsom role.
She could have become PM this year!
That's the sort of nightmare alternative timeline that gives you sleepless nights...
Here's a thought that will make Mensch as PM seem like a pleasant dream.
At the next general election the choice could have been Corbyn v Leadsom, in one universe, that'll be the option.
Even worse - Angela Eagle vs Leadsom!
I admire Angela Eagle. She stepped up while all the so-called big beasts were cowering on the back benches and bitching about Corbyn in the corners. Labour's grandees have absolutely no balls.
Fair play to her for that, though it was after day upon day of incessant dithering that made Brown look positively swift acting.
Oh that's good. It's embarrassing she used to be an MP.
Just imagine if she hadn't stood down as an MP, she might have filled the Andrea Leadsom role.
She could have become PM this year!
That's the sort of nightmare alternative timeline that gives you sleepless nights...
Here's a thought that will make Mensch as PM seem like a pleasant dream.
At the next general election the choice could have been Corbyn v Leadsom, in one universe, that'll be the option.
Even worse - Angela Eagle vs Leadsom!
I admire Angela Eagle. She stepped up while all the so-called big beasts were cowering on the back benches and bitching about Corbyn in the corners. Labour's grandees have absolutely no balls.
Fair play to her for that, though it was after day upon day of incessant dithering that made Brown look positively swift acting.
I'm half convinced she never intended to declare at all, but it got reported that she was so many times she had no choice.
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
Bloody hell, Chartres is chucking his hand in. Bloody shame, I twice hoped he make ++Canterbury. A bloody good egg, sound and with bottom. Genuinely sad to see him go, but I suppose he isn't getting any younger.
On the betting side of this I think you are very wise to ask Mr. Charles. He has in the past been particularly fortunate in his information about episcopal appointments, allowing me to make a few quid. The old Dean has gone now so I don't suppose the market will be as liquid as it once was.
Nonetheless, come on Mr. Charles, nose to the grindstone, old boy, ear to the ground and ferret out those tips for us.
He was never going to be translated to Canterbury - the women priests thing made it just too difficult despite his other merits (although +Richard's limp handshake was another terrible black mark in my view. Worst I've ever come across - like shaking damp spaghetti)
+Fulham was pushed aside last year, so manouvering has been going on a while. I just haven't spent the time to figure out who's been chosen yet.
Haven't validated yet, but I doubt that - despite the media articles - they will appoint a woman to +Londin yet. It will happen some day (either London or York will be first depending on the statement they want to make) but to do it straight after +Richard would be to spite him
There are a fair few science fiction / ???(can't remember the current preferred prefix) fantasy series where multiple alternative timelines have a few people who can cross between timelines usually with catastrophic consequences for all involved.. And given infinite alternative timelines the technology to do so must have been created in some of them...
That last sentence is not true!
How weird is the timeline you claim not to have come from?
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
Bloody hell, Chartres is chucking his hand in. Bloody shame, I twice hoped he make ++Canterbury. A bloody good egg, sound and with bottom. Genuinely sad to see him go, but I suppose he isn't getting any younger.
On the betting side of this I think you are very wise to ask Mr. Charles. He has in the past been particularly fortunate in his information about episcopal appointments, allowing me to make a few quid. The old Dean has gone now so I don't suppose the market will be as liquid as it once was.
Nonetheless, come on Mr. Charles, nose to the grindstone, old boy, ear to the ground and ferret out those tips for us.
I'm not a religious person but Chartres has always seemed pretty solid to me. Am I correct in thinking that London is seen as just below the two arch episcopal sees? Interesting timing too giving Mrs May the first opportunity to use one of the few remaining prerogative powers. Wonder if she will appoint a woman or play it safe?
@dizzy_thinks: Heard more than one Lab person say a mass of indys in Parliament could occur instead of a formal split. Much worse for Corbyn if true.
Of all the options, the rebels sitting as Independent Labour somehow but not actually leaving the party (Unless expelled I guess) seems more likely than a formal split. Still wouldn't expect it to be many though - people were saying some shadow cabinet resigners are already saying they want back in.
Well they can't practically win re-election in the next GE if they go independent.
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over. It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
Thinking about it more given that there are boundary changes that will probably go through this time around its utterly pointless..
Any independent former Labour MP standing will need to pick their constituency knowing that x% have not had you as their MP previously. So they won't stand a pray in the next election..
The only chance that they could win is to group together and even then the things they will be standing for won't be what their constituents want (remember the layers of divorce)...
I don't see how operating as 150-odd independents does them any good. I suppose it would make the rest of this parliament more bearable for them, but it's going to be a hinderance both to them and to moderate Labour beyond the dissolution of this parliament.
Long term, the only option I see is a split followed by some sort of arrangement with the remaining Lib Dems. Moreover, I'd expect such an arrangement to be electorally successful - detoxifying Labour by removing all of their most voter-repellent characters at one stroke.
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
Bloody hell, Chartres is chucking his hand in. Bloody shame, I twice hoped he make ++Canterbury. A bloody good egg, sound and with bottom. Genuinely sad to see him go, but I suppose he isn't getting any younger.
On the betting side of this I think you are very wise to ask Mr. Charles. He has in the past been particularly fortunate in his information about episcopal appointments, allowing me to make a few quid. The old Dean has gone now so I don't suppose the market will be as liquid as it once was.
Nonetheless, come on Mr. Charles, nose to the grindstone, old boy, ear to the ground and ferret out those tips for us.
I'm not a religious person but Chartres has always seemed pretty solid to me. Am I correct in thinking that London is seen as just below the two arch episcopal sees? Interesting timing too giving Mrs May the first opportunity to use one of the few remaining prerogative powers. Wonder if she will appoint a woman or play it safe?
Historically Durham is more important (and arguably Winchester) but London - although don't forget it's only the north bank (Southwark is south of the river) - is very significant.
Chartres is an impressive preacher, and has been a solid bishop, although he's struggled sometimes in that the more inflexible members of the church use him as a figurehead. He might agree with them in private, but he didn't want to rock the boat in public.
The Elite simply don't understand Corbyn. He is reshaping politics. He represents the 99% and will win for them
You're wrong Jonathan. They understand him far too well, they realise how dangerous he is. That is why the full force of the media has been used against him from day one.
There are a fair few science fiction / ???(can't remember the current preferred prefix) fantasy series where multiple alternative timelines have a few people who can cross between timelines usually with catastrophic consequences for all involved.. And given infinite alternative timelines the technology to do so must have been created in some of them...
That last sentence is not true!
How weird is the timeline you claim not to have come from?
I don't understand your point. If a number of items is infinite, that doesn't mean that any particular item you can think of, weird or otherwise - or an item with some specific characteristic that not every item must have - must exist.
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However practically if the polls where not showing it as a close race, then both Labour and the Tories would have lost a lot of votes to the smaller parties, due to less polarization.
The LD, the Greens, and UKIP lost winnable seats due to the perception that it was neck and neck.
Constantinople has been salivated over by Russia for Centuries. If he pushes his luck he will make Putin's day.
That said, I'm sure the Labour Party will be providing plenty of material in the next two months to give her a decent stab at the next round!
The personal votes that they have are very small, and the policies they aspire quite unpopular in their seats, can you imagine Tristram Hunt trying to get re-elected in his seat as an independent or on some other party?
It would make the collapse of the LD look like a triumph, it would be lost deposits all over.
It would be 150 Independent Labour MP's losing their deposits in the next GE.
It might cost Labour seats though that it holds with majorities less than 2-3K votes, but there are not many in number.
Sometime in the early 2200s, when the Tories have their 17th female prime minister, they'll probably still be calling her 'Heir to Mrs T." Only in robot.
It was once.
*We can quibble about the degree to which it happens, but there's nothing unusual about it happening to some degree.
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/louise-mensch-tried-to-defend-milo-yiannopoulos-and-scored-a-spectacular-own-goal-instead--WyQKZKr6bLb
In doing what he is doing though he is sowing the seeds of his own elimination.
I understand that you have an interest in matters high Anglican.
+londin announced the timing of his retirement yesterday: http://www.london.anglican.org/articles/bishop-london-announces-retirement-2017/
I would be interested in your thoughts on his potential successor, although any decision is unlikely to be made for many months.
Well, I suppose she's A List something...
Any independent former Labour MP standing will need to pick their constituency knowing that x% have not had you as their MP previously. So they won't stand a pray in the next election..
The only chance that they could win is to group together and even then the things they will be standing for won't be what their constituents want (remember the layers of divorce)...
She could have become PM this year!
A replacement of most of the current Labour MP's with people who are more in line with their local Labour voters and Labour members, would solve the problem of most Labour MP's lecturing their people instead of listening to them.
It's like replacing the scottish Labour MP's with new people before SLAB collapsed.
http://news.sky.com/story/erdogan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-turkey-10507647
Just wanted to give you a valid reason for those scary nights
If they set up an SDP2, by the time of the GE they'll at least have given themselves a bit of a run up to it as Opposition, and have a better chance of holding their seats.
Mensch really is a bit mental. Aside from the fact she made a complete bellend of herself with that tweet, the fact she waded in on the side of that Milo fella when he had blatantly instigated the horrible, gratuitous racist abuse suggests she needs a serious word with herself.
I learnt a new word too - noxxing!
Important to have some in your ancestry of course, for the street cred. But you would never allow your children to marry one.
At the next general election the choice could have been Corbyn v Leadsom, in one universe, that'll be the option.
Autocorrect trap.
On the betting side of this I think you are very wise to ask Mr. Charles. He has in the past been particularly fortunate in his information about episcopal appointments, allowing me to make a few quid. The old Dean has gone now so I don't suppose the market will be as liquid as it once was.
Nonetheless, come on Mr. Charles, nose to the grindstone, old boy, ear to the ground and ferret out those tips for us.
+Fulham was pushed aside last year, so manouvering has been going on a while. I just haven't spent the time to figure out who's been chosen yet.
Haven't validated yet, but I doubt that - despite the media articles - they will appoint a woman to +Londin yet. It will happen some day (either London or York will be first depending on the statement they want to make) but to do it straight after +Richard would be to spite him
Thank God for politicians and their inability to keep the snake inside the pet store
Long term, the only option I see is a split followed by some sort of arrangement with the remaining Lib Dems. Moreover, I'd expect such an arrangement to be electorally successful - detoxifying Labour by removing all of their most voter-repellent characters at one stroke.
Chartres is an impressive preacher, and has been a solid bishop, although he's struggled sometimes in that the more inflexible members of the church use him as a figurehead. He might agree with them in private, but he didn't want to rock the boat in public.
Good idea. I'm sure he could get up to speed quite quickly.
Chris Huhne, alongside Rupert Murdoch were the main reasons I ended up becoming guest editor of PB.
Actually, come to think of it, I would rather either Donald or Hilary lead my country than Jeremy or Andrea.