While clearly true, that still puts him a level above Corbyn.
Much as I disagree with near enough everything that comes out of his mouth (and find his political friends to be horrendous), Corbyn (when he is speaking for himself) does have the ring of authenticity. You do believe (no matter how deluded his thinking might appear) that he actually believes what he is saying.
Smith just opens mouth and words come out - sometimes what others have told him it would be good to say and at other times, we get gaffes like today and the language of physical/sexual violence that we got in the recent past. There is nothing authentic about him.
Re Boris: The fat lying c*nt makes my skin crawl. So pleased he isn't PM. Incidentally, anyone know why Portillo seems to hold the same view? Is there history?
Yes, he was deeply unimpressed by Boris' conduct as a journalist whilst Portillo was Defence Secretary
''USOpen coming up, ATP tour finals in London and Davis Cup. If he wins at least 2 of the three his position as one of the favourites will be well justified. ''
Is there a market up in how much Hello will have to pay for the Kenney/Trott hitching?
I'm sure there's a straw for Justin to clutch in here somewhere
Ipsos Mori changes
Conservative 45% (+9) Labour 34% (-1) Lib Dem 7% (-4) UKIP 6% (-2) Green 4% (nc)
Corbyn doesn't even seem to be taking anymore Green votes. Which is odd as I've seen anecdotal stuff about activists leaving Greens for Corbyn-land, even recently. Maybe the voters themselves aren't persuaded, or maybe anyone who will shift vote has done so.
I'd imagine the Greens have quite a wide gap between their activists and their voters. Quite a few people voting Green will just want to protect the environment and not be impressed by Lab or Con.
With Lab going left I think they're missing a trick by not going soft-small-c-conservative and pitching for people who would once have voted for Clegg, but I guess it's hard to do with the activists they have.
While clearly true, that still puts him a level above Corbyn.
Corbyn is dim and he's wrong on virtually everything. He's unelectable and a fool. But at least he has something about him, a bizarre likability factor. You know pretty much where you stand with him - he'll be wrong and he'll be wrong for the wrong reasons. It's comforting in a way.
But this Owen Smith character represents the worst of the Blairite wing from the Labour party. A principle-less empty suit, who is thick, utterly repellent and has managed to triangulate himself into negotiating with ISIS. What an utter ****.
Letters of Note On this day in 1945, Animal Farm was published having previously survived a bombing & then a rejection from TS Eliot https://t.co/KlERqeaNZH
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Smith just opens mouth and words come out - sometimes what others have told him it would be good to say and at other times, we get gaffes like today and the language of physical/sexual violence that we got in the recent past. There is nothing authentic about him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3668972/If-charlatan-sexual-adventurer-Prime-Minister-d-emigrated-says-former-boss-MAX-HASTINGS.html
With Lab going left I think they're missing a trick by not going soft-small-c-conservative and pitching for people who would once have voted for Clegg, but I guess it's hard to do with the activists they have.
But this Owen Smith character represents the worst of the Blairite wing from the Labour party. A principle-less empty suit, who is thick, utterly repellent and has managed to triangulate himself into negotiating with ISIS. What an utter ****.
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He can't even get his 'clarifications' to make sense. Let alone the guff he spouts to get himself into this mess.
And destroyed UKIP as an electoral annoyance. Something Cameron never really managed....
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-still-has-a-chance-doesnt-he/
UPDATE: Jeremy Corbyn's campaign spokesman says Owen Smith is soft on terror! https://t.co/pknpu2g9jG https://t.co/ggP8WhEfSH
On this day in 1945, Animal Farm was published having previously survived a bombing & then a rejection from TS Eliot https://t.co/KlERqeaNZH
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York Labour Party isn't allowed to email details of hustings to members so they tried this. https://t.co/RlTh3m5mO3