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Owen Smith enters the LAB race https://t.co/Szhsj2CA19
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BTW Owen Smith is waiting till after tomorrows NEC now before he decides to run or not
Seriously, what would summer threads have been without a bizarre leadership contest last year? Apparently they decided it was so good it had to be an annual thing. I see Mike's hand in this.
Lets face it these MPs are off to form SDP2 after a Jezza win anyway
I think Labour are at the Abyss, though, and feeling a bit dizzy looking down.
The deal is already there. We leave the EU and join EFTA/EEA. Not exactly difficult to draft that.
All that has to be decided is what concessions on free movement they will agree and how much Danegeld (in membership fees higher per capita than Norway) that - they will demand/we are prepared to pay - in return.
Dosen't really take that long to agree principles behind closed doors then, after December or whenever, hold a few summits to thrash out the last details and play brinkmanship over the fees/free movement and everyone emerges triumphant into the sunlight.
We get some bells and whistles on free movement stopping people coming over here to take un/low skilled work that isn't viable without housing benefit/tax credits/free NHS (unless their own country offers similar levels which exempts France Germany etc.) they still get much of our contribution which they can ill afford to lose and six months later then France and Germany see to it that EU will implement same free movement restrictions throughout the EU (without any reduction in payments by us of course which become our EFTA "Barnet Formula").
We leave, set up our own trade deals outside the EU, carry on in EFTA and see what happens for a few years. If, in a decade or so EU is a much smaller portion of our trade, we have healthy agriculture, our seas are full of fish because we have replaced CAP/CFP with our own rules, we start handbagging for contribution reductions in the same way as Thatcher got our rebate. The won't want to lose all our contributions if they say no and we leave so will cave in.
Job done.
I just commented on the previous thread, why on earth did she declare when things were clearly still up in the air? - based on Tom Watson's comments this afternoon
Where do Labour keep finding these political titans ?
Even if we did decide to leave the EEA later, there's no reason to leave EFTA.
Basically, Welsh Labour aristocracy.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton 36m36 minutes ago
Tom Watson to PLP meeting: "For years I've been told that I'm a fixer. Well, I've tried to fix this and I've failed."
George Eaton @georgeeaton 32m32 minutes ago
Watson also told PLP: "I've got my own mandate but if I lost your confidence I would resign, and Jeremy should have done."
Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky 43m43 minutes ago
Owen Smith's team tell me "not true" he will launch rival leadership bid tomorrow. Presumably he's waiting to see if Corbyn on ballot paper
Just the teensy weensy slightest doubt, however, that it will be such plain sailing. I mean this is the organisation that the Leavers say gave us such a shocking deal a matter of a few months ago.
Basically, Welsh Labour aristocracy.
'The Crachach...'
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Larry the Cat @Number10cat 2h2 hours ago
Does anyone know a good cat groomer available tomorrow? I need to make a good impression on someone on Wednesday...
Bless ....
I would have thought it was a one-off, but because it is within a year I don't want to assume anything!
I'm optimistic of a soft landing for the first time since the vote. As I put it this morning I voted remain, but now I'm a belEEAver, and I suspect that position is quite widespread.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/eleven-per-cent-of-people-want-london-to-become-a-separate-country-after-brexit-vote-a3292701.html
My respect for Eagle increases. She is the only one with the guts to put herself on the line.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-chilcot-rouses-the-biographers-of-tony-blair-a3292856.html
She must full well know she is Tom Watson's gambit pawn.
Of course a) May has said no such thing (about Norway); and b) a lot of people, not perhaps BelEEAvers, perhaps Anti-Foreignevers, will remain unhappy.
Such is life, I suppose.
Christine Shawcroft members rep on the NEC does not understand why a challenge to Corbyn is taking place given he got biggest mandate of any leader only 10 months ago. She states she will also vote tomorrow to ensure Corbyn is on the ballot.
Krypes make it stop...I just cannot eat anymore popcorn.
http://leftfootforward.org/2016/07/harman-theresa-may-must-deliver-for-women/
The choice for sensible Labour is to fight or to become extinct. Only one option has a chance of political survival.
Young Corbynite on Twitter asking what Labour need to do to win Scotland back from the SNP. Will you tell him, or shall I?
The Cabinet Office belongs to Larry.
Watto just doesn't like what it says and is trying to rig it the wrong way.
Where are the Unite battalions to the North?
Beyond satire and compulsive viewing...