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  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687

    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    — Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) September 12, 2015
  • JackW
    JackW Posts: 14,787
    SeanT said:

    On November 25, 1970, novelist Yukio Mishima, having failed to persuade a bewildered nation to convert to political extremism, committed ritual suicide in despair.

    Just saying.

    And if a bewildered nation fails to purchase your books .... :smile:

  • Sean_F
    Sean_F Posts: 39,132
    SeanT said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    My word. Truly a mass suicide. Images from Jonestown spring to mind.
    But, Jones clearly didn't get them all.
  • tlg86
    tlg86 Posts: 26,950
    Sandpit said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........... [NO CARRIER]
    Did anyone go for over 60% in the prediction competition?
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    edited September 2015
    "Good morning. In less than an hour, Left-wing Activists from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest political battle in the history of mankind.

    ""Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 12th of September, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from Austerity. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.

    "And should we win the day, the 12th of September will no longer be known as a Labour Party holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!"

    "Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
  • alex.
    alex. Posts: 4,658
    Considering where the votes have come from, is it possible that Corbyn supporters aren't exactly overwhelming in numbers at the announcement?
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Sandpit said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........... [NO CARRIER]
    He now owns the Labour Party, knocking Blair's 57% into a cocked hat!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    Sandpit said:

    David_Evershed said:

    Camerons best tactic will be to be respectful of Corbyn and not bully him.

    But behind the scenes his team will be feeding the media with the dirt.

    Yes. Cameron will play the ball, focus his disdain on Labour's policies and the party who elected Corbyn, rather than on the man himself.
    That would probably be sensible. If Corbyn is the disaster many think, he will self destruct on his own with little help from Cameron, so important to spread the damage as wide as he can. If Corbyn is not a disaster, then that's still the tactic rather than go for the man and not succeeding because he's doing alright.
  • Slackbladder
    Slackbladder Posts: 9,800
    kle4 said:

    BBC Story headline 'Labour prepare to crown new leader'. Not the most appropriate way to describe a republican likely winning, but never mind.

    Maybe its a typo and it should be 'knock his crown off'
  • CornishBlue
    CornishBlue Posts: 840
    kle4 said:

    BBC Story headline 'Labour prepare to crown new leader'. Not the most appropriate way to describe a republican likely winning, but never mind.

    Think Cromwell. That's English "republicanism".
  • Sandpit
    Sandpit Posts: 56,045
    Warm up act due on stage imminently.
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    Adagio Sehr freirlich und langsam Bruckner's 7th.
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    edited September 2015
    Hilarious

    https://twitter.com/BBCAllegra/status/642638519513563136?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

    'Bit awkward: at Lab announcement next to seats reserved for Andy Burnham's family and Corbyn supporter Michael Meacher tries to nab one.'

    The first comment is also funny.

    'Yes, we know you're a Tory Allegra. The way you fluttered your eyes at Osborne in election campaign interviews. Slight giveaway.'
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    Andrea is having access problems can someone advise how to get back on to PB.com
  • Beverley_C
    Beverley_C Posts: 6,256
    edited September 2015
    From a Tweet on the BBC's live news page

    "Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-34205207
  • Tissue_Price
    Tissue_Price Posts: 9,039
    JC unbackable. 1.01 to lay
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    GIN1138 said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    30 mins to JICILL

    And we can formally start saying JCWNBPM!!!!!
    JICIPM!!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    Over 60% would be astonishing. I know the others have been poor, so perhaps even some who do not agree with Corbyn's policies or pronouncements think he would be the best choice, but that would still be a shock.

    Kendall under 5%?
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    PB.com looking weird on Firefox!
  • Sandpit
    Sandpit Posts: 56,045
    edited September 2015
    dr_spyn said:

    Andrea is having access problems can someone advise how to get back on to PB.com

    It's really slow loading PB.com. Comments thread is available on http://politicalbetting.vanillaforums.com/discussion/2945/politicalbetting-com-blog-archive-so-much-fun-let-s-do-it-all-again#latest
  • TGOHF
    TGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Looks like nearly all the £3 registered voters plumped for Corbyn .. perhaps as much as 90%

    Andrew Neil tweet
  • TheScreamingEagles
    TheScreamingEagles Posts: 122,808
    Iain McNicol, what a twatshowman
  • malcolmg
    malcolmg Posts: 44,523
    David_Evershed said:

    Do Scottish PBers think Corbyn will make inroads into the SNP vote?

    And if so how much?

    No , they have elected another set of donkeys and are too busy infighting East versus west to have any hope whatsoever.
  • David_Evershed
    David_Evershed Posts: 6,506
    tlg86 said:

    Sandpit said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........... [NO CARRIER]
    Did anyone go for over 60% in the prediction competition?
    Moi.
  • malcolmg
    malcolmg Posts: 44,523
    LBC saying someone in Cooper camp has told them Corbyn has won.
  • Scrapheap_as_was
    Scrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    x-factor style continues
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    The New Messiah just crashed PB?
  • Floater
    Floater Posts: 14,207
    Sky also reporting JC wins round 1 with over 60%

    The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    PB.com looking weird on Firefox!

    Looks OK now
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    Cheers for Sadiq!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    On Dan Hodges watch:

    'The idea Labour MPs have a duty to lie about supporting a leader they fundamentally disagree with is ludicrous.'

    Silly man, party unity is all important.

    Though seriously, tough for someone to bad mouth Corbyn directly right away I'd have thought, and I still think maybe it's best not to say you won't serve in his Shadow Cabinet, but have him not appoint you (as would be likely for those who are contemplating refusing to serve) - they don't get the stigma of having undermined him before he had a chance, nor of serving under him if he does prove a disaster, and there's always time to worm their way back in if he does ok.
  • tlg86
    tlg86 Posts: 26,950
    edited September 2015
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    x-factor style continues

    They should have got Dermot O'Leary to be the MC, he's looking for work apparently.

    And they could have had Peter Dickson on the PA.
  • malcolmg
    malcolmg Posts: 44,523
    DeClare said:

    No offers now Jeremy Corbyn, Cooper 33/1 Burnham 50/1
    Implies that there's only a slight chance that Corbyn has not won on the first count.

    LOL
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    Applause for late John Smith
  • TheScreamingEagles
    TheScreamingEagles Posts: 122,808
    I think we've experienced more traffic at 11am today than we did when the exit poll came,
  • JackW
    JackW Posts: 14,787
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    PB.com looking weird on Firefox!

    Must be a first .... accessing PB from a high tech Russian military plane.

  • Floater
    Floater Posts: 14,207
    TGOHF said:

    Corbyn planning to have rotating loyalists at PMQs instead of coin it himself says the Sun.

    Dave v Diane ? There isn't enough popcorn

    Leaves himself open to claims that he is scared to go head to head.

    It's not like he has any baggage..........
  • MarkHopkins
    MarkHopkins Posts: 5,584
    tlg86 said:

    Sandpit said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........... [NO CARRIER]
    Did anyone go for over 60% in the prediction competition?
    15 people did, scroll to bottom of this page...

    http://show.nojam.com/a2sY/search.php?b=0&j=5&s_Name=&s_Wnnr=0&o_lcl=data_1000__Corbyn___1015_



  • frpenkridge
    frpenkridge Posts: 670
    Its quite daunting to see such a large room packed with people so morally superior to us.
  • Slackbladder
    Slackbladder Posts: 9,800
    Ma Beckett looks like shes in tears already
  • alex.
    alex. Posts: 4,658
    kle4 said:

    Over 60% would be astonishing. I know the others have been poor, so perhaps even some who do not agree with Corbyn's policies or pronouncements think he would be the best choice, but that would still be a shock.

    Kendall under 5%?

    I don't know why people keep saying this, it's not astonishing at all. It's been said ad nauseam. This was not an electorate it was a selectorate. A large part of said selectorate did not sign up (undecided) to vote in the Labour Leadership election. They signed up for one reason only - to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. And he (in conjunction with the Unions) was the only one who did any serious early campaigning aimed at the wider electorate (who were theoretically all eligible to vote) for the purpose of getting people to sign up. By the time the others started campaigning the election was already decided.

    If he'd been a candidate for the Tory leadership in the same circumstances he would have probably won as well!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    malcolmg said:

    David_Evershed said:

    Do Scottish PBers think Corbyn will make inroads into the SNP vote?

    And if so how much?

    No , they have elected another set of donkeys and are too busy infighting East versus west to have any hope whatsoever.
    Much maligned animal, the donkey. Why is that?

    PB.com - searing political commentary.
  • glw
    glw Posts: 10,463
    Happy Doomsday everyone.
  • NickPalmer
    NickPalmer Posts: 21,724
    Internet Explorer keeps crashing on the iplayer site - have switched to Firefox, which seems fine.
  • DavidL
    DavidL Posts: 55,867
    This man is so dull. He had one job. Announce the deputy leader. Get on with it.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    edited September 2015
    Whose this bloke wittering on? JackW will be 110 before this guy shuts up!
  • alex.
    alex. Posts: 4,658
    "We know from the election how important activism is".

    Ie. not very important at all.
  • Scrapheap_as_was
    Scrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Challenging the £3 already...
  • hunchman
    hunchman Posts: 2,591
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    It's coming home!
    It's coming home!
    Labour's coming home!

    Coming home to planet Mars!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    I trust Labour have ensured only the most loyal of party members are in the hall for theannouncement, people professional enough to look really happy even if they thin Corbyn is a disaster - they don't want a stray shot of Corbyn smiling while Beckett or someone recognizable looks like death in the background.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    If Corbyn has got more than 60% it'll be difficult to get rid of him before the 2020 election.
  • Sandpit
    Sandpit Posts: 56,045
    edited September 2015
    Funereal atmosphere in the room. Hundreds of glum faces.
  • Floater
    Floater Posts: 14,207
    Casino_Royale said:

    Senior Labour figures now in no doubt Corbyn has won -- their only uncertainty is whether or not he's won over 50% of first preferences ...

    — Andrew Neil (@afneil) September 12, 2015

    Getting the shadow cabinet together might be fun.

    Utter madness from Labour.
  • CopperSulphate
    CopperSulphate Posts: 1,119
    Ha ha Harman looks like she is going to be doing exactly that.
  • MarqueeMark
    MarqueeMark Posts: 55,459
    MarkHopkins said:

    tlg86 said:

    Sandpit said:

    DanSmith said:

    Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor
    Senior aide to Liz Kendall says Corbyn has won in the first round with over 60% of the vote.

    Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........... [NO CARRIER]
    Did anyone go for over 60% in the prediction competition?
    15 people did, scroll to bottom of this page...

    http://show.nojam.com/a2sY/search.php?b=0&j=5&s_Name=&s_Wnnr=0&o_lcl=data_1000__Corbyn___1015_



    Shadsy on 59.12%!
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    AndyJS said:

    If Corbyn has got more than 60% it'll be difficult to get rid of him before the 2020 election.

    Only other option is a split - Lib-Dems could soon be back in business!
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Looking good for old_labour who went for 61.50%.
  • JosiasJessop
    JosiasJessop Posts: 46,251
    Off-topic:

    I've just got back in from the supermarket, and a spider's bitten me on my neck.

    Let's wait to see if I get any superpowers ...
  • Floater
    Floater Posts: 14,207
    richardDodd said:

    At what time will the mass resignations take place..

    I might be laughing to much to notice
  • bigjohnowls
    bigjohnowls Posts: 22,951
    Sandpit said:

    Funereal atmosphere in the room.

    You need to Unmute your TV or take your ear plugs out
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    I know it's a common gag he looks and sounds like a Tory, but I honestly always get Tristram Hunt mixed up with Zac Goldsmith, so the shot of him still momentarily confused me.
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    Speaker is is Iain McNichol, Party Secretary.
  • JackW
    JackW Posts: 14,787
    GIN1138 said:

    Whose this bloke wittering on? JackW will be 110 before this guy shuts up!

    Too late ....

  • CornishBlue
    CornishBlue Posts: 840
    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    If Corbyn has got more than 60% it'll be difficult to get rid of him before the 2020 election.

    Only other option is a split - Lib-Dems could soon be back in business!
    Ha - it really is back to the 1980s.
  • DavidL
    DavidL Posts: 55,867
    hunchman said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    It's coming home!
    It's coming home!
    Labour's coming home!

    Coming home to planet Mars!
    No, no Corbyn has nothing to do with Mars, with all its bellicose paraphanalia. They are on the way to Venus, a Labour luvvie love in.
  • Sandpit
    Sandpit Posts: 56,045
    Khan introduced as the "Embodiment of Diversity" - pass the sick bag.
  • JosiasJessop
    JosiasJessop Posts: 46,251
    DavidL said:

    This man is so dull. He had one job. Announce the deputy leader. Get on with it.

    He's trying to give a rousing speech, but it's just dull. Even when he goes for tub-thumping in welcoming Khan to the stage, it's like he's announcing train times.

    And Khan is pausing to expect cheers for announcing that he's from South London.
  • JEO
    JEO Posts: 3,656
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    Uniting....


    Paul Waugh ✔ @paulwaugh

    Labour MP, an avowed antiCorbynista, tells me:"This is just *one* election in *one* part of the Labour party." #ominous

    Ummmm. Its the biggest election with every member, affiliate and supporter being able to vote. Isn't that every part of the Labour Party? Or is he trying to claim that the elite should be considered more important than the rest, so they're not represented in a one man one vote democratic election? It's reminiscent of the French First and Second estates refusing to join the National Assembly.
  • CD13
    CD13 Posts: 6,386
    Checking my prediction, my only chance is a booby prize.

    But I suppose Labour's got that.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    Sadiq!!!!!!!!
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    This guy emphasising the importance of the London mayoral election over other elections going on next year in Scotland and Wales - unintentionally significant?
  • malcolmg
    malcolmg Posts: 44,523
    kle4 said:

    malcolmg said:

    David_Evershed said:

    Do Scottish PBers think Corbyn will make inroads into the SNP vote?

    And if so how much?

    No , they have elected another set of donkeys and are too busy infighting East versus west to have any hope whatsoever.
    Much maligned animal, the donkey. Why is that?

    PB.com - searing political commentary.
    Kle4, they are pig headed and will not do what anyone wants them to do, thus thought of as stupid. Scottish labour to a tee, thick as mince.
  • CopperSulphate
    CopperSulphate Posts: 1,119
    Labour really are obsessed with identity politics.
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    Labour Back To No Future with Jeremy Corbyn.

    Will be interesting to see how voters react in the next round of local government by elections, particularly in marginal seats.
  • RobbieBox
    RobbieBox Posts: 28
    Oh can we just get on with it? I hate funerals
  • alex.
    alex. Posts: 4,658
    Khan didn't get enough publicity yesterday, so he's being given another go when a few more are watching.
  • TCPoliticalBetting
    TCPoliticalBetting Posts: 10,819
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Speaker is is Iain McNichol, Party Secretary.

    Ironic that this man helped organise the GE campaign and presided over the massive losses in Scotland, the country where he came from.......... Clearly a man in touch with his roots?
  • Beverley_C
    Beverley_C Posts: 6,256
    AndyJS said:

    If Corbyn has got more than 60% it'll be difficult to get rid of him before the 2020 election.

    Maybe not. If 90% of the £3-ers voted for Corbyn then charges of entryism and voting the cemetry will be irrefutable. I think it would undermine him as being completely unrepresentative and the election as completely flawed.

    No doubt, shares in popcorn company prices are rising sharply.
  • PlatoSays
    PlatoSays Posts: 46
    In tribute to Chairman Corbyn, I am reborn. I await with baited breath the details of the new Politburo.

    This is a glorious day for revolution!

    *this is nothing to do with Vanilla refusing to let me comment*
  • tlg86
    tlg86 Posts: 26,950
    Khan didn't get such a loud cheer when he mentioned that he was the son of an immigrant - I suspect there are some Labour people who are uncomfortable with party making a thing out of that.
  • stjohn
    stjohn Posts: 1,910
    Not a good start by Sadiq Khan. Irritating me ....
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,080
    GIN1138 said:

    Sadiq!!!!!!!!

    [just for TSE!]

    Khaaaaaaaaan!!!!
  • JEO
    JEO Posts: 3,656
    Sandpit said:

    Khan introduced as the "Embodiment of Diversity" - pass the sick bag.

    How can one person be diverse?
  • bigjohnowls
    bigjohnowls Posts: 22,951
    Mr Khan isnt funny IMO!
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    stjohn said:

    Not a good start by Sadiq Khan. Irritating me ....

    Has he trod on his stumps?
  • ThreeQuidder
    ThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133
    Looks like I just formed part of the denominator.
  • bigjohnowls
    bigjohnowls Posts: 22,951
    Yes we Khhaaaannnn
  • Slackbladder
    Slackbladder Posts: 9,800
    Khan already calling for Unity.
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Khan reading Labour's eulogy...
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/642643516011716608
  • nigel4england
    nigel4england Posts: 4,800
    Sadiq Khan now on, has he condemned the racist attack in Brick Lane yet?
  • JEO
    JEO Posts: 3,656
    tlg86 said:

    Khan didn't get such a loud cheer when he mentioned that he was the son of an immigrant - I suspect there are some Labour people who are uncomfortable with party making a thing out of that.

    They seemed to like immigrants being given council housing though.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    If Corbyn wins and fights the next election, Labour will be closer in vote share to UKIP than the Tories at the next election IMO.
  • Morris_Dancer
    Morris_Dancer Posts: 62,742
    Mr. Jessop, you might become Bananaman.
  • MattW
    MattW Posts: 28,309
    edited September 2015
    Sadiq speech interesting on moving *out* of their Council House - being a springboard to move upwards, not a comfortable pad for life.

    Hmmm. Calling Mr Dobson?
  • alex.
    alex. Posts: 4,658
    Is Sadiq Khan using "son of an immigrant" as his main selling point, good or bad for changing attitudes on immigration.
  • DavidL
    DavidL Posts: 55,867
    Well at least one of David's predictions has gone wrong. He said we would know in a few minutes.
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Boulton: "lots of stony-faces in the audience..."
  • SimonStClare
    SimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    Is there a good on-line link to watch the LL proceedings please – TIA.
  • kle4
    kle4 Posts: 99,113
    edited September 2015
    SeanT said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    Sandpit said:

    Funereal atmosphere in the room.

    You need to Unmute your TV or take your ear plugs out
    Laura Kuenssberg, who is there, says the atmos is like a hotel accidentally booked a 21st birthday party and a wake - in the same room.
    A good line that.

    Sadiq going off message talking about Labour helping people build a better future - says right there on his podium the message is to 'shape the future'. 0 stars.

    Also 'friends, let us rally together' - come on Sadiq, a golden opportunity to use 'comrades' there. I'm disappointed in this hard left takeover already.

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