Post by sabcat on Jul 7, 2016 22:25:33 GMT
How's everyone enjoying the brave new world? I've been bathing in the tears of liberals for over a week now and it's glorious. It's big but Brexit isn't the most interesting thing to have happened. The Labour leadership coup or as it's developed on Twatter #coup #chickencoup #headlesschickencoup. It's been glorious to watch.
For those that haven't followed it it went like this -Corbyn elected and media immediately briefed that a coup will be launched by various Labour MPs. Predictions of electoral defeat are peddled by the media to the extent that the Mirror had to delete an article on their website giving a post mortem of the Oldham bi-election fiasco for Labour when they in fact increased their vote share- it was published in advance of the result. Comedy gold. Council elections weren't the rout they were supposed to be and Labour won Mayoral elections. None of this was supposed to happen because a "radical" (he's really not that radical at all) left wing leader cannot win elections. Anyway....the unelectable elected on a landslide leader of the LP ran an honest EU campaign - EU has problems, on balance leaving isn't a great move now because of global economic uncertainty - and learning the lessons of Scotland he refuses to share a platform with Tories. Brexit is the result. Corbyn's fault. Hillary Ben openly briefs against him and Corbyn sacks him. All pre planned - the "angela4leader" domain was registered days before. Shadow cabinet resignations are timed through the day at 2 hour intervals to dominate the news cycle - Corbyn in the meantime on that Sunday the coup against him was launched, if the Telegraph are to be believed - attended the AGM of his allotment association. Not a single fuck given.
The next day through the Momentum network 10k people attend a rally at parliament in support of Corbyn with rallies in various cities in the following days. The media - George Eaton from New Statesman and Michael Crick from Channel 4 in particular - regurgitate various opinions from unamed Labour MPs about a leadership in crisis and weakening resolve of a weak leader. Even supporters in the media put out articles calling into question the wisdom of the Corbyn project and suggest he goes in favour of a "unity" candidate. Owen Jones being the most snivelling little fuckwit (fuck off back to Oxbridge you little shit) of that bunch.
Corbyn doesn't budge. A video calling for calm is put out, John McDonnell is his usual annoyingly calm self and even Dianne Abbott looks in comparison to the plotters to be dignified. Andy Burnham remains loyal - or recognises without Momentum backing he's got slim to fuck all chance of being Manchester's mayor, take your pick.
Yesterday it's all over for them. Chilcot kills any Blairite legacy and Corbyn's response is in stark contrast to Cameron's attempt to present the report as a whitewash it wasn't. The Lbour party now has more new members since the Brexit vote than the Libdems have in total.
Meanwhile 120k old bastards, mostly in the home counties, are now faced with a choice of which homophobic nutter they want as our next PM.
The media as the conduit of acceptable opinion is done. We've just watched a week of it. This is genuinely a new era. What that means is anyone's guess right now but I like it.
For those that haven't followed it it went like this -Corbyn elected and media immediately briefed that a coup will be launched by various Labour MPs. Predictions of electoral defeat are peddled by the media to the extent that the Mirror had to delete an article on their website giving a post mortem of the Oldham bi-election fiasco for Labour when they in fact increased their vote share- it was published in advance of the result. Comedy gold. Council elections weren't the rout they were supposed to be and Labour won Mayoral elections. None of this was supposed to happen because a "radical" (he's really not that radical at all) left wing leader cannot win elections. Anyway....the unelectable elected on a landslide leader of the LP ran an honest EU campaign - EU has problems, on balance leaving isn't a great move now because of global economic uncertainty - and learning the lessons of Scotland he refuses to share a platform with Tories. Brexit is the result. Corbyn's fault. Hillary Ben openly briefs against him and Corbyn sacks him. All pre planned - the "angela4leader" domain was registered days before. Shadow cabinet resignations are timed through the day at 2 hour intervals to dominate the news cycle - Corbyn in the meantime on that Sunday the coup against him was launched, if the Telegraph are to be believed - attended the AGM of his allotment association. Not a single fuck given.
The next day through the Momentum network 10k people attend a rally at parliament in support of Corbyn with rallies in various cities in the following days. The media - George Eaton from New Statesman and Michael Crick from Channel 4 in particular - regurgitate various opinions from unamed Labour MPs about a leadership in crisis and weakening resolve of a weak leader. Even supporters in the media put out articles calling into question the wisdom of the Corbyn project and suggest he goes in favour of a "unity" candidate. Owen Jones being the most snivelling little fuckwit (fuck off back to Oxbridge you little shit) of that bunch.
Corbyn doesn't budge. A video calling for calm is put out, John McDonnell is his usual annoyingly calm self and even Dianne Abbott looks in comparison to the plotters to be dignified. Andy Burnham remains loyal - or recognises without Momentum backing he's got slim to fuck all chance of being Manchester's mayor, take your pick.
Yesterday it's all over for them. Chilcot kills any Blairite legacy and Corbyn's response is in stark contrast to Cameron's attempt to present the report as a whitewash it wasn't. The Lbour party now has more new members since the Brexit vote than the Libdems have in total.
Meanwhile 120k old bastards, mostly in the home counties, are now faced with a choice of which homophobic nutter they want as our next PM.
The media as the conduit of acceptable opinion is done. We've just watched a week of it. This is genuinely a new era. What that means is anyone's guess right now but I like it.
