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    Scott_P said:

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    twitter.com/jamin2g/status/959541145226436608
    He is such a charmer isn't he...
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    Three words demolish the idea that the EU does not want a special, bespoke trade deal with the UK: “level playing field”. These three words may also give Britain’s negotiators a rather uncommon feeling: bargaining power....

    The tough-talk over tax blacklists and retaliatory sanctions are eye-catching of course. But read the document carefully and another message is clear. The EU is nervous about Britain becoming a low-tax, low-regulation haven. And it doesn’t quite know what to do about it.

    https://www.ft.com/content/558148da-07ec-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5


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    YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382
    Scott_P said:
    Reminds me of the lyrics to road to nowhere by talking heads.
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,942

    Three words demolish the idea that the EU does not want a special, bespoke trade deal with the UK: “level playing field”. These three words may also give Britain’s negotiators a rather uncommon feeling: bargaining power....

    The tough-talk over tax blacklists and retaliatory sanctions are eye-catching of course. But read the document carefully and another message is clear. The EU is nervous about Britain becoming a low-tax, low-regulation haven. And it doesn’t quite know what to do about it.

    https://www.ft.com/content/558148da-07ec-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5


    I'm sure Foxy will disagree.
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,942
    Scott_P said:
    Still not getting the 'economic arguments aren't everything' memo, I see.
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    GIN1138 said:

    Will just make JRM even more popular with the masses...
    JRM is really quite tall isn't he? (In comparison to normal people)
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    YBarddCwscYBarddCwsc Posts: 7,172

    dr_spyn said:

    A gallery is to put a Victorian painting of naked adolescent girls back on display after a row over censorship.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42917974

    Are the postcards back on sale?
    The curator has certainly managed to generate a lot of publicity for Manchester City Art Gallery,which alongside Birmingham City Art Gallery and Tate Britain has a fantastic collection of Victorian painting, but which is not visited as much as it should be. Great result for her!
    The curator removed it to spark a debate.

    And the debate was, "Put it back".

    Only through the prism of Malcolm Tucker could that be called "a great result".
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,942

    dr_spyn said:

    A gallery is to put a Victorian painting of naked adolescent girls back on display after a row over censorship.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42917974

    Are the postcards back on sale?
    The curator has certainly managed to generate a lot of publicity for Manchester City Art Gallery,which alongside Birmingham City Art Gallery and Tate Britain has a fantastic collection of Victorian painting, but which is not visited as much as it should be. Great result for her!
    The curator removed it to spark a debate.

    And the debate was, "Put it back".

    Only through the prism of Malcolm Tucker could that be called "a great result".
    Indeed. I suspect he won't be getting any calls from head hunters in the next 100 years.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Nothing to do with Guardian article talking about hard left take over of Labour councils being right wing fake news.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    I am sure Squawk Box says otherwise, which is where BJO appears to get his news from these days.
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    NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,335
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    I am sure Squawk Box says otherwise, which is where BJO appears to get his news from these days.
    The problem is that it was filmed and the culprits identified. Jacob comes out of it well and momentum trash labour's reputation again
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    swing_voterswing_voter Posts: 1,435
    Until the Conservatives can have a vision of what BREXIT means (even a JB bluff about punching above our weight etc) then the divisions within the party undermine the case. I do not read much into this poll but it certainly puts just a little bit more pressure on the government esp TM and DD to deliver a coherent vision.

    Meanwhile JRM has seen a boost to his credibility no end by the UWE incident, just raises his profile that little bit more - still think he is not the right one to launch a leadership challenge
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    Saw you on Sky tonight Nick - very interesting and 100% support from our family
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited February 2018
    The quality of US polls really is bonkers...within the space of a few days there is a range of a tie to +23 disapprove. That is more than MoE.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/959529976616947712?ref_src=twcamp^share|twsrc^m5|twgr^email|twcon^7046|twterm^1
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    Until the Conservatives can have a vision of what BREXIT means (even a JB bluff about punching above our weight etc) then the divisions within the party undermine the case. I do not read much into this poll but it certainly puts just a little bit more pressure on the government esp TM and DD to deliver a coherent vision.

    Meanwhile JRM has seen a boost to his credibility no end by the UWE incident, just raises his profile that little bit more - still think he is not the right one to launch a leadership challenge

    Good post - JRM's handling of the situation will have impressed many and improved his profile

    One to watch I would say
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Mortimer said:

    Scott_P said:
    Still not getting the 'economic arguments aren't everything' memo, I see.
    Scott is yer da waving his Oasis vinyl at the teenagers listening to rap music : “ they play real instruments you know..”
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,942

    The quality of US polls really is bonkers...within the space of a few days there is a range of a tie to +23 disapprove. That is more than MoE.
    I suspect somewhere in the DEM camp there is a Gianelli-type berating a Lyman-type for going too early and blowing an electoral advantage.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,060
    Scott_P said:
    Her strategy of saying we want to leave everything but for nothing to change was truly masterful. It allows her to fight off any conceivable move against her from any flank of the party simultaneously, while not actually doing anything.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860
    edited February 2018

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    Ate you calling this woman a liar she was hit in the face by the man in the white shirt
    Andreea‏
    @_andreeatweets
    Follow Follow @_andreeatweets
    More Andreea Retweeted Chloe
    The member of the audience in the white shirt started getting violent towards the people being disruptive. I was standing in front of him when he punched me. No student was violent here.
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    FF43FF43 Posts: 15,714
    On topic, I think Jacob Rees Mogg damages the cause he espouses by calling the transition a "vassal state". Because it is a memorable phrase, doesn't sound good and has an element of truth. I believe he would do better to describe it as a necessary first step, but only a step, on a journey.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    Ate you calling this woman a liar who was hit in the face by the man in the white shirt
    Andreea‏
    @_andreeatweets
    Follow Follow @_andreeatweets
    More Andreea Retweeted Chloe
    The member of the audience in the white shirt started getting violent towards the people being disruptive. I was standing in front of him when he punched me. No student was violent here.
    She was remarkably vocal for someone who has been punched and no one is giving her credence in the reporting
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    Yes I’d believe Squawkbox over clear video any day.
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,060
    FF43 said:

    On topic, I think Jacob Rees Mogg damages the cause he espouses by calling the transition a "vassal state". Because it is a memorable phrase, doesn't sound good and has an element of truth. I believe he would do better to describe it as a necessary first step, but only a step, on a journey.

    It depends how dogmatic he is about Brexit. His positioning may actually be a step ahead of Boris on the path of 'we'd be better off remaining than this dog's breakfast'.
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited February 2018

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    You also believed that changing the colour of a passport was going to cost £100m's and all the other crap that is the lead story on Sqwawkbox.
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited February 2018

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    The only reason you found this and the twitter account of somebody with a few 100 followers is because it is the lead story on Sqwawkbox (a site that has been found repeatedly posting inaccurate stories)...with exactly the tweet you linked.

    Pretty much every post you make these days is the same. As Donald Trump would say...SADDDDDD.
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    You also believed that changing the colour of a passport was going to cost £100m's and all the other crap that is the lead story on Sqwawkbox.
    Whats Squakbox.

    Can you not see the bloke in the white shirt hit Andrea in the face

    Sad this poor victim at the hands of the JRM thug is called a liar by PB Tories
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    Yes she was the innocent virginal bystander -with no skin in the game.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    Of course you would but it does not fit the video evidence and certainly the media reporting. Can you explain why multiple witnesses have identified the hooded protester as a momentum and labour party member who shouted racist, bigot, and a fascist government direct to JRM
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,232
    edited February 2018

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    A couple of days ago I linked to an article on Uncut, criticising Corbyn's record on Iran. In response our resident Momentum nutcase went off on one about how Corbyn had signed more EDM condemning Iran's human rights record than any other active politician.

    So I investigated and found that this was a load of rubbish. For example, in 2013-14 Corbyn signed 686 EDMs (which is a staggering figure) but only two on Iran, and one of them was actually praising the regime for its actions on releasing selected political prisoners. In that year, he actually signed more EDMs on the Women's Suffrage Movement, which ended 90 years ago, than on Iran. If you go back across those five years, he signs about 10% of EDMs on Iran, roughly half of which are praising the regime.

    Curiously, he does have a consistent criticism of their treatment of Baha'is (I don't know why) and trades unionists (less surprisingly). But the egregious Wisemann's claims didn't stand up to anything approaching intelligent scrutiny (which I appreciate they wouldn't have got from him anyway).

    So I did a Google search and I found those claims endlessly repeated - on Squawkbox. It clearly hasn't learned from making up most of that silly D-notice story (including the invention of an entire phone conversation with the Home Office). It's still gallantly falsifying information to try and make Corbyn look good.

    Again, I raise the parallel between Trump and Corbyn. Both populists, both liars, both hated by the power brokers in their party, both in hock to dodgy foreign despots, and both supported by fake news websites - Trump Breitbart, and Corbyn Squawkbox. (Of course the comparison is somewhat unfair. Breitbart is commercially successful and employs several people, while Squawkbox is the work of a devoted but not overbright nobody.)

    What's disturbing is how uncritical his supporters are of the propaganda machine gathering around him.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
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    The quality of US polls really is bonkers...within the space of a few days there is a range of a tie to +23 disapprove. That is more than MoE.
    Although there has been a clear trend of Trump's ratings improving. That might not continue but November might not be as bad for the GOP as it was looking at the start of the year.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    You also believed that changing the colour of a passport was going to cost £100m's and all the other crap that is the lead story on Sqwawkbox.
    Whats Squakbox.

    Can you not see the bloke in the white shirt hit Andrea in the face

    Sad this poor victim at the hands of the JRM thug is called a liar by PB Tories
    Poor victim - now you are really losing it. You know you would do labour's cause good just by condemning the protest as has Angela Rayner.

    And the media are condemning it but I suppose the media are all tories
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
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    Truly worried about the red fascists attacking political opponents like JRM. You saw the same thing thing with the systematic trashing of conservative posters and signs across the country during the last election. Sensible labour votets should fear this too. First they csme for the conservatives. Tben they came for the moderates
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860
    TGOHF said:

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    Yes she was the innocent virginal bystander -with no skin in the game.
    You think she deserved smacking in the face?

    Twice by a JRM thug

    That says a lot about you
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    CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,672
    edited February 2018

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/959568635927912448?ref_src=twcamp^share|twsrc^m5|twgr^email|twcon^7046|twterm^1
    https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/959531769262428160?ref_src=twcamp^share|twsrc^m5|twgr^email|twcon^7046|twterm^1
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited February 2018
    Forschungsgruppe Wahlen:

    CDU/CSU 31%
    SPD 19%
    Grüne 14%
    AfD 14%
    Linke 11%
    FDP 7%
    Others 4%

    http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
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    FloaterFloater Posts: 14,195

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    Of course you would but it does not fit the video evidence and certainly the media reporting. Can you explain why multiple witnesses have identified the hooded protester as a momentum and labour party member who shouted racist, bigot, and a fascist government direct to JRM
    It fits perfectly just not with Guido version that (amazingly) starts after he has thrown 2 punches at the poor girl.
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,060
    AndyJS said:

    Forschungsgruppe Wahlen:

    CDU/CSU 31%
    SPD 19%
    Grüne 14%
    AfD 14%
    Linke 11%
    FDP 7%
    Others 4%

    http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/

    Lindner made a big mistake walking out of coalition talks.
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    TGOHF said:

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    Yes she was the innocent virginal bystander -with no skin in the game.
    You think she deserved smacking in the face?

    Twice by a JRM thug

    That says a lot about you
    She was not hit in the face. Watch the video and you will see she got up and joined the protest

    You are only making labour's cause worse. Just accept you are wrong
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860
    A right to the face followed by a left by JRM thug

    https://twitter.com/chloekayex/status/959494136427696128
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    UWE Bristol don't seem to think that their students were attacked. You'd think if one (or more) was, the university might have mentioned it.

    https://twitter.com/UWEBristol/status/959566982042578950
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited February 2018

    A right to the face followed by a left by JRM thug

    twitter.com/chloekayex/status/959494136427696128

    What a coincidence....guess the other tweet in Skwawkbox article on this....It is like BJO read it and used basically the same text as the headline and linked to the two tweets in it....but of course he has never heard of this website.
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860
    Can anyone identify the white shirt wearing thug.

    Hopefully the police will be able to charge him with JRM thuggery
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,232

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    Hey BJO.

    We've always got on very well, so I'll content myself - as a UWE alumnus, indeed! - with some advice.

    What she *claims* happened and what *did* happen may be two very different things. And even if she is telling the truth, or at least part of her story is true, the fact it is being spread by Skwawkbox means we have, realistically, to go with the presumption that it's false until we get hard evidence to the contrary. Guido is not an outlet I would trust without good reason, but the fact is as matters stand he has video evidence to back his story and on the other hand Momentum - who were squarely in the wrong turning up with their faces covered anyway - have the unsupported word of somebody working with a notorious forger and liar to counter it.

    Therefore I would advise you to be very careful in declaring her to be reliable simply because her story is something you want to believe is true. Sadly it doesn't work like that.
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    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    Of course you would but it does not fit the video evidence and certainly the media reporting. Can you explain why multiple witnesses have identified the hooded protester as a momentum and labour party member who shouted racist, bigot, and a fascist government direct to JRM
    It fits perfectly just not with Guido version that (amazingly) starts after he has thrown 2 punches at the poor girl.
    No point in discussing this with you. Fortunately many in labour are condemning it the most recent being Yvette Cooper. At least they have the common sense to see how much damage this can do to labour and the grace to call it out.

    I am convinced the extremes in momentum will turn the people against Corbyn and his mob in time
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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,860
    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,232

    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    UWE Bristol don't seem to think that their students were attacked. You'd think if one (or more) was, the university might have mentioned it.

    https://twitter.com/UWEBristol/status/959566982042578950
    Nixon was brought down because his henchmen broke into a campaign headquarters and were dumb enough to photograph themselves doing it.

    Why do some people never learn?

    And with that thought, good night.
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,942

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    Well Sky and BBC are not as they show the video on their news programmes
    i believe the woman who says she was hit in the face by the JRM thug
    Of course you would but it does not fit the video evidence and certainly the media reporting. Can you explain why multiple witnesses have identified the hooded protester as a momentum and labour party member who shouted racist, bigot, and a fascist government direct to JRM
    It fits perfectly just not with Guido version that (amazingly) starts after he has thrown 2 punches at the poor girl.
    No point in discussing this with you. Fortunately many in labour are condemning it the most recent being Yvette Cooper. At least they have the common sense to see how much damage this can do to labour and the grace to call it out.

    I am convinced the extremes in momentum will turn the people against Corbyn and his mob in time
    The left always fail when they think the quiet majority agree not only with their message, but with their methods.

    Kinnock's 'we're alrighhhhhhhhhht' was one example of it.
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited February 2018
    YouGov / Times:

    Lab 42% (nc)
    Con 42% (+1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    Greens 3% (+1)
    UKIP 2% (-1)

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9971#comments
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    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    You and your like will see the end of Corbyn
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    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    You and your like will see the end of Corbyn
    Chris Bryant is the latest labour MP to condemn the protest

    They know how toxic this could be for labour
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    OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,990
    edited February 2018

    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    You and your like will see the end of Corbyn
    From the brief look at the two videos I've seen no-one comes out of it very well. JRM didn't NEED to go and confront the thugs, nor did other people need to get involved.
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    trawltrawl Posts: 142

    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    Bigjohnowls I’m hoping it is not actually you posting. If it is you are embarrassing yourself.
    The kinder gentler “politis” of Jezza doesn’t exist. It is hooded bullies turning up to intimidate those they don’t agree with. That is what Labour is now.
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    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    You and your like will see the end of Corbyn
    From the brief look at the two videos I've seen no-one comes out of it very well. JRM didn't NEED to go and confront the thugs, nor did other people need to get involved.
    Actually the reporting does show JRM in a good light together with his subsequent comments

    He is coming out of it well and it will have done him no harm tonight
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    From the brief look at the two videos I've seen no-one comes out of it very well. JRM didn't NEED to go and confront the thugs, nor did other people need to get involved.</blockquote

    No he dodnt NEED to do so. But he chose to. Good for him

    You Red Fascists depend on intimidation and fear. People like you would not survive the first purge.



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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,121
    AndyJS said:

    YouGov / Times:

    Lab 42% (nc)
    Con 42% (+1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    Greens 3% (+1)
    UKIP 2% (-1)

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9971#comments

    Toxic Theresa May and Brexit meltdown Tories in massive polling crash....

    Oh.
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,121

    Can anyone identify the white shirt wearing thug.

    Hopefully the police will be able to charge him with JRM thuggery

    "JRM thuggery"?

    *points and laughs at BJO*

    Fuck me, you're really scared of this guy, aren't you?
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    trawl said:

    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    Bigjohnowls I’m hoping it is not actually you posting. If it is you are embarrassing yourself.
    The kinder gentler “politis” of Jezza doesn’t exist. It is hooded bullies turning up to intimidate those they don’t agree with. That is what Labour is now.
    Look at the latter half of this video, if you don't believe the media:

    https://twitter.com/Jamin2g/status/959541145226436608
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    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    You and your like will see the end of Corbyn
    There is nothing kind or gentle about Corbyn.

    Truly dark days await our country if he gets even within a sniff of power.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    Good try - the main one has been identified as a Corbyn supporting momentum member and labour know it. Why would Angela Rayner condemn it
    Not by people who were there like the woman who was punched in the face by the JRM supporter in the white shirt.

    Guido is not an independent source
    I find it difficult that you cannot accept the video evidence and all the reports that identify the culprits. Why would Angela Rayner apologise. You need to accept that sometimes you are wrong. Indeed you are the only person trying to claim it wasn't momentum
    It is actually really sad that BJO has now just become a poster of stories from Fake News sites.
    You mean from the best placed witness.

    The one that was punched in the face by the bloke in the white shirt.

    Guido Fake News I am afraid
    UWE Bristol don't seem to think that their students were attacked. You'd think if one (or more) was, the university might have mentioned it.

    https://twitter.com/UWEBristol/status/959566982042578950
    Credit where credit is due: that's a very fair and balanced statement.
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    Until the Conservatives can have a vision of what BREXIT means (even a JB bluff about punching above our weight etc) then the divisions within the party undermine the case. I do not read much into this poll but it certainly puts just a little bit more pressure on the government esp TM and DD to deliver a coherent vision.

    Meanwhile JRM has seen a boost to his credibility no end by the UWE incident, just raises his profile that little bit more - still think he is not the right one to launch a leadership challenge

    Good post - JRM's handling of the situation will have impressed many and improved his profile

    One to watch I would say
    This evening's events will have enhanced JRM's chances of becoming Tory leader and PM.
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    Good footage for Jacob tonight as Angela Rayner condemns the demonstrators.

    Let's hear from Corbyn - he has a growing problem with the hard momentum members

    According to an article in the Guardian today, it is all right wing made-up nonsense.
    According to those who were there it was the JRM supporter in the white shirt that was punching people
    https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/959529976616947712?ref_src=twcamp^share|twsrc^m5|twgr^email|twcon^7046|twterm^1
    JRM showing courage, maturity and leadership all of those "protesters" combined couldn't drum up in a million years.
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    Sean_F said:

    Scott_P said:
    Hopefully, JRM will be our equivalent of General Franco, by then.
    I thought that was actually quite funny by Hugo Rifkind.
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    trawl said:

    Floater said:

    As I thought...I wondered where BJO is getting his news...Skwawkbox is making these claims.

    No from the woman who was hit in the face by the JRM supporter who she says started it.

    Guido is not a reliable source compared to her
    And her credentials are?
    She was at the event and hit in the face twice by the JRM thug.

    She is Creative Producing MA Passionate about the power of arts and tech in bringing people together. Views are my own

    Bristol, England

    According to her Twitter feed
    lol you really are pathetic in your support of the disgusting moral swamp that Labour is becoming
    You should go to SpecSavers

    A poor innocent girl gets hit in face by JRM thug and its Corbyns fault

    I f only JRM believed in the kinder gentler politis of Jezza rather than attracting thugs like the bloke in the white shirt
    Bigjohnowls I’m hoping it is not actually you posting. If it is you are embarrassing yourself.
    The kinder gentler “politis” of Jezza doesn’t exist. It is hooded bullies turning up to intimidate those they don’t agree with. That is what Labour is now.
    Look at the latter half of this video, if you don't believe the media:

    https://twitter.com/Jamin2g/status/959541145226436608
    What's odd is that the likes of McDonnell think that if they did act like that in power, there wouldn't be any sort of backlash and that they'd be immune from the same sort of problem. Unleash or legitimise these activities and who knows where it ends.
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    Until the Conservatives can have a vision of what BREXIT means (even a JB bluff about punching above our weight etc) then the divisions within the party undermine the case. I do not read much into this poll but it certainly puts just a little bit more pressure on the government esp TM and DD to deliver a coherent vision.

    Meanwhile JRM has seen a boost to his credibility no end by the UWE incident, just raises his profile that little bit more - still think he is not the right one to launch a leadership challenge

    Good post - JRM's handling of the situation will have impressed many and improved his profile

    One to watch I would say
    This evening's events will have enhanced JRM's chances of becoming Tory leader and PM.
    Put that way, this was a pretty cunning plan to get Corbyn into power
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    rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 7,908
    ydoethur said:



    A couple of days ago I linked to an article on Uncut, criticising Corbyn's record on Iran. In response our resident Momentum nutcase went off on one about how Corbyn had signed more EDM condemning Iran's human rights record than any other active politician.

    So I investigated and found that this was a load of rubbish. For example, in 2013-14 Corbyn signed 686 EDMs (which is a staggering figure) but only two on Iran, and one of them was actually praising the regime for its actions on releasing selected political prisoners. In that year, he actually signed more EDMs on the Women's Suffrage Movement, which ended 90 years ago, than on Iran. If you go back across those five years, he signs about 10% of EDMs on Iran, roughly half of which are praising the regime.

    This is surely one of the most bizarre attack lines on Jeremy Corbyn.
    The man lives and breaths Amnesty International.
    He was joint chair of the APPG on Human Rights.

    Here is a list of EDMs from 2007 - 2009 that Jeremy Corbyn signed.
    Has he signed more than any other MP?
    I haven't counted other MPs as that would take ages.

    Has he signed loads - answer is definitely yes. I suspect he has signed more than any other MP actually given his longevity and his clear interest in the topic.

    2007 - EDM against persecution of Iran Trade Unionists:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/141

    2007 - EDM against arrest of students:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/524

    2007 - EDM against death penalty for juveniles in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/525

    2007 - EDM calling for negotiations not war with Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/623

    2008 - EDM against child executions in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/788

    2008 - EDM condemning Human Rights abuses in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/833

    2008 - EDM criticising UK home office for saying Iran is safe for homosexuals + not to send back a gay man to Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1180

    2008 - EDM against arrest of Bahai's
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1608

    2008 - EDM against war with Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/2070

    2009 - EDM against arrest of students and trades unionists in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/1476

    2009 - EDM in support of protestors disputing Presidential election and against alleged arrest and torture and murder by revolutionary guards
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/1755

    2009 - EDM against arrest of prominent human rights lawyer in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/1799

    2009 - EDM against child executions in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/2106

    2009 - EDM against persecution of minorities in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/337

    2009 - EDM in support of international human rights day specifically criticising Iranian govt:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/391
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    rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 7,908
    edited February 2018
    ydoethur said:



    A couple of days ago I linked to an article on Uncut, criticising Corbyn's record on Iran. In response our resident Momentum nutcase went off on one about how Corbyn had signed more EDM condemning Iran's human rights record than any other active politician.

    So I investigated and found that this was a load of rubbish. For example, in 2013-14 Corbyn signed 686 EDMs (which is a staggering figure) but only two on Iran, and one of them was actually praising the regime for its actions on releasing selected political prisoners. In that year, he actually signed more EDMs on the Women's Suffrage Movement, which ended 90 years ago, than on Iran. If you go back across those five years, he signs about 10% of EDMs on Iran, roughly half of which are praising the regime.

    I did 2010 also - but couldn't fit them in the text limit:

    2010 - EDM against arrest of Bahai leaders in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/549

    2010 - EDM congratulating Amnesty for campaign for equal rights for women in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/624

    2010 - EDM condemning execution of two Iranians:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/749

    2010 - EDM against military action in Iran:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/928

    2010 - EDM criticising Tony Blair and hawkish stance on Iran to Chilcot inquiry:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/801

    2010 - EDM criticising deterntion without trial of Bahai leaders:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/117

    2010 - EDM criticising UK hypocrisy in refusing to allow international inspectors to see our nuclear weapons whilst calling for Iran to allow inspections
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/359

    2010 - EDM against execution of alleged adulterer in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/450

    2010 - EDM against stoning to death of adulterer in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/452

    2010 - EDM generally against stoning to death in Iran
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/535

    2010 - EDM against arrest of Iranian trades unionist:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/633

    2010 - EDM expressing concern for wellbeing of Iranian lawyer
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/649

    2010 - EDM calling for fair trials in Iran, access to legal representation and removal of death penalty in specific case:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/1062

    2010 - EDM condemning a hanging:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/1121

    2010 - EDM against imprisonment of trades unionist:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/1161

    2010 - EDM against televised confession and calling for release of prisoners:
    http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/1181

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