Jeremy Corbyn’s comments https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2022/august/12/exclusive-jeremy-corbyn-on-the-forde-report-the-media-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about Extracts The media silence on the Forde Report is absolutely deafening. The Forde Report calls into question the behaviour of senior officials of the party in particular during the 2017 general election, when, completely unbeknown to me, the general secretary diverted a substantial tranche of our much needed funds towards what he … Continue reading Comments on the Forde Report
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The making and breaking of Boris Johnson
Editorial 2 In many ways we have Jeremy Corbyn to thank for Boris Johnson. For, without the 2017 general election result - which came within a whisker of bringing a left radical to no. 10 - the British body politic would not have experienced two things: Firstly, it wouldn’t have led the mandarins of the … Continue reading The making and breaking of Boris Johnson
The Two Party System
The Two Party System Eamon Dyas Since the Grey report the media has been concentrating on Johnson’s crumbling support among MPs. We’ve also seen the Unionists flexing their muscles (Poots' removal of checks on U.K. goods in defiance of the Protocol and Paul Givan’s resignation) by the Unionists - something I don’t see as purely … Continue reading The Two Party System
“Time for a new Parliamentary Party of the Left?”
Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier (February, 2022) Dictionary definition of “foot soldier”: “…a dedicated low level follower…” Michael Murray: murraymicha@gmail.com; Facebook: Michael Murray London On 25th January, the Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC) voted 24 - 13 against a motion calling for the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) Whip … Continue reading “Time for a new Parliamentary Party of the Left?”
Jeremy Corbyn banished as Labour MP—one year on
“WITHDRAWAL OF WHIP FROM JEREMY CORBYN: 1st ANNIVERSARY” Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier (December, 2021) A year ago, 19 November, 2021, the Chief Whip is reported as writing to Jeremy Corbyn, suspending him from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) for 3 months pending investigation into whether he had broken the PLP Code of Conduct. The … Continue reading Jeremy Corbyn banished as Labour MP—one year on
Michael Rosen and Labour Against Antisemitism
Once Upon a Time — A Case of Selective Outrage Once upon a time, the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, in a welcome break from an arduous political campaigning trail, was photographed at the public reading of a book, in the corner of what looks like an infants’ school. The audience gathered at his … Continue reading Michael Rosen and Labour Against Antisemitism
Diary of a Corbyn Foot Soldier
Diary of a Corbyn foot soldier (March, 2021) Dictionary definition of a foot soldier: “…a dedicated low level follower…” Michael Murray: murraymicha@gmail.com; FaceBook: Michael Murray London Diary of a Corbyn Foot Soldier (February, 2021) Updated March 2021 Dictionary definition of a foot soldier: “…a dedicated low level follower…” As the withdrawal of the whip from Jeremy … Continue reading Diary of a Corbyn Foot Soldier
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