Pinc Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 On the same day that an extremely controversial Trade Union Bill narrowly passed a second reading in the House of Commons the press has gone nuclear about an avowed Republican abstaining from the singing of a song about how one person is willed by God to rule over everyone else. The predominance of men in the higher Shadow Cabinet positions was a legitimate point of criticism and a genuine own goal by Corbyn, but if the majority of the press's attacks are going to be stuff like this I think it could eventually work in his favour. Interested to see how childish the Conservative front bench are about it at PMQs today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 Have they had a go about Corbyn keeping pens in his shirt pocket yet? This is the same press that helped prevent Ed Milliband (and let's be honest, it was an actual factor) from getting into Downing Street by constantly posting the same picture of him eating a bacon sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 Have they had a go about Corbyn keeping pens in his shirt pocket yet? This is the same press that helped prevent Ed Milliband (and let's be honest, it was an actual factor) from getting into Downing Street by constantly posting the same picture of him eating a bacon sandwich. My dad, whose turn to the right I mentioned in the "migrant crisis” thread, was unbearable when we went to visit my parents last March. He was reading the Mail, and kept going on about how Miliband’s kitchen was shite compared to Cameron’s or something, and how you couldn’t cook a real meal in Miliband’s kitchen. This is a man whose one attempt to actually cook that I remember involved frying some crumbed yorkshire ham to make a spaghetti carbonara when my mum was on holiday, and he’s up on his high horse because the Labour leader isn’t a gourmet, or at least his kitchen isn’t top quality. Dad is apparently very annoyed about Corbyn becoming leader, doesn’t like his policies — I don’t really see what the issue is for him, if he thinks Corbyn is going to steer the Labour party into (even more) unelectable positions, then shouldn’t he be happy? I’m visiting them in a couple of weeks, I foresee trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 To be fair, the kitchen story did lead to David Mitchell using one of the best pieces of description ever by calling it " a deeply depressing upstairs kitchenette – the sort of place where a prostitute might make a Pot Noodle." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 Time is PMQ's today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) 12:00 noon la. Here's the FT's summary: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c599a046-5c67-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html#axzz3lp2PkYTP Edited September 16, 2015 by Pinc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 12:00 noon la. Here's the FT's summary: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c599a046-5c67-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html#axzz3lp2PkYTPPaywalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Bollocks. Here's the BBC's take: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34264683 Commentary seems split between admiring the unusual civility between Cameron and Corbyn, and mocking Corbyn for being a soft touch. I thought Corbyn did well, and appreciated his attempt to take the theatrics out of proceedings. Hopefully he hits Cameron with some more piercing follow up questions in future. I understand why he didn't want to go in kicking people up the minge at this early stage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 Wasn't Corbyn driving home the fact PMQs is a waste as you really can't drive home a counter argument with your alloted questions? I liked his approach, he's made me once again happy to be a Labour supporter, New Labour was lead by a Thatcherite of all things, they turned into Tory lite and with it I lost a political party. My favourite thing with Corbyn's leadership is the interviewing of the old guard, seeing Dennis Skinner being spoken to and then lambasting the interviewer was great and always will be. Wish Benn was still alive for his stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 They had a panel of "ordinary people" on Newsnight watching PMQs. They were asked beforehand to describe Corbyn in one word. Some woman described him as "a mongrel dog." I thought I'd misheard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 My Facebook feed has been littered with anti-Corbyn shite since he won, the national anthem tipped it over the edge for me where I had to start responding. One individuals comeback was a slight at the way he dressed ... because that's truly important when it comes to Politics isn't it!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 If you were wondering how desperate the attacks would get by day five, tomorrow's newspaper story is "he once fucked Diane Abbot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm genuinely beginning to hate this rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted September 17, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2015 I love hearing Corbyn speak. He could be talking shite for all I know, but he's got a great voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shucky Ducky Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 3 times today I've called him Baron Corbyn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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