It is starting to dawn on the Quisling Blairite Neolib Tory-lites of the Parliamentary Labour Party that their coup de estate against Jeremy Corbyn is a massive failure despite their anti-demcratic machinations to disenfranchise their members.
Corbyn leads Owen Smith, a feckless non-entity who was nevertheless seen as more “electable” than the outright Conservatine Angela Eagle by their collective brain trust which seems to share but a single one between all 172 of their traitorous minds, by a margin of over 2 to 1 in a Party that has more than doubled its membership under his guidance.
THeir once solid front has started to crumble and unless salvaged by an unlikely Court ruling against the National Executive Committee (which is in the tank for the PLP just as much as it is now proven the Democratic National Committee was playing favorites for Hillary) the insurrection is kaput.
Sarah Champion won’t be the last one to come crawling back to Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet when reality sinks in
by Anna Rhodes, The Independent
7/26/16
Sarah Champion, who resigned from her post on the front bench less than a month ago, wrote to Jeremy Corbyn this week asking for her role of Shadow Home Office minister back – after betraying him during the “Benn revolt” of June. Yes, she’s managed to pull off that most difficult of manoeuvres, the un-resign.
Let’s remember that on the 29th June, she tweeted: “Jeremy’s position is now untenable if we’re to be effective” and “I can only do what’s right even though it’s breaking my heart.” Evidently, Champion has either had a huge ideological change of mind, or she’s covering her back, as she knows there’s no way that Owen Smith is going to win the leadership contest.
The polls are all showing Smith trailing behind Corbyn like a small child chasing an ice cream van on a warm summer’s day, and it’s safe to say that Champion has decided that there’s no way she’s taking the hit when the shit hits the fan on results day.
A smart move, one would say, considering that Corbyn, backed by his uber-supporters in Momentum, is threatening reselection of MPs following the boundary changes due to be put in place in 2017. With Owen Smith highly unlikely to hustle up the support to unseat Comrade Corbyn from his throne of mandates, it is no surprise that Champion has gotten in there first and graciously returned to the welcoming arms of her leader on high.
But the reality of the situation is that she will not just have to get back in Corbyn’s good books – she will have hundreds of thousands of angry pro-Corbyn supporters to prove herself to. Momentum tweeted “#WelcomeBackSarah”, but the welcome will presumably not be so gracious to all of the former Shadow Cabinet members who come crawling back following Corbyn’s re-election as leader. One can only envisage the smiling faces on the opposition benches in November – Emperor Corbyn flanked by Brutus and the conspirators.
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One wonders how many other MPs will trail back over the coming weeks. This of course does not include Andy Burnham, who realised from the off that it would be a disaster to ditch Corbyn while running for Metro Mayor in an area with a strong Corbynite mandate. He was denounced at the time, but it’s highly likely he’ll be keeping his spot at the top table, while the rest will be simmering away with anger on the backbenches, or in the pub if they’re royally de-selected in 2017.
Labour MPs should get behind Jeremy Corbyn or get out
by By Chris Williamson, Politics.co.uk
Monday, 25 July 2016 8:51 AM
Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the Labour Party is in rude health. For the first time in decades, we are a mass movement party offering a bold prospectus to the country. Sadly one tiny branch of the party is struggling to come to terms with that fact.
The tiny branch in question is the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). I was a member of this branch for five years from 2010 until 2015.
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I remember standing in a PLP meeting listening to Ed Miliband telling MPs that his reforms could lead to Labour becoming a genuinely mass party with 400,000 members, or more. When he sat down, he was cheered to the rafters by many of the same people who are now complaining that Labour has too many members.Two years on and it seems many Labour MPs are no longer so keen on being part of a genuinely democratic political party. While they should be celebrating the democratic revival within the party, for some reason a number of Labour MPs don’t see it that way and have forced another leadership contest just 10 months after members last made their choice clear.
The unsuccessful coup attempt that preceded the leadership challenge was an inexcusable fit of pique that has baffled, angered and alienated hundreds of thousands of members and millions of supporters. Furthermore, the ongoing refusal by the majority of the PLP to take up positions on the frontbench, in order to hold the government to account, means they are effectively refusing to do their job. In any other profession this would lead to summary dismissal for gross misconduct.
The PLP’s petulant behaviour has already brought the party into disrepute and in less than two months they must come to terms with whoever is elected leader of the party. If it is Jeremy Corbyn again, they need to stop the sniping and start selling the message of hope that Jeremy represents.
They should celebrate the fact that Labour’s membership is touching 600,000 and is still growing. It is a number Ed Miliband, and those cheering him in that PLP meeting two years ago, could have only dreamed about But it is now a reality. Labour’s members are a huge asset and should be nurtured not neglected and insulted.
People have been inspired to join in huge numbers because of Jeremy Corbyn’s integrity and policy agenda. He won the Labour leadership last year because he offered an alternative to austerity and the stale old politics of the last three decades.
His plans to ensure a future Labour government would make the economy work for everyone, not just the top one per cent, was a refreshing change to the austerity-lite that Labour had previously offered.
His commitment that a future Labour Government would build council houses and regulate private sector rents struck a chord with millions affected by the housing crisis.
His pledge to scrap tuition fees and reintroduce student maintenance grants was greeted with acclaim by everyone who is dismayed by the commodification of higher education.
His promise to renationalise the railways and take a stake in our utilities is hugely popular with the vast majority of the British public who are sick of being ripped-off by these privatised industries.
His determination to substantially increase the minimum wage, invest in hi-tech manufacturing and stop corporations offshoring skilled and semi-skilled jobs is acknowledged as plain common sense.
His guarantee that a future Labour government would repeal the anti-trade union legislation, clamp down on tax evasion and stop British dependencies being used as tax havens would improve the living standards of millions.
And his resolve to renew the nation’s infrastructure, create a million green jobs and eradicate fuel poverty is welcomed by campaigners, trade unions and businesses alike.
Jeremy Corbyn is offering the country a new consensus; a consensus that works in the interest of the majority of the British people. This is precisely why he is being traduced by the very establishment who want to preserve the status quo. That establisment includes those Labour MPs who are attempting to sabotage Labour’s efforts to build a fairer, compassionate, and more secure and prosperous country.
Despite all the attacks, I believe Jeremy’s innovative and hopeful policy agenda will once again secure him the Labour leadership, and enable him to go on to be a great reforming prime minister. If the PLP are unable to accept that then they should consider another job.