The Labour attempted coup - The right thing to do.....Done the wrong way !!

Never a fan of Corbyn and knew it would end in tears...Britain whilst more left than the USA is not a left wing Country...You win from the Center...Aspiration. .Ambition combined with Fairness and a Social conscience is the ticket to ride...

I think Eagle has all the makings of a good leader...Principled and a decent communicator...

However much I agree with this attempted coup though.. it hasn't done Eagle any favors in the way it's been carried out....

Not only have the resignations been too carefully coordinated which makes it look like a Shakespearean tragedy...Scheming "B**tards" is never usually a popular look..

But from day one Corbyn has been undermined by the PLP so all these resignations have diminished impact anyway....Had they shut up and left Corbyn alone for a year Corbyn would probably not have a significant sympathy vote coming his way...Also he may have resigned by now instead of stubbornly sticking his middle finger up..and who can really blame him ??..

It's a mess...You have an incompetent leader against incompetent bullies...A left wing membership against a majority center right wing PLP...

What happens if Corbyn stands and wins again ???

A coup is fine as long as you do it right....

Labour still has a lot to learn !!

Hope Jeremy hangs in there.

He only needs to get on the ballot paper and he'll be victorious (and if you need my vote again Jeremy, just holler).

Now UKIP are irrelevant you might as well vote for someone....

We're not irrelevant. We were victorious in the referendum.

But we haven't left the EU yet. So we must hang in.

Just like Jeremy must hang in. Go on you old socialist bas*ard, stick it to the Blairites.

On a side note - Angela Eagle? Dear me. Makes Andy Burnham seem talented.

Why would you vote for the Labour leader is you're a UKIP supporter?

It's the only way he can vote for an actual mp.

ShahenshahG wrote:It's the only way he can vote for an actual mp.

For now....

Apparently the coup is in trouble because plenty of mps that want Corbyn out are saying hang on a minute who says I want Eagle either !!..

You couldn't make it up..

I feel sorry for Burnham..I imagine he wants to resign from this shambles but he wants to be Mayor of Manchester and knows he needs Corbyn supporters to win the nomination..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Apparently the coup is in trouble because plenty of mps that want Corbyn out are saying hang on a minute who says I want Eagle either !!..

You couldn't make it up..

I feel sorry for Burnham..I imagine he wants to resign from this shambles but he wants to be Mayor of Manchester and knows he needs Corbyn supporters to win the nomination..

Burnham? Another Gove. The man will say anything to place himself in the right position to knife a ready meal in the back. "They're all at it!", as the Carry On crowd used to say.

I see Angela Eagle is doing the classic Half Hearted Serial Threat act.  

Eagle: "If Jeremy insists on staying, I'll trigger an election - and that's all I'm going to say."
Jeremy supporters: "Go on then.  It's what we want."
Eagle: "I'm warning you lot - I will! - and that's all I'm going to say."
Jeremy supporters: "You've had a whole weekend and then some.  Go on - trigger it."
Eagle: "I'm not messing around here.  I will trigger an election.  It's not a threat - and I've said all I'm going to say on the matter."
Jeremy supporters: "So just say you are going forward - right now.  Do it."
Eagle:  "Yis think I'm joking.  But I'm not.  I'll give you lot a few days more to think hard on it - and that's all I'm going to say on the issue."

Labour needs a Gove - a superhero action figure  Much too much Hamlet procrastination going on here.