Reply to: The Purge

[AtW]

If Corbyn keeps this up we're looking at a one party state for a long while

It's good thing that Tories are pro-business though!!!

[MicrosoftBob]

If Corbyn keeps this up we're looking at a one party state for a long while, whilst he keeps chummy with his terrorist friends, stop the war sharia lentil eating coalition and every work shy public sector 'worker' and wayne/waynietta chav slobs in blissful pitiful opposition

[AtW]

Do you realise how many ministers there are in a government ? The only thing that keeps them in line is the hope of a job or promotion.Take that away and you will lose discipline and have a party full of rebellious back benchers who will be in a party they did not sign up for.

You can keep them in line if they live in fear of that knock on the door at 4am and pray it's their neighbour

[EternalOptimist]

Yes, and that's great - nice new lean Govt.

not so great.

Do you realise how many ministers there are in a government ? The only thing that keeps them in line is the hope of a job or promotion.

Take that away and you will lose discipline and have a party full of rebellious back benchers who will be in a party they did not sign up for.

[AtW]

If Corbyn purges all his political enemies from the top jobs, there wont be enough left to form a shadow bedside cupboard, never mind a cabinet.
Maybe he will outsource it to the SWP

Yes, and that's great - nice new lean Govt.

[TestMangler]

So, supporting another war is 'moderate' and being anti war is 'radical'

[MicrosoftBob]

If Corbyn purges all his political enemies from the top jobs, there wont be enough left to form a shadow bedside cupboard, never mind a cabinet.
Maybe he will outsource it to the SWP

Aren't the SWP a bit too far to the right for Comrade Corbyn ?

[EternalOptimist]

If Corbyn purges all his political enemies from the top jobs, there wont be enough left to form a shadow bedside cupboard, never mind a cabinet.
Maybe he will outsource it to the SWP

[AtW]

This isnt Russia, you know.

What time is it customary to arrest political enemies for crimes against the People: 4:30am? 5am???

[AtW]

No they just need to change labour party voting rules so you can't vote for the leader unless you have been a member for a year.

Yep. And stop anybody who'd vote Korbyn

[fullyautomatix]

I think it's high time to admit that this demokratic malarkey experiment totally failed, it's time for direct action - Her Majesty should put ALL MPs into jail until the mess they've created is sorted.

This isnt Russia, you know.

[NickFitz]

Jeremy Corbyn to sack shadow cabinet ministers who disagree with his anti-war policies

Jeremy Corbyn’s close associates are secretly planning to purge the shadow cabinet of moderate MPs who disagree with his radical, anti-war policies, as he seeks to impose his will on the Labour Party.

In the aftermath of the Commons vote on bombing Syria last week, allies of the Labour leader warned that he would reshuffle his senior team to remove his enemies from positions of power.

Source: Jeremy Corbyn to sack shadow cabinet ministers who disagree with his anti-war policies - Telegraph

4am is apparently the best time to have a long knifes reshuffle

Even if it turns out to be true, the language in the story is ridiculously emotive. If Hamface decided to remove some Cabinet colleagues who disagreed with his policies, would they be described as "his enemies"? Would the reshuffle be described as a "purge"?

But the Torygraph just loves hamming it up as it continues its decline into an inferior replica of the Mail

[SueEllen]

I think it's high time to admit that this demokratic malarkey experiment totally failed, it's time for direct action - Her Majesty should put ALL MPs into jail until the mess they've created is sorted.

No they just need to change labour party voting rules so you can't vote for the leader unless you have been a member for a year.

Commercial organisations do that and it works fine.

[AtW]

The problem of having no opposition is when the government implode there is no other party that can be elected.....

I think it's high time to admit that this demokratic malarkey experiment totally failed, it's time for direct action - Her Majesty should put ALL MPs into jail until the mess they've created is sorted.

[SueEllen]

The problem of having no opposition is when the government implode there is no other party that can be elected.....