Jeremy Corbyn has Size 12 Feet but he can swallow it whole

[kurogane]

http://order-order.com/2015/07/03/jerem ... austerity/

“Tragically there are very many unemployed young people, there is a process of austerity going on… what happened was tragic, but we have to do our best to protect people, but also to look at the causes of many issues across the whole region that have led some people into the dreadful path of going down that of killing people”

Even for the Lead Gorm, that was some delicate phrasing. Not a thing wrong in what he said there as quoted, and not a thing right will come of it. Classic irony, classic hubris. People that don't get that socks with sandals are the source of a thousand jokes, none of them at your organic rolled oats munching expense. We finally get a proper man of his own tune, and he's a gormless twat barely worthy of shooting. Whadda worthless cunt. This could kill the left for 20 years.

[kurogane]

Jeremy Corbyn to appoint a special Minister for Jews

http://www.sunnation.co.uk/jeremy-corby ... -for-jews/

To be fair, I don't think much of recent Israeli policy, but it would be nice if the representatives of prominent anti-semite nations could at least pretend to be apologetic.

God bless the free press.

[chibaka]

Best gift the tories have ever had. If they could dig up Maggie, I'd vote for her

[wagyl]

The zombie is not for turning.

I thought they burnt the witch.

And more seriously, is there better talent in Jeremy's party?

[kurogane]

Best gift the tories have ever had. If they could dig up Maggie, I'd vote for her

That is the part that scares me, as a lefty.

And more seriously, is there better talent in Jeremy's party?

A good question. I didn't really follow the leadership contest, but there does seem to be some sort of race to build a Cameron2.0.........which is amusing seeing as Cameron is a Blair2.0. What I do enjoy is that Labour chose to forego the milquetoast for a slice of hearty whole grain with just a hint of nuts, but I am not sure many others share my tastes.

[kurogane]

Jeremy Corbyn goes on the offence but defence not his strong subject

by John Crace
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... nce-review

Wow. Even allowing for how much of a petulant buffoon Corbyn is I have to give Legion credit. That article is one impressive hatchet job, and by a fellow Almond Milk and Organic Couscous Granola Cream afficionado.

Has anybody heard calls for a splinter party breaking off from Labour?

[yanpa]

Jeremy Corbyn goes on the offence but defence not his strong subject

by John Crace
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... nce-review

Wow. Even allowing for how much of a petulant buffoon Corbyn is I have to give Legion credit. That article is one impressive hatchet job, and by a fellow Almond Milk and Organic Couscous Granola Cream afficionado.

Has anybody heard calls for a splinter party breaking off from Labour?

They could call it the "Social Democratic Party" and team up with the Liberal Democrats for a centrist alliance.

[kurogane]

Yes, and it might not be a bad idea. Blair did kind of gut Labour of the Labour bit when he gussied it up for the middling crowd. I really like this hardcore pacifist thingy Corbyn has going, though I fear it might be at war with the sentiments of all but a few.

[legion]

Jeremy Corbyn goes on the offence but defence not his strong subject

by John Crace
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... nce-review

Wow. Even allowing for how much of a petulant buffoon Corbyn is I have to give Legion credit. That article is one impressive hatchet job, and by a fellow Almond Milk and Organic Couscous Granola Cream afficionado.

Has anybody heard calls for a splinter party breaking off from Labour?

The Guardian commentators are a bunch of twats

[kurogane]

Are they? Fair enough. I certainly got the impression that Corbyn could make it rain peace and that guy wouldn't be impressed. Any broadsheets that might offer a more sympathetic take on Corbyn? I don't buy the hatchet jobs much, but it gets tiresome. I would rather read stuff by people that at least get what he is getting at, and judge him on his decisions and actions rather than on the fact that he wears his undies in flaming scarlet.

[wagyl]

If you can cope with articles appearing alongside "9 best vegan handbags," "Are you team ski or team snowboard?" "This is the first word spoken in Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "How often should you really wash your hair?" and "How can I be sure I'm in the right relationship?" pieces (all genuine examples), you may care to consider the Independent (sic).*

* new (and improved?) with graphic-heavy layout because trendwatchers say that is what people with tablets like, whether that is true or not

[kurogane]

Thanks, Wags. I never did quite get a button on The Independent. It always seemed lefty enough for my tastes, but vapid consumeristic enough to aggravate. I suppose they have to make their revenue somewhere. And people really do like smartphones. Orwell must be gnashing his teeth, assuming he had any left.

[yanpa]

It's certainly not the newspaper it started out as.

[legion]

Are they?

Yes, the don't like Corbyn because he is a grammar school day boy who has got ideas above his station. Same as Monbiot hates Bellamy, whatever they dress it up as the base line is they can't stand the oiks.

A selection of the Grauniad's staff.

Martin Kettle (Associate Editor) – Balliol College, Oxford
George Monbiot (Columnist) – Brasenose College, Oxford
Jonathan Freedland (Columnist), Wadham College, Oxford
Zoe Williams (Columnist), Hertford College, Oxford
Jane Martinson (Women’s Editor), [College not clear], Cambridge
Peter Preston (Columnist and former-Editor), St John’s College, Oxford
Alan Rusbridger (Editor-in-chief), Magdalene College, Cambridge
Janine Gibson (Editor-in-chief, Guardian US), St John’s College, Oxford
Seumas Milne (Associate Editor and Columnist), Balliol College, Oxford
Rowena Davis, (Politics and social affairs journalist), Balliol College, Oxford
Hadley Freeman (Columnist and features writer), St Anne’s College, Oxford
Paul Lewis (Special Projects Editor), King’s College, Cambridge
Madeleine Bunting (Columnist and Associate Editor), Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Jackie Ashley (Columnist and political interviewer), St Anne’s College, Oxford
Polly Toynbee (Columnist), St Anne’s College, Oxford

Editor Alan Rusbridger (Cranleigh);
Political editor Patrick Wintour (Westminster);
Leader writer Madeleine Bunting (Queen Mary’s, Yorkshire);
Policy editor Jonathan Freedland (University College School);
Columnist Polly Toynbee (Badminton);
Executive editor Ian Katz (University College School);
Security affairs editor Richard Norton Taylor (King’s School, Canterbury);
Arts editor-in-chief Clare Margetson (Marlborough College);
Literary editor Clare Armitstead (Bedales);
Public services editor David Brindle (Bablake);
City editor Julia Finch (King’s High, Warwick).;
Environment editor John Vidal (St Bees);
Fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley (City of london School for Girls);
G3 editor Janine Gibson (Walthamstow Hall);
Northern editor Martin Wainwright (Shreswbury);
Industrial editor David Gow (St Peter’s, York).

[kurogane]

That explains a lot. Many Guardian types always struck me as the type that personified that old Groucho Marx line about my inclination to join clubs that would have me as a member..............and I gradumacated from an Ancient University, colonial seal hunter though I might be

Nice to see you putting your back into like that. I enjoy your support of him. If nothing else, he's genuinely a new wind a blowin' through.

[chibaka]

This made me chuckle, Corbyn has support from a real loony, David Icke. The man who claims to be the son of god, and that lizard creatures are running the planet. Oh, the queen is one too apparently. Couldn't make this shit up...

http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/1 ... s-defence/

[yanpa]

lizard creatures are running the planet.

Looking at the current crop of world leaders, it's hard to imagine that's not the case.

[Russell]

lizard creatures are running the planet.

Looking at the current crop of world leaders, it's hard to imagine that's not the case.

Has it ever been anything different?

[legion]

Very rich lizards are running the planet, which is why the media channels they own are uniformly singing from the same reptilian song sheet.
Sorry did I say reptilian, I meant repetitious.

[dimwit]

You seem to have a bee in your bonnet about the media unfairness towards Corbyn, but christ what are they supposed to do, not report what he is saying, the same way that the Gomiuri doesn't report gaffes by LDP members?

As for Jeremy's education or lack thereof -a matter you brought up BTW, one can only assume that he was too stupid or so dogmatically committed to idea that education is something for snobs. I charitably assume it was the later -an attitude I find appalling.

Honestly, I don't think that his critics on the left such as the Guardian, would give a fuck about his education if he actually demonstrated an ability to listen, recognize his mistakes and stop being such a reactionary.

[wagyl]

It's certainly not the newspaper it started out as.

And it will be no more. Copypasting from the Private Eye because they don't provide a permalink, but if you are quick, worth a read of the full piece (as is always the case with the Eye)

The print versions of the Independent and Independent on Sunday are to disappear after 30 years, with the last edition going out at Easter.

Those who sought enlightenment from proprietor Evgeny Lebedev’s social media stream were delighted to discover that he and his father Alexander were on an Ayurvedic retreat in India. The previous Thursday had seen Evgeny pop up yet another holiday snap on Instagram, captioned "Varanasi is where the boundary between life and death does not exist" – which was a great comfort to his staff as they too hovered in limbo, wondering if they still had jobs or not.

[Digital Editor] Broughton’s clickbait-heavy diet of repurposed Reddit threads and YouTube videos has proved such a success the International Business Times recently tried (but failed) to poach him for its own new sod-the-quality-look-at-the-numbers offering.

At least I can still check out the eight best neckties with alpaca print motifs for Spring online.

[kurogane]

I have been an ardent follower of their Ugg boot ads for 2 years now.