GhostoftheCoalHewer
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Plenty more of that coming.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Plenty more of that coming.
I blame "Jezza" for being a Brexiteer, as was his closest advisor, Seamus Milne.
Corbyn's a sleazy proceduralist, as was evidenced by the way he got Labour to vote on matters Brexit. And he's still at it now, twiddling the "rules" to organise who can and can't join his new gang.
Corbyn's a sleazy proceduralist, as was evidenced by the way he got Labour to vote on matters Brexit. And he's still at it now, twiddling the "rules" to organise who can and can't join his new gang.
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I blame "Jezza" for being a Brexiteer, as was his closest advisor, Seamus Milne.
Corbyn's a sleazy proceduralist, as was evidenced by the way he got Labour to vote on matters Brexit. And he's still at it now, twiddling the "rules" to organise who can and can't join his new gang.
Corbyn's a sleazy proceduralist, as was evidenced by the way he got Labour to vote on matters Brexit. And he's still at it now, twiddling the "rules" to organise who can and can't join his new gang.
Thanks for that cogent analysis.
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thanks for that cogent analysis.
The narcissism of small difference types - "splitters!" and their endless petty purity testing have a noble tradition - a divided, badly organised and quarrelsome left is one of the factors that helped Hitler rise to power in the thirties.
And now we have Farage...
And now we have Farage...
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The narcissism of small difference types - "splitters!" and their endless petty purity testing have a noble tradition - a divided, badly organised and quarrelsome left is one of the factors that helped Hitler rise to power in the thirties.
And now we have Farage...
And now we have Farage...
The problem with the people in the middle is they think they have more in common with the people above them than the people "beneath" them.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The problem with the people in the middle is they think they have more in common with the people above them than the people "beneath" them.
Corbyn - right about everything that's wrong, and entirely wrong about how you put it right.
A lifetime in politics and all he's achieved is a profound affection for the sound of his own voice chanting the slogans he learned as a student.
And Brexit, of course, which he and Seamus enthused over.
A lifetime in politics and all he's achieved is a profound affection for the sound of his own voice chanting the slogans he learned as a student.
And Brexit, of course, which he and Seamus enthused over.
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Corbyn - right about everything that's wrong, and entirely wrong about how you put it right.
A lifetime in politics and all he's achieved is a profound affection for the sound of his own voice chanting the slogans he learned as a student.
And Brexit, of course, which he and Seamus enthused over.
A lifetime in politics and all he's achieved is a profound affection for the sound of his own voice chanting the slogans he learned as a student.
And Brexit, of course, which he and Seamus enthused over.
Yep, because Corbyn was a Brexiteer, who imagined, alongside his chum and advisor Seamus (also famously anti-EU) that he'd inherit a blank slate he could scribble on.
His smarmy, slithering parliamentary proceduralism also helped the bonkers Brexiters of the right.
His smarmy, slithering parliamentary proceduralism also helped the bonkers Brexiters of the right.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yep, because Corbyn was a Brexiteer, who imagined, alongside his chum and advisor Seamus (also famously anti-EU) that he'd inherit a blank slate he could scribble on.
His smarmy, slithering parliamentary proceduralism also helped the bonkers Brexiters of the right.
His smarmy, slithering parliamentary proceduralism also helped the bonkers Brexiters of the right.
Treason doth never prosper.
What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Treason doth never prosper.
What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Shades of the Python team listening to Reg at the amphitheatre about that photo.
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Shades of the Python team listening to Reg at the amphitheatre about that photo.
Gosh, is that so? Do you remember his scintillating and inspired speaking about it?
One pertinent quote?
No, I thought not.
The man's an absolute dud, and like his obnoxious self-regarding chums Owen and Seamus, you'd be better off with him not on your side of the argument.
One pertinent quote?
No, I thought not.
The man's an absolute dud, and like his obnoxious self-regarding chums Owen and Seamus, you'd be better off with him not on your side of the argument.
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Gosh, is that so? Do you remember his scintillating and inspired speaking about it?
One pertinent quote?
No, I thought not.
The man's an absolute dud, and like his obnoxious self-regarding chums Owen and Seamus, you'd be better off with him not on your side of the argument.
One pertinent quote?
No, I thought not.
The man's an absolute dud, and like his obnoxious self-regarding chums Owen and Seamus, you'd be better off with him not on your side of the argument.
Nah, Wolfie was actually funny.
This isn't funny, it's just tragic.
This isn't funny, it's just tragic.
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nah, Wolfie was actually funny.
This isn't funny, it's just tragic.
This isn't funny, it's just tragic.
Corbyn achieved nothing but failure even when he was actually the leader of the Labour Party.
Why do people think he might have better success as the leader/co-leader (delete as appropriate) of a chaotic and clearly dysfunctional start-up?
Why do people think he might have better success as the leader/co-leader (delete as appropriate) of a chaotic and clearly dysfunctional start-up?
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Corbyn achieved nothing but failure even when he was actually the leader of the Labour Party.
Why do people think he might have better success as the leader/co-leader (delete as appropriate) of a chaotic and clearly dysfunctional start-up?
Why do people think he might have better success as the leader/co-leader (delete as appropriate) of a chaotic and clearly dysfunctional start-up?
"There will be no open & transparent inquiry.
Ever."
I think this statement stands up pretty well on its own in the case of all "inquiries".
Ever."
I think this statement stands up pretty well on its own in the case of all "inquiries".
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"There will be no open & transparent inquiry.
Ever."
I think this statement stands up pretty well on its own in the case of all "inquiries".
Ever."
I think this statement stands up pretty well on its own in the case of all "inquiries".
Only 15 years too late, but better late than never.
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Only 15 years too late, but better late than never.
It would make a great comedy, but despite being majestically farcical, it's not at all funny.
If the Tories had been smart enough to invent, curate, promote and deploy Corbyn you'd be forced to admit the genius of it.
If the Tories had been smart enough to invent, curate, promote and deploy Corbyn you'd be forced to admit the genius of it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It would make a great comedy, but despite being majestically farcical, it's not at all funny.
If the Tories had been smart enough to invent, curate, promote and deploy Corbyn you'd be forced to admit the genius of it.
If the Tories had been smart enough to invent, curate, promote and deploy Corbyn you'd be forced to admit the genius of it.
"Bleating".
Apt choice of word there.
Bleating:
The characteristic cry of a sheep.
A sound similar to this cry.
A whining, feeble complaint
Apt choice of word there.
Bleating:
The characteristic cry of a sheep.
A sound similar to this cry.
A whining, feeble complaint
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Bleating".
Apt choice of word there.
Bleating:
The characteristic cry of a sheep.
A sound similar to this cry.
A whining, feeble complaint
Apt choice of word there.
Bleating:
The characteristic cry of a sheep.
A sound similar to this cry.
A whining, feeble complaint
Worse than wicked - "impure".
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Worse than wicked - "impure".
Irony corner - who's achieved more for the dispossesed in the last 15 years, Corbyn or Starmer?
Well, that would be Starmer, wouldn't it?
And it's not even close - what's Corbyn achieved?
Nothing at all, apart from steering us onto the rocks of Brexit with his smarmy parliamentary finagling.
Well, that would be Starmer, wouldn't it?
And it's not even close - what's Corbyn achieved?
Nothing at all, apart from steering us onto the rocks of Brexit with his smarmy parliamentary finagling.
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Irony corner - who's achieved more for the dispossesed in the last 15 years, Corbyn or Starmer?
Well, that would be Starmer, wouldn't it?
And it's not even close - what's Corbyn achieved?
Nothing at all, apart from steering us onto the rocks of Brexit with his smarmy parliamentary finagling.
Well, that would be Starmer, wouldn't it?
And it's not even close - what's Corbyn achieved?
Nothing at all, apart from steering us onto the rocks of Brexit with his smarmy parliamentary finagling.
The satirists had all this covered in "The Life of Brian".
A tale as old as time - the right looks for recruits, the left seeks out traitors and the impure.
A tale as old as time - the right looks for recruits, the left seeks out traitors and the impure.
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The satirists had all this covered in "The Life of Brian".
A tale as old as time - the right looks for recruits, the left seeks out traitors and the impure.
A tale as old as time - the right looks for recruits, the left seeks out traitors and the impure.
Not so much the Brexit referendum - Corbyn's a Brexiteer - check out Labour's voting record on matters Brexit.
He is a massive loser tho.
A liability for the left.
He is a massive loser tho.
A liability for the left.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not so much the Brexit referendum - Corbyn's a Brexiteer - check out Labour's voting record on matters Brexit.
He is a massive loser tho.
A liability for the left.
He is a massive loser tho.
A liability for the left.
"Those working with the figures".
Yeah, they're always right aren't they?
Yeah, they're always right aren't they?
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Those working with the figures".
Yeah, they're always right aren't they?
Yeah, they're always right aren't they?
The Green alternative is to oppose the "conventional wisdom" that the uber-wealthy pay considerable amounts of money to disseminate, the only function of which is to keep them being the uber-wealthy, with a more coherent wisdom that endless growth isn't viable on a finite planet.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Green alternative is to oppose the "conventional wisdom" that the uber-wealthy pay considerable amounts of money to disseminate, the only function of which is to keep them being the uber-wealthy, with a more coherent wisdom that endless growth isn't viable on a finite planet.
When you consider the fact that most "economists" are posh-boys who never worry about or factor in the toxic effects of inequality, and subsequently rarely get anything right, it's a bit rich (lol, see what I did there?) to accuse the Greens of not having any "economic credibility".
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
When you consider the fact that most "economists" are posh-boys who never worry about or factor in the toxic effects of inequality, and subsequently rarely get anything right, it's a bit rich (lol, see what I did there?) to accuse the Greens of not having any "economic credibility".