The labour Leader thread...

hahaha it gets even more comical. and also shows more people what labours idea of democracy is.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trade-union-leader-mark-serwotka-banned-from-voting-in-labour-leadership-election-10471851.html

The leader of one of Britain’s major trade unions has been banned from voting in the Labour Party’s leadership election.

Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the PCS union, which represents civil servants, had his ballot retroactively revoked after having voted online earlier this month.

The trade unionist was a member of the Labour party until the 1980s; his union says he has not been a member of another political party since.
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“Those people who don’t support the aims and values of the Labour party are not entitled to vote. We will continue the process of verification right up until the last minute,” acting leader Harriet Harman told BBC News.


There's a sign post to the future, right there.
 
MichaelAwkward said:
Have you read many posts on this forum... at all? :D



Nope, nope, nope and nope.
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I've been on this forum for nearly 17 years, it's anything but Tory.

What is has, and it confuses a lot of left leaning posters, is free speech for the most part.

Some of the forums you might be used to frequenting probably have a harder line in towing the "party line" in respect to moderation and following the views of the website in question.
 
scorza said:
Corbyn: I would consider women-only carriages on public transport
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Any comment to go with that?

The full section is:

"Consultation on public transport: Some women have raised with Jeremy that a solution to the rise in assault and harassment on public transport could be to introduce women only carriages. My intention would be to make public transport safer for everyone from the train platform, to the bus stop to on the mode of transport itself. However, I would consult with women and open it up to hear their views on whether women-only carriages would be welcome - and also if piloting this at times and modes of transport where harassment is reported most frequently would be of interest."

I can't say I have much problem with that. Do you? Why?
 
The_Abyss said:
“Those people who don’t support the aims and values of the Labour party are not entitled to vote. We will continue the process of verification right up until the last minute,” acting leader Harriet Harman told BBC News.


There's a sign post to the future, right there.
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yep, this is what labour, and a lot of socialists, think about people who don't agree with them.

and people think the tories are right wing, lol.
 
Mr Jack said:
Any comment to go with that?

The full section is:

"Consultation on public transport: Some women have raised with Jeremy that a solution to the rise in assault and harassment on public transport could be to introduce women only carriages. My intention would be to make public transport safer for everyone from the train platform, to the bus stop to on the mode of transport itself. However, I would consult with women and open it up to hear their views on whether women-only carriages would be welcome - and also if piloting this at times and modes of transport where harassment is reported most frequently would be of interest."

I can't say I have much problem with that. Do you? Why?
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I might raise with Jeremy that a solution to the rise in racism incidents on public transport could be to introduce black-only carriages on public transport.
 
scorza said:
I might raise with Jeremy that a solution to the rise in racism incidents on public transport could be to introduce black-only carriages on public transport.
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If that group puts that idea forward as a possible solution then we should have a frank and open discussion about it - which is what Corbyn has said about women only carriages - just that we talk about it.

We should stop being afraid of not being poiltically correct when we look to solutions to problems - frankly it's quite refreshing to see a Labour MP recognise this!


FYI - full disclaimer - I've now joined the Corbyn media campaign team - I'm going to use it as part of my work placement for my degree. So if he loses, you can all blame me!
 
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one thing ive noticed is everything he says is a "suggestion" it smacks of "im going to throw out sound bites until i find ones people approve off and then deny the ones they dislike as just being a "suggestion""
 
atpbx said:
I've been on this forum for nearly 17 years, it's anything but Tory.

What is has, and it confuses a lot of left leaning posters, is free speech for the most part.

Some of the forums you might be used to frequenting probably have a harder line in towing the "party line" in respect to moderation and following the views of the website in question.
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I'm confused by your claims. It only takes a moment to look through a bunch of election polls to see that the majority here do support the Tory Party.

There definitely are some numpties on the left. Thankfully we don't have them here - can't really abide authoritarianism. It's bad enough being stuck with a few right-wing authoritarians.
 
aardvark said:
yep, this is what labour, and a lot of socialists, think about people who don't agree with them.

and people think the tories are right wing, lol.
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You're forgetting the political compass has 4 points not 2, and that is nothing to do with left and right (Socialist/Conservative) but more up and down (Authoritarian/Liberal)
 
Interesting that Mark Serwotka's right to vote was rejected. I guess that he voted Greens before because Labour were moving to the right was excuse enough to prevent him from voting because he is a leftie and the parlimentary Labour party don't want that
 
Most trade unions are a joke anyway only after their own hidden agenda. Always rallying and campaigning etc etc, but when you are facing a disciplinary at work and ask your union for support and representation, they are just not interested.
 
LeeUK said:
Most trade unions are a joke anyway only after their own hidden agenda. Always rallying and campaigning etc etc, but when you are facing a disciplinary at work and ask your union for support and representation, they are just not interested.
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Yeah, I've never represented staff in disciplinary hearings.......................
 
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