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Bridget Phillipson secures more than 100 nominations in deputy leadership race, with Powell close to 80 MP threshold – LabourList (labourlist.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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FINAL EDIT: It's now officially a two-horse race, as Powell cleared the 80 vote threshold and Ribeiro-Addy didn't. More MPs are backing Phillipson but I reckon Powell will win over the membership.

Well, I'll be voting for Powell, assuming she gets the last three nominations she needs. The leadership badly need someone in the room who's willing to tell them where they're going wrong. As Phillipson is already in the room and one of the people going wrong, she's obviously the wrong choice.

I don't think we can do polls on Lemmy, but I'd be interested to hear who people here want to win, especially those of you with a vote!

EDIT: Thornberry has officially withdrawn, per the Guardian, so the MPs who nominated her are now free to nominate someone else. I'm fairly sure some of those 13 will nominate Powell, if only so they can actually have an election.

EDIT 2: Paula Barker has also dropped out, leaving only Bell Ribeiro-Addy from the party's (far/hard/looney/socialist/real/actual/Trotskyite/Bennite/Corbynite [please delete according to ideological preference]) left. But she won't get the nominations, so on practice it remains a two-horse race.

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[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh you sweet summer child.

The PLP is heavily populated with folk right of the membership. Thats why the right on the NEC always change rules to increase percentage of MP votes needed. The 20% requirement means no one with integrity or a backbone will get near it. Maximum 120 have a red line at disability benefits. Most times, standards/red lines wont be present and will be less than 70. The right get to choose who the membership can vote. So the vote will be between crap and shite.

You'll find yourself sadly disappointed. I imagine somewhat like Unison/GMB propping up the leadership only to get sidelined. Business interests have overtaken the party. Corruption is king. Your hope for improvement will slowly seep out of your body. I guess when describing decent folk as loony left, you'll probably not spot the irony. A right wing factional figure getting shat on by the right...

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't patronise me.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Which bit was wrong? Or was I correct, but you don't like the tone...?

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the rudeness and the wrongness may be inextricable. Either way, I'm not interested in discussing anything with people who can't manage to be civil about it.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You want to be civil? That's a bit hypocritical.

Calling folk the Looney left isn't civil. You get treated the way you treat people. You might want to take a step back and think about your conduct. I don't usually respond to anyone on Lemmy the way I respond to you, but each of your posts has some uncivil disrespectful stuff in that rubs folk the wrong way.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I called them the 'looney left' in the exact same way that I called them the 'real/actual' left. Since it would make no sense for me, a left wing person, to describe some other group of people as the real left, that's a clue that I wasn't being serious, as was the overall tone of the sentence. In fact, you've been far ruder about the party's left (however defined) than I have, in that the implication of what you're saying must necessarily be that they're all fools and dupes for having dedicated their lives to the party!

You're under no compulsion to find me amusing, of course, but if you don't like the way I post on here, I suggest not replying at all rather than bothering me with rude and patronising misinterpretations of my comments.