Jeremy Corbyn vs Angela Eagle

172 in fact

he needs 51 nominations from either Lab MPs or MEPs, and afaict there are only about a dozen or so who actually want him to be leader. but yes, I think that he could well end up getting enough nominations anyway due to the pressure on MPs from their local parties, fear of splitting the party and recognition that a leader elected without Corbyn on the ballot would be seen as lacking legitimacy.

A few commenters here in need of a bracing fiery death

https://twitter.com/GuardianHeather/status/752902183012753408

i'm not too sure that there's any point expecting honour or basic political intelligence from these fuckers tbh

real somewhere that the number of nominations needed for a leadership contest where there is no incumbent is only 15% of the PLP and MEPs, rather than the 20% needed when the election is a challenge against an incumbent leader, so theoretically Corbyn could stand down as leader and then would need fewer nominations. which seems farcical, but is in keeping with the general slapstick nature of the last few weeks

A few commenters here in need of a bracing fiery death

Starting with all these cunts going on about "new, kinder politics" all the fucking time

Is there any possibility that Eagle is targeting herself as some kind of machiavellian move that seems a little too obvious.
Playing the victim does seem one tactic, but does is it one electable?

doubt it, there's enough understandably enraged people, ne'er-do-wells and idiots to go around

xp top tip - when a female public figure is claiming harassment, the burden of proof is really really far on the side of those claiming she's making it up.

omg

https://twitter.com/MichaelLCrick/status/752915337939718144

young passionate supporter of neolib economics

Wonder if the rallies Angela has will bring the same numbers in as Jeremy's short notice meetings did?

ppl suggesting that the Corbyn lookalike thing is a set up, I was hoping that it was just some hapless bearded gentleman who happened to walk past and had no idea was going on

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnLkyboWAAAAtfb.jpg

The Jamie Vardy lookalike is on the phone now giving him tips.

The Vardy lookalike has been getting abuse since Norwexit

Corbyn on the ballot!

poor Angela Eagle

So does that mean that Eagle is going to go by what she said earlier?
THough i have just heard that Owen Smith is also on. So not sure what that will mean.

I mean it's despicable that this was even in question enough that people should have to feel relieved about this outcome but

hahahaha

My guess is there'll be loads of them on the ballot paper and they'll all get out of the way for whoever ends up polling get closest to Corbyn.

Or they could all dumbly run up against each other and split the vote again, who even knows.

Can't actually remember the last time I heard some good news in politics, but otoh what a bag of arses they all look

stoked for the Dan Jarvis campaign where the leaflets just have the words "army man" in different fonts and sizes at random intervals

"It's a man's life in the Parliamentary Labour Party."

I paid a pound

Their next cunning plan will be to borrow a few million off Murdoch and pay a click farm to give Eagle 200000 fake Labour members :p

As much as I immensely dislike what the likes of Eagle represent and how they conduct themselves, I do almost genuinely feel sorry for her now.

Nobody who registered in the last six months will be allowed to vote, according to the BBC - so whatever recruitment push Saving Labour were going for clearly didn't work. It's also being reported that the £3 registered supporters need to pay £25 to vote this time.

fucking ponzi scheme!

I'd pay the £25, but ffs!

Seems bizarre that you can't vote if you became a member five months ago but can if you register to pay £25 as a non-member in the two-day window they're opening up.

I want my pound back

people who joined since Feb would be able to vote if they pay the £25 supporter fee, I guess? it does seem silly

It seems like they do actually have a plan after all.

He's going to walk it.

Labour party sure getting creative in response to threats to its trade union funding.

I don't even know if i will be able to vote. As a low-down scratter member I only pay them £1.96 a month - they were asking me for more and I respectfully explained I've not even had a holiday for 4 years so get fucked!

£25 fee is higher than the annual membership rate under-27s, trade unionists and those who are unemployed retired or work fewer than 16 hours a week: https://join.labour.org.uk/

difficult to see how the higher fee doesn't totally negate the point of the registered supporter scheme, I guess it would have been impossible for them to get rid of it all together? or figure that anti-Corbyn types who are willing to sign up to vote against him have more disposable income

xp to calzino

labour.org seems to have been overwhelmed!

Trying to rig the voting system towards your own dastardly end was what got them into this mess:p How much can Corbyn do to challenge these changes?not much I'd guess.

Was the guy who was on BBC News channel saying that Corbyn was killing the Labour party after the announcement of him being on the ballot was announced really saying that the Unions were too?
That's how I heard it as I was working away on the computer. But can't tell if that could be real.

Most reportage of Corbyn on the beeb ranges from sneering contempt to barely disguised hatred.

do you mean this John McTernan interview? it's quite, um, something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBqJlG7CL0

Yeah I think so.

don't mind the Labour Party dying if it means douchebags like McTernan have to go and do something else instead

Lol blaming Corbyn for brexit is something alright!

🎶 I paid 25 quid into the Halifax, just to watch a party die 🎶

apologies to Johnny Cash

still shd have had a "losing team gets the fuck out of the party" clause

Not totally sure if me asking my union branch to switch my subs to the Labour affiliated fund last week was too little too late out here

Even by Labour's recent history of giving shambles a good name, today's meeting of the ruling NEC takes the biscuit.

Because at the end of the meeting, after a couple of pro-Corbyn members had left, and Corbyn himself had gone, a vote was taken on a motion not on the agenda, to exclude from the leadership vote anyone who joined the party in the past six months. So the 130,000 who signed up since Brexit, most of whom are thought to be Corbyn supporters, will be unable to vote.

Now whatever you think of Corbyn, this looks and smells like gerrymandering by his opponents.

Corbyn will definitely attempt to get the vote over-turned. And he may resort to the law, since Labour's website made clear that membership bought a vote.
As for those who joined since January, they will be revolting.

That said, if anyone wants to take part in the election, they now have two days to pay £25 and become a registered supporter.
Which is the first example of the much feared post-Brexit inflation, since till today it cost just £3 to be such a voting supporter.

Robert Peston on Facebook.

Tempted to join BAME Labour for £5, which is apparently one of the cheaper ways to vote, but a large part of me just wants this whole mess to be over with. If this attempt doesn't work, they'll keep trying every nine months until one does.

lots of ppl on twitter seem to think that joining a union should be enough to get a vote