Top story, front page in Independent….Corbyn must quit.
Curious what the BBC doesn’t want to highlight…..
From the Telegraph:
Jeremy Corbyn told to resign by Labour MPs as Syria vote engulfs his ‘unsustainable’ leadership
From the Independent:
From the BBC:
Shadow cabinet seek to defuse Jeremy Corbyn Syria row
Senior shadow cabinet members are seeking to defuse a row over UK air strikes in Syria that threatens to split the Labour Party.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn is against air strikes – putting him at odds with more than half of his top team.
He faced warnings of resignations after he wrote to Labour MPs rejecting David Cameron’s case for military action.
But Labour deputy leader Tom Watson and others who disagree with him say they will not be resigning.
The BBC almost ignores the fact that senior Labour MPS are calling for the leader of the Labour Party to resign…a huge story surely? Not for the BBC who seem all too eager to play down any bad news for Corbyn.
They certainly know of the call to resign as it was made by one Labour MP on BBC radio…From the Independent:
‘The first Labour MP to publicly call on Mr Corbyn to stand down, Ms Mactaggart, who agrees with him in opposing British intervention in Syria, said his “weak leadership” was causing damaging divisions in the party and was failing the party’s responsibility to hold the Government to account.
“He hasn’t got a strategy to lead the party from where it is to where it needs to be and the people of the country can see that,” she told BBC Radio Berkshire.
“I think it [his leadership] probably is unsustainable. The problem is that my party… doesn’t have the hunger for power that the Conservative party has and the Conservative party is good at getting rid of leaders who they can see aren’t getting to lead the party to victory – my party isn’t.”
Asked whether he should stand down, she said: “I think that would be a sensible strategy because I think that the division at the moment is causing real problems.”
Her comments were immediately echoed by Mr Spellar, who told shadow cabinet members not to resign if Mr Corbyn refused to give a free vote on air strikes.’
The BBC itself merely reports her saying this…
‘Another ex-minister, Fiona Mactaggart, said Mr Corbyn’s leadership was “weak” and “unsustainable”, although she was also unconvinced about the case for bombing Syria.’
No mention of her call to resign though they do mention Spellar’s call for Corbyn to resign…..but it is way down at the bottom of the report…
‘Labour MP John Spellar, a member of the defence select committee, said Mr Corbyn’s behaviour over the Syria vote debate had been “unacceptable”.
And he urged shadow cabinet members considering resignation to stand their ground, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: “If anyone should resign after this incident, it should be Jeremy Corbyn.”‘
Shouldn’t such a calamatous breakdown in trust within the Labour Party be headline news not buried at the bottom of the page where most readers won’t bother going to?
For Livingstone to say that the Islamist terrorists died for their cause is disgusting.. no, the terrorists took other people’s lives for their cause. as for comrade Corb’as’byn all I can say is let’s savour this spell of sheer delight at watching the labour party in it’s worst ever position in it’s entire history.
I agree, and I’m glad he got such a forceful response from a few of the panel members for that remark.
But this should be on the Question Time thread.
The BBC must surely be extremely fond of Corbyn because he embodies the far-left ideology that the BBC would love to be able to fully express but can’t because it needs to at least pretend to be impartial.
And so, criticism of Corbyn will always be muted to the point of non-existence.
Obviously he would not support the bombing of Syria. Bombs could fall on the heads of his Hezbollah terrorist friends, who are active in Syria.
I watched an interview of Corbyn a while back, I forget by whom. He was petulant, hypersensitive to criticism and easily roused to anger.
He’s also a liar, along with his sidekick McDonnell. The way they both tried to weasel their way out of a truthful explanation of why he didn’t sing the national anthem spoke volumes about who they are, both as politicians and people.
He didn’t sing it, obviously, because he’s never grown out of his lefty adolescent rebellion against the establishment.
Corbyn as PM with McDonnell in a cabinet position? God, if there is a god, help us.
‘God, if there is a god, help us.’
By the time of the next General Election God will have been replaced by Allah and I don’t think helping the Infidel is in his remit.