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I’m glad Sharon Graham put that clear water between Labours current leadership and Unite.

As a trade Unionist it appalls me, Unite really are a shit show.

Howard Beckett getting his collar felt at last (one hopes).

Who have they arrested, Jimmy Hoffa? Large construction projects are an effective opportunity to launder illicit cash. Like building hotels.

A spokesperson for South Wales Police said: “South Wales police has executed warrants as part of an investigation into allegations of bribery, fraud and money laundering.

All ammo for Labour's opponents. No amount of trying to dress it up as a cleansing of the Augean Stables will work, no amount of comparing it with Russian money will work.

Always looking on the bright side.

Paul Mason isn't too impressed with with Corbyn's latest plea for peace.

Little by little Corbyn is alienating what remains of his support base.

His conclusion is that only more demos will bring about peace.

I was inspired to see so many young people on the streets of Moscow and of St Petersburg, of many cities all across Russia, saying it wasn’t done in their name and they didn’t want that war — exactly the same language many of us used on the eve of the invasion of Iraq when we said it’s not done in our name, in the same way Americans said that about the Vietnam War.

So, it is the voices of people all around the world searching for and demanding peace that are the voices we should be listening to at the present time.

It's a genuinely-held position of irrelevance, but its function is to defend a bunch of genocide deniers and Putin proxies.

That.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:26 pm Always looking on the bright side.

Please, prove me wrong.

Well for starters, I’ve not heard anyone making anything of the unite arrests in terms of attacking Labour?

You've not looked at Twitter? (Yes, I know I hold it in contempt, but...)

Boiler wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 7:33 pm

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:26 pm Always looking on the bright side.

Please, prove me wrong.

The problem with cynicism is you can't ever satisfy it.

RedSparrows wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:19 pm

Boiler wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 7:33 pm

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:26 pm Always looking on the bright side.

Please, prove me wrong.

The problem with cynicism is you can't ever satisfy it.

True and it should be noted that the news has been dominated by Ukraine and Rishi Sunak rather than what has happened at Unite.

Youngian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:44 pm His conclusion is that only more demos will bring about peace.

I was inspired to see so many young people on the streets of Moscow and of St Petersburg, of many cities all across Russia, saying it wasn’t done in their name and they didn’t want that war — exactly the same language many of us used on the eve of the invasion of Iraq when we said it’s not done in our name, in the same way Americans said that about the Vietnam War.

Because the Iraq and Vietnam demos prevented/ended war? Of course they did.

A six form politics lecturer commented that he’d be hard pressed to give that vapid polemic a pass if it was an essay. Its as bad as John Redwood’s Tweets.

As I said a couple of days ago the press made so much of Unite and Graham lambasting Starmer that beyond the plebs it’s not hitting much.

If it had been Unison or GMB it may have been more of an issue, they aren’t even the biggest union anymore.

Boiler wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:46 pm You've not looked at Twitter? (Yes, I know I hold it in contempt, but...)

I jacked in Twitter a year ago. It really is an absolutely terrible guide as to what people in general are really thinking about.

I still have a Rwitter account, but I never go near it, it’s so fucking toxic.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:16 am
Because the Iraq and Vietnam demos prevented/ended war? Of course they did.

His point is "who are we in the West...?"