tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post7383630356420441141..comments2024-03-29T11:10:13.344+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll : Perceptions of Labour in Scotland seem to be more negative than ever beforeJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78122780575262732782015-08-07T01:01:52.072+01:002015-08-07T01:01:52.072+01:00If Corbyn becomes Labour leader, I wonder if a sna...If Corbyn becomes Labour leader, I wonder if a snap 2nd referendum called after another seemingly inevitable Tory GE win holds a better chance? <br />With Scotland facing the prospect of many more years of Tory government. <br />And especially if Tories are wiped out here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-67672558136516627572015-07-27T01:52:16.960+01:002015-07-27T01:52:16.960+01:00How meaningful are these subsamples?
I would'...How meaningful are these subsamples?<br /><br />I would've thought that most of the uk/scotland population have never heard of these four candidates or know very little about them. I remember the BBC doing a voxpop of people in London and barely anyone recognised them.<br /><br />Corbyn would be torn apart by the London Press on a daily basis over his views on Venezuela/Cuba, tax, monarchy, hamas/hezbollah, SF/IRA, strikes, nationalisation..<br /><br />I read in the Independent Corbyn's campaign team said they will purge the party of the Blairites. And at least 50 Labour MPs have said they would move against Corbyn if he won. This means that a major bloodbath would be inevitable.<br /><br />A Corbyn led Labour party would be highly fractious, unstable, tumultuous. Many Labour MPs would never tolerate or accept his leadership. A divided Labour party is an unelectable party.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-71854570822696892172015-07-26T23:03:46.445+01:002015-07-26T23:03:46.445+01:00Labour doesn't, as a rule, topple its leaders....Labour doesn't, as a rule, topple its leaders. Foot, Kinnock, Brown, Miliband - all were kept in post despite being disastrous. Ironically, the one leader they came close to knifing - Blair - was the most successful leader they'd ever had.<br /><br />If Corbyn wins in September, he will lead the labour party into the 2020 General Election.Aldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385445471036440872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68802309536873132502015-07-26T21:59:07.367+01:002015-07-26T21:59:07.367+01:00A Corbyn-led Labour could be effective in Scotland...A Corbyn-led Labour could be effective in Scotland but only IF he is allowed to lead by his MPs which seems a tall order.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27622911673921994542015-07-26T21:29:21.307+01:002015-07-26T21:29:21.307+01:00Whoever can outflank the SNP on the left will begi...Whoever can outflank the SNP on the left will begin to draw away their support. Labour under Corbyn would fit the bill. Once he starts all his guff about nationalising the moon etc, the hard left up here (about 30% of the population by my reckoning), will be overcome with excitement.<br /><br />It is at this point that all those jibes about "branch offices" may come back to haunt the SNP. Scots might be happy about labour being ran from London, provided the guy in London calling the shots is a lefty.<br /><br />The Corbynator is coming to get you! Prepare to be Corbynated, by pure Corbynite! <br /><br />Etc etc...Aldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385445471036440872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-59619468944726998622015-07-26T20:25:17.762+01:002015-07-26T20:25:17.762+01:00Yes, but Miliband wasn't a member of the Campa...Yes, but Miliband wasn't a member of the Campaign Group. I don't think there can be much doubt where Corbyn is coming from.James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82639407532604174412015-07-26T20:12:20.306+01:002015-07-26T20:12:20.306+01:00the devil is in the details. We'll have to wai...the devil is in the details. We'll have to wait and see if he wins and if labour rallies behind him or try to tear him down...or split. We'll have to wait and see how he feels about Scotland and if he'll make the same mistakes Miliband did over support from the SNP.<br /><br />Corbyn will only be a problem for the SNP if Corbyn talks and acts like old labour, not new labour. If its a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" then labour has problems. Remember how everyone called Miliband - Red Ed on the right and thought the party was going to shift left. Well we all know how that one worked out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44495697563007717562015-07-26T18:29:44.740+01:002015-07-26T18:29:44.740+01:00Can't see Corbyn making much difference to Sco...Can't see Corbyn making much difference to Scotland, unless he wins and declares the Labour party in Scotland completely and genuinely independent from the Labour party in England.Dan Huilnoreply@blogger.com