The Labour Party is being remarkably coy about releasing the actual result of its Scottish accounting unit leadership election, giving only a percentage. The entirely complacent unionist media is complicit in what amounts to a deception. The stunning truth is that in a one person, one vote election among the entire membership of the Labour Party in Scotland plus trades union supporters, Dugdale won with 5,217 votes (out of a claimed electorate of 21,000, many of whom do not exist or could not be arsed to choose between two right wing numpties).
UPDATE: A second Labour figure just rang me to assure me my information – which was from a good source – is wrong. She would not give the actual figure and only said it was “higher”. I offered to take down the post and publish an accurate figure if she would give it, but this was declined.
I just heard war criminal Gordon Brown on the radio threatening supporters of Jeremy Corbyn that if their favoured candidate wins the leadership then “we will have to look at the lessons of history” – or some such pomposity.
When people who know a bit about the history of the labour movement think of the Thatcherite, CIA-friendly, City-of-London-friendly, “New Labour” fraction that has owned the party for the last 20 years, the first figure from the past that we think of is Ramsay MacDonald.
I’ve said before that if Labour MPs don’t like the policies that are decided by the membership, they shouldn’t stand for re-election as Labour MPs.
Is this what Brown means too – that the right-wing scum such as himself should leave?
If so, good riddance!
British war criminals seem to be having a bit of a parade against Corbyn: Blair, Straw, Brown. Where’s Hoon? Where’s Prescott? Come on, you mass murderers with your well-stocked bank accounts, snouts out of trough for a few hours, get in the BBC car and come and do your bit for the embassy!
I still think Corbyn won’t win. If he does, it will be the first time I can remember that the Zionazi lobby has publicly opposed a British figure at that level and been knocked back. No person who support the Palestinians, even in the moderate way that Corbyn does, has ever led a major British political party.
But we shall see. I thought it was interesting the way the rulers played the parliamentary card a few years ago, both in Britain and in head office across the Atlantic, saying that parliamentary disapproval stopped them from attacking Syria. Obama and Cameron threw up their hands in unison, saying OK, well if the legislature don’t want us to do something, then we won’t. What a ridiculous spectacle. But new. And choreographed.(And never mind the Russians shooting down the missile over the Mediterranean, eh? That was probably the real reason for the climbdown.) So it’s possible that Corbyn could win.
Unfortunately the figure being touted in the US as similar to Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, is pro-Israeli. I was wondering whether he was one of the very few US representatives who didn’t stand up and cheer for the Zionist massacre in Gaza, but he wasn’t. He’s no Dennis Kucinich.
Mary the petition runs until Feb, it has a good chance of reaching the target set, I however doubt anything will materialise from it.
Netanyahu has too many connected friends at Westminster….still you just never know.
“Gordon Brown has said he is “not here to attack any individual candidate””.
Why does he do it then?
RoS I think the petition will get there. 2/3rds of the number required is there already.
The critical date in Sept when ‘Bibi’ stops off here on way to the US where he will do his best to have the Iran nuclear deal wrecked.
Maybe he will have another of those cute little graphics ready to flash out at the required moment. It’s shown upside down in the link below!
Congress needs to stand up for American people’s interest over Netanyahu’s
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/07/american-interest-netanyahus
It’s all about the ‘berm’ yet he never admits to Israhell having up to 400 nuclear warheads and up to 80 intact bombs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel
Mordechai Vanunu who blew the whistle is still imprisoned if only in the open air just like the Palestinians in Gaza.
Mordechai Vanunu Asks High Court to Lift Severe Restrictions on Him
Travel ban prevents nuclear whistle-blower from visiting wife in Norway, but limits on his life only begin there.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.669613
Aug 05, 2015
Pulcinella
My my, you have been busy today, haven’t you (11h33, 13h57, 14h20, 14h29 and 14h48 = and perhaps more to come?).
Are you just feeling lonely or has the way you’re paid been changed to a fixed amount per post?
RoS
“Mary the petition runs until Feb, it has a good chance of reaching the target set, I however doubt anything will materialise from it.”
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Well, I’m pleased that you’re listening at last; it only took a couple of posts from me to convince you that the petition is merely a vexatious bit of nonsense with little chance of being taken seriously or acted upon.
From Anon1
“Therefore Eilat is quite a safe place to be at present and the Arab families seem to be enjoying it as much as everyone else.”
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Yes indeed – and precisely one of the point I was making about the Tel Aviv beaches.
Apartheid south Africa indeed!
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Oscar Wilde is said to have quipped as follows: there is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about.
In the same way, I often feel that, on this blog, the only thing that annoys the Jew haters n’ baiters more than examples of discrimination against Palestinans in the West Bank are the far more numerous examples of non-discrimination against Palestinian Israelis inside Irsael proper.
“It doesn’t matter if you call it interest or you call it rent, you’re not allowed to take ( or give ) profit from a loan.”
So you lease the asset instead – simples – or are you such a fundamentalist that not even ijara is possible?
Tim
“So you weren’t put off http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wordpress/netanyahu-hopes-apocalyptic-vision-total-nuclear-devastation-hasnt-put-anyone-holidaying-eilat-summer/”
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I have looked at that link of yours closely. It is to something called “The Pan-Arabia Enquirer” and I have reason to believe that the words attributed to the Israeli PM in the piece are a complete fabrication.
But I’ve no doubt that the Jew haters n’ baiters on here will believe every word.
Habbabkuk offers a moral prize to anyone who can find any report in any Israeli newspaper of the Israeli PM saying what it is alleged he said.
That old revolving door has been in action again.
Former ministers walk through revolving door into boardrooms
A number of ministers in the Coalition government have secured jobs with organisations with which they had official dealings in government, it can be revealed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/investigations/11805083/Former-ministers-walk-through-revolving-door-into-lobbying.html
15 Aug 2015
Paterson > Randox Laboratories
Webb > Royal London pensions
Willetts > The Silvertown Partnership
Barker > Innasol
Hoban > Markit
Simmonds > First
Luff > RUSI
Yes I have been busy today.
Cut a hedge and cleared away brambles
Washed the car
Went down to Petworth and had a lovely walk in Capability Brown’s park
Did some shopping
Watched a cricket match being played on a village green
all on a lovely day with the sort of clouds that were backlit by the sun and which one wishes one could replicate in paint.
Much nicer and more scenically beautiful than beaches in nasty old Israhell.
Its these revolving doors that lie behind a creeping privatisation, Mary, thanks for that, with ex ministers offering their expertise, pushing for resolve at the door of their colleagues, this whole edifice is a stinking cesspit.
“I have looked at that link of yours closely”
says habby.
“It is to something called “The Pan-Arabia Enquirer” and I have reason to believe that the words attributed to the Israeli PM in the piece are a complete fabrication.”
says habby.
LOL
Habby continues to delight, unintentionally of course.
“Spreading the hummous of satire over the flatbread of news”
Chump!
@Lo Zuccone 6.08pm
” Lo Zuccone offers a moral prize to anyone who can find any report in any Israeli newspaper of the Israeli PM saying what it is alleged he said ”
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”You can’t debate satire ,either you get it or you don’t ”
[ Michael Moore ]
PS Would you recognise ‘ a moral prize ‘ if you saw one ?
Watching Gordon Brown pace up and down behind the lectern as he mumbled his covert, attack on Corbyn today, I couldn’t help but notice how few the listeners were in number.
It had the feeling of a closed shop and was in my opinion almost certainly staged. As soon as Brown had finished waffling, the crowd en masse jumped to their feet and enthusiastically applauded him.
This kind of staged event shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, during the Scottish referendum Brown spoke only behind closed doors and to acolytes.
However the media (scoundrels) broadcast his efforts far and wide. Brown’s speech today has that feeling to it.
It will be interesting to see who the Labour stalwarts rally behind.
“Well, I’m pleased that you’re listening at last; it only took a couple of posts from me to convince you that the petition is merely a vexatious bit of nonsense with little chance of being taken seriously or acted upon.”
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To be honest Habb, I haven’t even read your posts on Netanyahu and the petition.
If there were really any justice, to be had, Netanyahu would just be one of a number of politically influencial men, to face the music and vexation, would have nothing to do with it.
I am however realistic enough to know, that, that day is indeed, very far off unfortunately.
Speaking of most Jews not being right-wing Zionists, the Washington Post actually ran this opinion piece today: On the Iran deal, American Jewish ‘leaders’ don’t speak for most Jews.
@Habbabkuk, in light of your interest iro of Jimmy Carter’s health, and your interest iro how the term “Apartheid” relates to Israel, this will no doubt be of interest;
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_brutally_frank_jimmy_carter_calls_out_israel_on_permanent_apartheid_20150
Macky
“@Habbabkuk, in light of your interest iro of Jimmy Carter’s health”
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No laddy, you’re getting me mixed up with the Transatlantic Sage
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“your interest iro how the term “Apartheid” relates to Israel”
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Wrong bloke again, Macky. Apartheid doesn’t relate in any way to the State of Israel, hence no interest expressed by yours truly.
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Have you been out in the sun for too long, Macky?
Pulcinella
“PS Would you recognise ‘ a moral prize ‘ if you saw one ?”
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I’m offering to award one so I guess I do recognise the thing.
Are you applying?
Habbabkuk (la vita e’ bella)
15 Aug, 2015 – 5:57 pm
“Keep it up, people, and in particular you, Mary – you’re doing a splendid job in getting Craig’s blog (but not Craig himself) a growing reputation as a haven for Jew-baiter-and-haters.”
“These sort [sic]of things do not go unnoticed.”
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Well Habbabkuk, after all this time of lies and denial, you have divulged your purpose here – namely to bring Craig’s blog into disrepute by accusing contributing posters of anti-Semitism.
Perhaps you’ve been emboldened by the Zionist supporting media attacks on Jeremy Corbyn?
You are obviously a Zionist supporter Habbabkuk. I don’t know if you are a Jewish Zionist or not but if you are you should be ashamed of yourself for bringing the worlds Jews into disrepute through your Zionist hasbara activities.
There are no Jew-baiters-and-haters on this blog as far as I know.
Perhaps you could point them out to the rest of us, with evidence and references?
[“These sort [sic]of things do not go unnoticed.”]
Who is keeping an eye on this blog Habbabkuk?
You, ResDis and Anon1 obviously, who else?
The Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland perhaps or the Community Security Trust?
Nevermind You are correct.
I just happened to look for Simmonds and the company FIRST as I knew that some time back he had been outed for not declaring £50k pa from Circle Health who got the contract to take over the running of an NHS hospital Hinchingbrooke Hospital. He muttered an apology to the ‘House’ as instructed by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
‘Despite being a full-time MP, Mr Simmonds also held various jobs, including a role at Circle Healthcare, an independent medical care provider.
Mr Simmonds was paid £50,000 a year from June 2011 to act as a strategic adviser to the group.
In February 2012, Mr Simmonds was forced to apologise for failing to make clear the interest when speaking in favour of the NHS shake-up.
Mr Simmonds said he wanted to apologise for “inadvertently” failing to declare his interest and dropped the Circle Healthcare role when he was given a job in the Foreign Office in September 2012.
He was also the chairman of chartered surveyors Mortlock Simmonds, which required about 10 hours work a month, for which he was paid £800 a month.’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/11026474/Mark-Simmonds-Expenses-system-gave-Foreign-Office-minister-a-500000-lift.html
Simmonds Not just FIRST but roles with 5 others. From this you see he has the go ahead, ie a rubber stamp, to take the SIX appointments including FIRST.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acoba-recommendation-mark-simmonds-mp-parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-foreign-and-commonwealth-office/summary-of-business-appointments-applications-mark-Simmonds
The brass necks of this greedy type is staggering to behold. A supreme trougher of all troughers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Simmonds
For those who might have missed Gordon Brown’s speech today…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55wL2bxEWY
(I should add that I have no connection to the person who posted this on YouTube)
I’ll leave it to the psychiatrists to figure out Brown’s body language. I myself got quite dizzy with Brown’s budgie persona pacing up and down the cage.
But where was the cuttlefish?
Thanks Dougie, second every word, and add the word fascist before ‘zionist supporter’ of Apartheid, because that is what these apologists of Apartheid are, if they don’t speak up about the harassment of todays concentration camp inmates, they are in silent agreement with them.
Pulcinella is male and has a long nose.
I am female and my nose is of normal size. It is good though at sniffing out trolls who insult, divert and distract.
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Simmonds’ brass neck (above) is singular btw!
Habbabkuk (la vita e’ bella)
15 Aug, 2015 – 6:52 pm
“Mary – you are a bitter, negative, obsessive cut-and-paster with never an original comment and never a good word to say about anyone.”
You cannot accept criticism or questioning and respond to same by calling people trolls or worse.”
“Now those are just statements of facts, [sic] so please don’t think I’m Mary-baiting.”
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Not true Habbabkuk, your diatribe above is mere conjecture.
Doug, I’m still of the opinion that our nemesis is more Cheltenham than hasbara.
The easiest way to disrupt threads on boards like this is to bring Israel into it.
The hasbara would never post messages saying that they are playing football, or whatever, on beaches in Israel.
More likely our nemesis are playing football on the beaches of Haverford West.
Poor, sad sods that they are.
Oh, and did I mention that we’re coming for them…
Mary
A clarification to ease your mind : Pulcinella refers to “Monteverdi” and not to you.
I don’t spend all my time responding to you, you know! 🙂
Lysias
15 Aug, 2015 – 11:56 pm
“Yes, people at that age do die at an increased rate. But cancer used to be a rare disease, even among the old.”
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Sorry Lysias but cancer used to be rare because people in the past, especially the poor, died at an early age from other diseases like TB etc.
Even just since 1975, cancer incidence among people aged 75 and older has jumped from 1650 per 100,000 to about 2400. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/incidence/age#heading-Eight