Labour MP's harassment

Whilst presumably Corbyn didn't sanction the bullying mollie, nevertheless it's within his party.
There are bullying tactics on both sides, truly unpleasant and puts MPs in a very poor light IMO.

I have to go out now. I'll tag this thread as 'watching' and ge back to it later when all my duties are done.

Luckygirl

We do know how far the line has been crossed and it has been going on for a while certainly during the Labour Leadership election up to now.

Some MP's have been threatened with deselection if they do not back Corbyn , pictures of dead babies and messages of you are a warmongerer, a terrorist with blood on your hands have been received and death threats have been reported.

I think that is most definitely crossing the line.

I think this must be a thread within a thread. I'm easily confuddled though.

And before anyone leaps to assumptions, it wasn't me either!

In fact Annie as so many people appear to be condemning me out of hand, would you please post a link to that. If you are correct I will of course apologise, if you are wrong I'll expect the apology.

Sadly you are right Anya. I was young still am and really thought that "the Labour party stood for me and my way of life" How wrong I was.

Really Annie ? Are you sure that was me because I think you're mistaking me for someone else.

You need to get your facts right before you make rude remarks.

Personally I think its just sad to deliberately point out someone's spelling mistakes or grammatical errors. Pathetic even. Unless of course the mistake makes a serious post sound really funny, in which case fair game

Gilly disillusionment is a hard pill to swallow isn't it? You ought to live where I do and see the corruption in local Tory-led government.

You're probably correct, it does cut across the political spectrum.

It is acceptable if it's the truth Anya , the night you ridiculed me I was exhausted, I typed troupes not troops, an error which could have been ignored , you chose to ridicule

PS DJ once pointed out that I had spelled 'bugger' incorrectly as 'buggar' ...I thought, 'oh yes, so I have!' I didn't get all in a tizzwazz (sp?) about it.

Weird!

I joined the Labour party at 18 for all of the reasons you have pointed out Anya. I was born (and still am) working class and proud of it. I have never been handed anything on a plate. My grandad's were both miners and dedicated Labour men. I cancelled my membership some years ago after witnessing first hand the underhand tactics of various Labour councillors and MP's who voted each other on to lucrative committees as though it was "their" turn next etc. Drinking themselves into oblivion on tax payers money, jollies and funded "missions", meetings in exotic locations etc. oh I could go on and on.

I know the other are probably no better, but I was genuinely upset to find out that the one party I thought I could respect were such steaming hypocrites.

I don't know what you are referring to Annie but to call someone spiteful is a personal attack and not acceptable.

Gilly it doesn't matter who is leader of the Labour Party, until all this backstabbing and squabbling goes on, the Tories have it made.

People talk about returning to the 'roots' of the party. The Labour Party grew out of the poverty and injustices that the working classes genuinely suffered. Children starving and cold, whole families homeless, factory owners who cared not a jot for their workforce, no decent education system, no health care, and so on.

These huge reforms, brought about by the party, were the grass roots of the movement. Now things aren't perfect, but they're a damn sight better and, providing Labour stands a chance of being elected, things will continue to improve. But no. Because of an ideology that is stuck fast at the beginning of the 20th century and cannot move on, past and round the mistake that was New Labour, everything has come to a grinding halt with infighting and dissent.

I despair.

True Trisher, but doesn't mean it didn't hurt , which was the intention

Anniebach if someone is reduced to pointing out your typos it indicates they can find nothing else to argue with!!!

Anya, you have bitched and ridiculed me for sometime, your mocking of my typing an incorrect word was spiteful and uncalled for . Your views on any subject hold no interest for me , no more to say to you

.gillybob, it depends when the next leadership contest takes place, many members were against the bombing of Syria and will not forget. Also he will have the blairites to fight , so depends on time span

But of course you do not accept that my views as a party member count, do you?

And within the membership.....

Get off your high horse Annie you know full well that us Labour Party Members are a tiny part of the voting public (about 1%) and with the membership there is a wide variety of opinion and views.....or do you wish to suppress that

Oh I dunno after "that" speech Anniebach.

Benn Jnr is setting himself up to be next party leader, he is in for a disappointment

Remove Corbyn and replace him with a Blairite ? No thanks