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Momentum are getting stronger

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Anniebach Fri 07-Jul-17 10:28:05

Luciana Berger who is chair of the Jewish Labour Movement was re-elected in Liverpool with a majority of nearly 33,000

Momentum activists took nine of ten positions in the LP, one new official has said Berger is now answerable to us!

I thought an MP was answerable to her constituency

Elegran Fri 07-Jul-17 19:05:42

I have a family tree on the wall of my spare room, dj, though it is mostly filled with Janes, Marys and Charleses, ag. labs and domestics all.

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:10:32

Mine's rolled up in the wardrobe, Elegran.
It's like a roll of wallpaper because there are lots of Scandinavian names on it. They were easy to trace for my in-laws.

Elegran Fri 07-Jul-17 19:17:33

Mine ran into a brick wall at the Smiths. Every family tree eventually hits a Smith.

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 19:19:36

Mine hasnt but fascinating stuff though

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:23:28

No Smiths in mine, but lots of common Welsh surnames as parts of the family moved to Wales and married there.

Anniebach Fri 07-Jul-17 19:32:56

Wonder if any babies born this year will be named Momentum

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:33:35

Moggmentum's voting record. He really cares for ordinary people. Make a good Tory leader.

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 19:37:55

His family got their money from owning coal mines. I wonder what sort of employers they were?

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:39:02

inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/moggmentum-unlikely-movement-make-jacob-rees-mogg-prime-minister/

M0nica Fri 07-Jul-17 19:41:52

One of the 2 reasons I have sent my whole life teetering on the edge of voting Labour without ever doing so has been its underlying tendency towards mob rule, whether called Momentum or Militant, or nothing at all, just lurking in the corners of the party waiting it's chance.

The other, is their economic incompetence.

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:49:33

Did you watch QT last night, Monica?

evolvepolitics.com/caroline-lucas-just-expertly-exposed-jacob-rees-moggs-shameful-hypocrisy-tuition-fee-debt-video/

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 19:49:36

monica you are believing the lies

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 19:51:12

Conservative Party has doubled the debt since they came in in 2010.
Is that competence? Is that what you expected them to do when you voted for them?

GracesGranMK2 Fri 07-Jul-17 20:09:07

I haven't actually seen anyone suggest that the Labour Party wants to move to a one party state RaR. Where did you come across that? In truth, I see it more from the Tories who totally believe no one can do it better than them - as long as we don't mind if they become rich and others poor in the process.

This is the sort of attack that is made if you are a party, within a capitalist country, with a far-right capitalist government, and you fight for social justice and minority rights. These left-wingers they stand for such awful things don't theyhmm

GracesGranMK2 Fri 07-Jul-17 20:13:35

I'm afraid Moggmentum just makes me think of support for the cat!

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:14:11

Good post gg

rosesarered Fri 07-Jul-17 20:40:38

I agree Monica 'lurking in the corners awaiting their chance' [grins] that sums up Momentum well.

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:42:16

Perhaps you would like to tell us about momentum rose

rosesarered Fri 07-Jul-17 20:42:19

It's a new name for Militant Tendency.

rosesarered Fri 07-Jul-17 20:43:38

Perhaps you would like to Google them ww

durhamjen Fri 07-Jul-17 20:43:55

And of course you know all about them, too.
You don't know anything about any of them, just what you read in the Times.

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:45:06

Well i dont need to but just wondered if you know as much as you like to suggest you know

rosesarered Fri 07-Jul-17 20:48:15

wink

dj your posts make me laugh sometimes.......

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:52:01

So i take that to be a no then rose

Anniebach Fri 07-Jul-17 20:55:53

Momentum sre doing more than lurking, they have been lurking for some years under different names, now as Momentum they are striking with force . They have placed the country's most admired Grandfather - not my description of him - in the top spot and when he wins the election stand by for the militants to crawl out from the woodwork, McDonald will be in power, the unions will drag us back to strikes every couple of weeks , we can but hope this time it will not be grieving families prevented from burying their dead relatives .