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This is not the end of the coup. Corbyn left and then the NEC ruled that anybody joining in the last 6 months (inc. me) will not be eligible to vote. That's a great majority of Corbyn’s base. Jamie Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Gary MacLennan via Marxism Sent: 12 July 2016 22:18 To: jamie pitman Subject: [Marxism] Once more on British Labour ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** Much encouraged by Anthony's kind remarks, I thought I would venture another post. The news that the NEC of the Labour Party had ruled 18-14 that Corbyn would automatically be on the ballot in the forthcoming challenge has been greeted with jubilation by the Left and absolute dismay by the Centre and Right of the Labour Party. One should read the vile and the bile on the twitter feed in response to Paul Mason's triumphal tweet hailing Corbyn's victory to realise just how divided the Labour Party is at the present. The Right have played all their cards against Corbyn. That failed and now they must face an election. The Centre and the Right have set fire to their own party and used every opportunity in the Murdoch Media to thrash the leadership. As a result Labour has gone down in the polls and predictably they have blamed Corbyn. The intelligent ones on the right who do not believe their own lies and propaganda are faced with a terrible set of choices, now. They know that they cannot match the surge to Corbyn. They now have to split or shut up. Over 85% of the constituency parties supported Corbyn, and that means that the threat of deselection has become very real for the Right. British politics cannot now return to the status quo where there was a universal consensus among the political elites as to what constituted common sense. Amidst all the chaos, it could emerge that Corbyn is the only one with a plan. A re-election campaign is a blessing for Corbyn, because it plays to his strength, which is making appeals, out in the public arena and away from parliament, for social justice on behalf of and to those who need it most, that is the English, Scottish and Welsh working classes. That is why I personally am inclined to suspect there will be no election campaign. Poor old Angela Eagle who has been put up by the Blairite cynics has said she welcomes the election. She will not enjoy the experience. A note on the usual phrase that this is a battle for the soul of the Labour Party. That metaphor disguises a piece of neo-Platonism. There is no such thing as the soul of the Labour Party. This is a battle to construct a soul. At the moment the Left is enjoying a renewed strength thanks to the Blairite coup. As Richard Seymour puts it - Worst. Coup. Ever. comradely Gary _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/marinercarpentry%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
