Tuesday 12 July 2016

The Brick has Landed ...

This popped up on my facebook feed via a labour voter, and I'd have thought they'd be more sympathetic.  


So I clicked for some more comments, and realised that Labour really is well and truly screwed up beyond all recognition:


20 comments:

Rich Tee said...

Yes, my Labour MP has apparently been emailing all her members demanding that Corbyn resigns even though her local branches have just voted in his favour.

Well and truly screwed.

Woman on a Raft said...

I am genuinely shocked by this. Have I read the comments correctly?

Rich Tee said...

@Woman on a Raft

The political left has always been riven with factions, the People's Front of Judea scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian is a satire of that.

The Blair years were where Labour managed to contain the disputes for long enough to get into power, because they were so desperate for power after so many years in the wilderness.

But it was always a thin veneer really. The old disagreements are breaking through and rearing their ugly head again.

Mark Wadsworth said...

Angela Eagle is stirring up forces unknown for unknown reasons and she doesn't have the faintest chance of winning anything, let alone a general election.

While throwing bricks clearly is a crime, if you try and fuck up your own party and then can't take a bit of stick on Twitter you shouldn't be in politics.

Penseivat said...

Has anyone discovered whether the shards of broken glass were inside the building or outside?

Steven_L said...

RT - they are nutters!

WoaR - I was pretty taken aback too.

MW - Do you think she's the 'stalking horse' or whatever it is they call the suicide candidate?

ps - Do you think there is anything in the conspiracy theories then?

James Higham said...

Total basket case, Labour.

Mark Wadsworth said...

S yes I do.

MikeW said...

'stalking horse',

yep, I think they sat around and worked out who wanted to retire to the Lords at the end of this year.Is she the elder of two eagles? Obviously, Mr Benn (apple fell far from the tree)thinks he has a lot offer the Labour movment and will lead a charge again mid term if May is to believed.

Still, project LVT to the local Labour party continues my end. If the PLP had effectively ended democracy in the party, I would have joined the Greens. Which is what my 'permaculture' Mrs MikeW, would have wanted all along!

Lola said...

I worry about this. Why? I am not at all 'socialist'. Because, you cannot have white without black. The House of Commons needs the adversarial debate to drive effective policy making. Unless there is a robust challenge to a policy, it will be flawed. It is the argument that is needed. And that is what has been lacking under the 'continuity Blairism' practised by Cameron and Co.

L fairfax said...

Labour doing to itself what it did to Iraq and my chances of getting a decent home

Steven_L said...

Labour doing to itself what it did to Iraq and my chances of getting a decent home

The winning comment!

Mark Wadsworth said...

The penny has finally dropped. Will the next instalment be called "Where Bricks Dare"?

L fairfax said...

@Steven_L
Thank you, I wish it weren't true. At least I am not an Iraqi. If anyone wants to copy it please do so.

Steven_L said...

I hope there is no next instalment, I'm not one for violence.

Lola said...

The Brick
Eddie the Brick
Brick Tag

Lola said...

The Brick
Eddie the Brick
Brick Tag

benj said...

Spread brick.

The bricks.

Brick eyed.

etc,

Mark Wadsworth said...

L and BJ, I thought we were just going films?

Bayard said...

Turns out it wasn't the window of the Angela the Eagle's office after all, but another window in the building that houses her office and could quite possibly simply been a piece of random vandalism or an attempt to break into the building.