History Repeating Itself (06/07/16)

The real problem facing Jeremy Corbyn is that the people resigning from his front bench team are all elected politicians in their own right as well, elected by Labour voters and not just party activists.

Just a few short months ago Jeremy was proclaiming these same people as his A-Team, a potential government in waiting, yet now they are walking out the door in droves after coming to the conclusion that their leader cannot win a general election - that he cannot connect with the wider public.

Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, organised a similar political 'coup' against Tony Blair which ushered in Gordon Brown and I'd bet my house that Jeremy Corbyn was one of those who supported the Blair rebellion at the time.

So he's really just getting a taste of his own medicine even though the underlying issue is that Jeremy is not up to the job, as his key lieutenants have shown by voting with their feet.

Tony Blair also had a mandate from his third general election victory in 2005, not just as Labour leader, but that as people will recall counted for nought in the end.

Respect (26/06/16)

I remember watching an episode of South Park in which Cartman's appointment as a school 'hall monitor' goes to his head, so much so that he dresses up as a cop and demands that the other kids 'Respect ma authoritah'.  

Now that made me laugh, but not as much as serial rebel Jeremy Corbyn demanding that Labour MPs respect his 'mandate' party leader after spending the past 30 years defying a succession of Labour leaders including Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband. 

If my memory serves me correctly, Jezza has actually defied the Labour whip more than 500 times during his long  parliamentary career.

So I suspect his demand for 'respect' will fall on deaf ears, as it's a blatant case 'Do as I say, not as I do'.