A Fair Point
Centrist Lobster Force is something of a handful as a Twitter name, but CLF makes a strong point nonetheless in response to John McDonnell's claim that Labour could renegotiate Brexit in just 3 months.
Jackie Walker, by the way, is a Labour Party activist and a former vice-chair of the Corbyn-supporting Momentum group, who has been suspended over allegations of anti-Semitism.
Centrist Lobster Force
'I think we can do it within the timescale itself' - @johnmcdonnellMP says Labour could do in three months what the current government hasn't been able to do in the last two years; negotiate a Brexit deal the country supports.
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I think it's a terrible conflict of interest that members of various UK parliaments and assemblies are allowed to employ family members on the public payroll.
The recruitment 'process' involved has to be a joke from start to finish, for obvious reasons, yet politicians implying their wives, husbands, sons and daughters is still a common practice in the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments, as well as in the Wales and Northern Ireland Assemblies.
The Times reports on the latest scandal involving a member of Jeremy Corbyn's front bench team, Kate Osamor.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/labour-mp-kate-osamor-still-employs-her-drugs-convict-son-ishmael-dn9hpqflr
Labour MP Kate Osamor still employs her drug dealer son Ishmael
By Kate Devlin - The Times
All in the Labour Family! (06/11/18)
I think it's a terrible conflict of interest that members of various UK parliaments and assemblies are allowed to employ family members on the public payroll.
The recruitment 'process' involved has to be a joke from start to finish, for obvious reasons, yet politicians implying their wives, husbands, sons and daughters is still a common practice in the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments, as well as in the Wales and Northern Ireland Assemblies.
The Times reports on the latest scandal involving a member of Jeremy Corbyn's front bench team, Kate Osamor.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/labour-mp-kate-osamor-still-employs-her-drugs-convict-son-ishmael-dn9hpqflr
Labour MP Kate Osamor still employs her drug dealer son Ishmael
By Kate Devlin - The Times
Kate Osamor, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, has criticised drugs policyBRUCE ADAMS/REX
A Labour frontbencher and ally of Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls to sack her son from his job as her communications officer after he was caught with drugs at a music festival.
Ishmael Osamor, 29, resigned last night as a Labour councillor after it emerged that he had pleaded guilty to having £2,500 of drugs with intent to supply at Bestival in Dorset last year.
He said: “I sincerely regret, and apologise for, not informing my family and colleagues of the pending court case and have stood down in recognition of this fact.”
A Labour frontbencher and ally of Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls to sack her son from his job as her communications officer after he was caught with drugs at a music festival.
Ishmael Osamor, 29, resigned last night as a Labour councillor after it emerged that he had pleaded guilty to having £2,500 of drugs with intent to supply at Bestival in Dorset last year.
He said: “I sincerely regret, and apologise for, not informing my family and colleagues of the pending court case and have stood down in recognition of this fact.”
Ishmael Osamor had £2,500 of cocaine and Ecstasy at a music festival last year - BNPS
I laughed my head off at this Twitter post from a spoof Corbyn fan who mocks the faux outrage of Corbynistas who are apparently up in arms about a Labour MP's internship - while turning a blind eye to blatant nepotism at Labour HQ.
Jeremy Corbyn's son works for McDonnell earning £50k Len McCluskey's daughter works for Corbyn earning £40k John McDonnell's son works for Corbyn earning £50k
Now that is funny.
As I was writing my post about the runners and riders to fill the post of Labour Party general secretary, I was struck by the following question:
"Is the daughter of Len McCluskey who is reported to be working in Jeremy Corbyn's office, the child he had with Jennie Formby?
Jennie Formby is the former political director of Unite and is reportedly one of the favourites to become the new general secretary.
It's all becoming a bit 'incestuous' if you ask me, and few people really know what's going on because these wheels within wheels are seldom reported in the mainstream media.
I came across this Twitter post which deserves a much wider audience, assuming the claims made are accurate.
I dropped a note to Jeremy Corbyn days ago asking him if the tweet is accurate, but as the Labour leader has not responded I think it's fair to assume the figures are correct.
I suppose the saving grace is that if the offspring of these Labour 'leftists' all went to university, they will all now be able to start paying off their student fees courtesy of their generous public sector salaries.
But wait, their dads are planning to abolish student fees and wipe out student debt - in response to the nauseating 'entitlement rage' from the country's professional middle classes.
Donald Trump clearly has a weird relationship with his daughter Ivanka who seems to have moved beyond the unprecedented 'First Daughter' role into one where Ivanka regularly sits at the same table as international politicians and visiting heads of state.
In this photo Ivanka is seated next to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and while she seems to be displaying far better manners and social skills that her boorish father, the truth is that the President's daughter has no right to be there.
Unless, of course, you believe that Donald Trump should be able to use the White House and his presidency, quite shamelessly, to promote his family and business interests.
All In the Labour Family (02/06/18)
I laughed my head off at this Twitter post from a spoof Corbyn fan who mocks the faux outrage of Corbynistas who are apparently up in arms about a Labour MP's internship - while turning a blind eye to blatant nepotism at Labour HQ.
Jeremy Corbyn's son works for McDonnell earning £50k Len McCluskey's daughter works for Corbyn earning £40k John McDonnell's son works for Corbyn earning £50k
Now that is funny.
All in the Labour Family (07/03/18)
As I was writing my post about the runners and riders to fill the post of Labour Party general secretary, I was struck by the following question:
"Is the daughter of Len McCluskey who is reported to be working in Jeremy Corbyn's office, the child he had with Jennie Formby?
Jennie Formby is the former political director of Unite and is reportedly one of the favourites to become the new general secretary.
It's all becoming a bit 'incestuous' if you ask me, and few people really know what's going on because these wheels within wheels are seldom reported in the mainstream media.
All in the Family (24/02/18)
I came across this Twitter post which deserves a much wider audience, assuming the claims made are accurate.
I dropped a note to Jeremy Corbyn days ago asking him if the tweet is accurate, but as the Labour leader has not responded I think it's fair to assume the figures are correct.
Jeremy Corbyn's son works for McDonnell earning £50k
Len McCluskey's daughter works for Corbyn earning £40k
John McDonnell's son works for Corbyn earning £50k
Len McCluskey's daughter works for Corbyn earning £40k
John McDonnell's son works for Corbyn earning £50k
Where’s the outrage from Corbynistas or is this the level playing field they’re always crying about?
Now this looks like the height of hypocrisy if you ask me - a classic case of saying one thing and then doing another - when it comes to equal opportunities recruitment and employing the best person for a job.
I suppose the saving grace is that if the offspring of these Labour 'leftists' all went to university, they will all now be able to start paying off their student fees courtesy of their generous public sector salaries.
But wait, their dads are planning to abolish student fees and wipe out student debt - in response to the nauseating 'entitlement rage' from the country's professional middle classes.
All in the Family (21/03/17)
Donald Trump clearly has a weird relationship with his daughter Ivanka who seems to have moved beyond the unprecedented 'First Daughter' role into one where Ivanka regularly sits at the same table as international politicians and visiting heads of state.
In this photo Ivanka is seated next to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and while she seems to be displaying far better manners and social skills that her boorish father, the truth is that the President's daughter has no right to be there.
Unless, of course, you believe that Donald Trump should be able to use the White House and his presidency, quite shamelessly, to promote his family and business interests.
All in The Family (15/02/17)
Here's a lovely photo of a dad and his daughter.
Except for the fact that the daughter is a well-known businesswomen who is exploiting his position as President by arranging a photo-shoot in the White House with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Americans may rue the day they allowed their 45th President to turn the presidency into a political version of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' as the action switches from Pennsylvania Avenue to Donald Trump's private beach resort in Mar-a-Lago to Trump Towers in New York where his wife Melania still lives.
And the laugh is that the bill for securing these different sites is all being met from public expense while Trump Enterprises enjoys the added bonus of free adverting and marketing for their private business interests.
The 'swamp' has never been healthier.
Except for the fact that the daughter is a well-known businesswomen who is exploiting his position as President by arranging a photo-shoot in the White House with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Americans may rue the day they allowed their 45th President to turn the presidency into a political version of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' as the action switches from Pennsylvania Avenue to Donald Trump's private beach resort in Mar-a-Lago to Trump Towers in New York where his wife Melania still lives.
And the laugh is that the bill for securing these different sites is all being met from public expense while Trump Enterprises enjoys the added bonus of free adverting and marketing for their private business interests.
The 'swamp' has never been healthier.
