Jump to content

Cllr Williams to stand down

Rockets

By Rockets
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

Sue

Sue

Posted
Posted
On 03/07/2025 at 12:12, Rockets said:

No, he was utterly un-electable. Any sensible, non-Momentum, Labour member knew this. Corbyn likes to blame the press but that is the far-left modus operandi - find someone else to blame when the problem lies at your doorstep. I know someone who was on his team and they convinced themselves that they had won on the basis of social media. He was a disaster for the party and only Covid and the incompetence of the Tories allowed Labour to recover. Corbyn was on Newsnight last night clearly putting himself back on the circuit in the hope of a Starmer downfall. 

This is why Labour HQ does not want McAsh leading the council - they are trying to purge the party of the far-left due to the damage they have done to it and I believe any swing to a more far-left leadership in Labour HQ would be an unmitigated disaster and just be rolling out the red-carpet for Farage. But the far-left won't care they see another opportunity to take over after they fumbled the ball massively in 2019.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/is-the-british-left-making-a-comeback-uk-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

alice

alice

Posted
Posted

This new movement seems great.  great ideas. But they’re just an opposition party they’re like a subsection of the Labour Party - so perfectly suited to Corbyn - his inspirational rhetoric can only be uttered in opposition.  Power would not suit him - that would require hard decisions that’s not his style, strength or skill

  • Like 2
Dogkennelhillbilly

Dogkennelhillbilly

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Sue said:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/is-the-british-left-making-a-comeback-uk-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Reading this sort of stuff - it's tiring. It's a weird focus on marginal English politics instead of the mainstream and instead of UK politics.

How do you use 4 ex-Labour MPs getting elected an example of a supposed trend but ignore the election of 411 Labour MPs in the same election?

How do you waffle on for several hundred words about the prospects of new left parties without mentioning what's been happening in this area for the last 20 years in Scotland and Wales?

Rockets

Rockets

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

This new party might do nothing more than serve Reform victory in the next election - there is no mood for a far-left party (as 2019 aptly demonstrated) and taking votes from Labour could be a nightmare for the whole country. But Corbyn has only cared about himself and his ideology - once a backbencher, always a backbencher.

Edited by Rockets
  • Like 1
Dogkennelhillbilly

Dogkennelhillbilly

Posted
Posted (edited)

A far left coup? This bunch can't even decide if the People's Front of Judea is actually going to be a political party, let alone who's going to lead it. I don’t think you need to worry about Corbyn and Co seizing Woolwich barracks to recreate Kronstadt any time soon.

Edited by Dogkennelhillbilly
  • Haha 3
HEC

HEC

Posted
Posted
14 hours ago, Rockets said:

This new party might do nothing more than serve Reform victory in the next election - there is no mood for a far-left party (as 2019 aptly demonstrated) and taking votes from Labour could be a nightmare for the whole country. But Corbyn has only cared about himself and his ideology - once a backbencher, always a backbencher.

If Starmer takes the party any further right then can he complain if the left leave? If Reform win it will be entirely Starmer and the right wing of the labour party's fault, there will be no one else to blame. After 14 years of the tories making this country worse, there doesn't seem much appetite for a continuation of centre right politics.

  • Agree 2
Dogkennelhillbilly

Dogkennelhillbilly

Posted
Posted

There wasn't any chaos at the council: bins were collected, social workers supported people, elder care was paid for and all the rest. There was a few days of furious bickering among local politicians on one side of the chamber. Nothing new there...

  • Agree 2
Spartacus

Spartacus

Posted
Posted
30 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

There wasn't any chaos at the council: bins were collected, social workers supported people, elder care was paid for and all the rest. There was a few days of furious bickering among local politicians on one side of the chamber. Nothing new there...

Exactly 

Rockets

Rockets

Posted
  • Author
Posted
1 hour ago, Sue said:

They are people. 

That's how people often behave.

Politicians particularly so....remember it's always party before people!

I doubt McAsh will be in cabinet much longer...he might find even more attempts to kneecap his political career. I wonder if he might have to move to another area and restart - he obviously has political ambition but it seems Southwark is not going to be where it blossoms anymore - unless he can manage some sort of coup.

 

Sue

Sue

Posted
Posted
22 minutes ago, Rockets said:

Politicians particularly so....remember it's always party before people!

I doubt McAsh will be in cabinet much longer...he might find even more attempts to kneecap his political career. I wonder if he might have to move to another area and restart - he obviously has political ambition but it seems Southwark is not going to be where it blossoms anymore - unless he can manage some sort of coup.

 

I think it's a loss locally, personally.

I think he is very good.

  • Agree 1
Rockets

Rockets

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I used to enjoy his interactions when he frequented this forum but his political aspirations and ambition went far beyond Goose Green. Ward councillor always felt like a stepping stone and so it proved to be - a stepping stone that fell away and plunged him into shark infested waters! Fascinating to watch what his next move will be.

Sephiroth

Sephiroth

Posted
Posted
On 02/07/2025 at 12:13, HeadNun said:

I agree, Moovart. There's something very aggressive about language like that - it's not big and it's not clever. Some of the angry energy that comes from the far left is pretty self-defeating. 


latest unhelpful far left energy

 

oh no, wait…

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/20/police-warn-inflammatory-online-posts-clashes-essex-asylum-hotel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

HeadNun

HeadNun

Posted
Posted
Just now, Sephiroth said:

You don’t think there are right-wing politicians fanning this with rhetoric? Really? 

I never said that. Saying I don’t like some of the rhetoric coming from the left doesn’t mean I approve of Farage et al saying that Afghans being brought here to protect their lives and thank them for their service means there is an incalculable threat to women. 
 

Anything to score a cheap point. It’s pretty pathetic. 

  • Like 1

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • oglander
      Cat Flap

      By oglander · Posted

      I'm just about to adopt a new cat & they now have to be kept in at night. Technology really isn't my thing so is there anyone out there who would be happy to go through the instructions for a new cat flap with a timer & explain to me, in simple words, how it works? Maybe someone who already has one? 
    • tercio
      Delivery thefts on Oakhurst Grove

      By tercio · Posted

      Yes. Both Amazon. 
    • beansprout
      Poundland East Dulwich soon to be replaced by Tesco Express

      By beansprout · Posted

      Wow, well served with local supermarkets then…  Agree with ATM.. good c position to been mugged or cloned card - prob why not been considered before. Wasn’t there one outside post office and still  is2where people were abit nervous of using? Hope I am wrong but won’t see me rushing to use it…sure lots of folk will benefit thou. Not a great fan or user of Iceland but when it closed years ago people complained..  Guess they only b look at bigger sites - can’t recall an express one but a pity to those who frequent the store. Strange that Tesco can use it as local but Iceland can’t - guess it is  power of large supermarkets. Personally would have  loved an Aldi or Lidl but  clearly site to small. Only grocery stores left to come are Waitrose, Aldi, Lidl… 
    • Sue
      Looking for good wifi suggestions please!

      By Sue · Posted

      I'm paying £31 pcm for full fibre 300, whatever that is. I'm not sure it's a particularly good deal now, but I did a comparison at the time I went onto it, and it was then. I don't have a landline any more, and my mobile is with iD, who piggyback off 3. I don't usually have any problems,  except once a few years back when the whole 3  network (?) went  down for quite a long time.

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...