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That image is a classic. It will go down in history as depicting the lunacy of the Trump circus:
And I haven’t stopped laughing since I saw this on TV3 news tonight:
http://www.newshub.co.nz/world/melania-trump-plagiarises-michelle-obamas-speech-2016071916#axzz4EpojKR6H
Patrick Gower… you done good.
Yep in a few decades time if/when human civilisation lies in ruins around us this photo may mark the descent into hell …
Obviously a ghost writer would have written this for her, and this is a petty attempt to embarrass Trump.
Which will backfire of course, as they are picking on the candidate’s wife.
A thief or a liar…?
oh her beautiful speech
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/755278658273697792/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
but then there is this…..
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/755279965218897920
its kind of troublesome when people who are supposedly work in a team can’t get their message right. So confusing.
but to your question, maybe both?
And, Rick Rolled as well.
@AsleepWhileWalking@8.19pm
“petty” ? ?
It’s a pretty big, bad, thing to plagiarise. The word ‘petty’ is inappropriate and shallow in this situation.
YouGov Poll of Labour Party members eligible to vote in Leadership election.
(15-18 July 2016)
Voting Intention
J. Corbyn: 54%
A. Eagle: 21%
O. Smith: 15%
Runoffs
Corbyn vs Smith
J. Corbyn: 56%
O. Smith: 34%
Corbyn vs Eagle
J. Corbyn: 58%
A. Eagle: 34%
(Presumably the remainder are Don’t Knows – this comes hot off the press via twitter. Nothing on the YouGov site yet, so no detailed breakdowns)
When does the voting start and finish?
20 July – EPLP and PLP nominations close and supporting nominations open. Last date to join as registered supporter.
21 July – Deadline for validly nominated candidates to consent to nomination.
22 July – Hustings period opens.
8 August – Final date for membership arrears to be paid in full. Final date for updated affiliated supporter lists to be renewed.
15 August – Supporting nominations close.
22 August – Ballot mailing despatched.
14 September – Last date for electronic ballot reissues.
16 September – Hustings period closes.
21 September – Ballot closes.
(So, voting 22 Aug-21 Sep)
24 September – Special conference to announce result (to be scheduled to ensure no clash with Women’s Conference).
We’re heading over to Britain in Sep – just in time for the announcement. Should be fascinating.
Wow! Thanks swordfish. We can look forward to your ‘on the spot’ updates in September.
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Unelectable I say! Unelectable!!!
That grey haired socialist grandfather is unelectable!!!!!
Some more detail from this YouGov Poll.
In the up-coming Labour leadership election, if these were the candidates, who would you give your first preference to ?
……………………….TOTAL…….Members pre-2015 GE…..Members joined after 2015 GE
CORBYN …………..54% …………………… 39% …………………………… 68%
EAGLE ……………..21% ……………………. 31% …………………………… 12%
SMITH ……………..15% ……………………. 18% …………………………… 12%
UNSURE ……………9% ……………………. 11% …………………………….. 8%
NOT VOTE ………..1% …………………….. 2% ………………………………. 1%
Imagine there was a leadership election and these were the candidates, who would you vote for ?
Corbyn Vs Smith
CORBYN ………….. 56% …………………. 41% ……………………………. 71%
SMITH ……………… 34% …………………. 47% ……………………………. 23%
UNSURE …………… 7% ……………………. 9% ……………………………… 5%
NOT VOTE ………… 3% ……………………. 3% ……………………………… 2%
Corbyn Vs Eagle
CORBYN …………… 58% ………………….. 43% ……………………………. 73%
EAGLE ………………. 34% ………………….. 50% ……………………………. 20%
UNSURE ……………. 5% …………………….. 6% ………………………………. 5%
NOT VOTE ………… 2% ……………………… 2% ………………………………. 2%
Oh dear. If only the PLP supporters on Labour’s NEC had had the nous to disenfranchise all members who joined after Labour’s May 2015 Election defeat. If you’re determined to ruthlessly gerrymander the voting process then at least have the courage to go the whole hog.
True dat. Otherwise you’re just a wannabe authoritarian who needs to take some lessons from Erdogan.
What was interesting is the way that Eagle dropped out in favour of Smith overnight. Unable to get enough PLP support.
“Wage earners, and the millions who would be happy to earn a wage if they could find work, know better. Here in America, for example, most people outside the echo chambers of the affluent remember perfectly well that forty years ago, a family with one working class income could afford a house, a car, and the other amenities of life, while today, a family with one working class income is probably living on the street. Shouting down open discussion of interests by insisting that all political decisions have to do solely with values has been a common strategy on the part of the affluent; the outcome of the Brexit referendum is one of several signs that this strategy is near the end of its shelf life.”
http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.co.nz/
Yep sounds about right
The Garage Rental Market.
http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/predatory-property-managers-renting-out-auckland-garages-2016071917?ref=newshubFB#axzz4Eilj98ba
Another day in John Key’s neo-liberal nightmare.
We have become a cruel, greedy, uncaring and selfish nation under his wretched leadership.
indeed we have.
These are the grandchildren of the cheap labour New Zealand got rich off for decades.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/308982/nearly-half-of-nz-pacific-young-people-living-in-poverty
Another day in John Key’s neo-liberal nightmare.
We have become a cruel, greedy, uncaring and selfish nation under his wretched leadership.
According to an investors’ lobby group (NZ Property Investors’ Federation?) endless exploitation of renters and therefore government subsidies should continue indefinitely.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11677372
“Rents will go up if property investors nationwide are forced to stump-up a 40 per cent deposit, an investors’ lobby group says.”
Check out the front image on this article. Asians in the auction room as far as the eye can see. Deliberate, or not by the Herald?
http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/201630/SCCZEN_A_010715NZHJOAUCTION10_620x310.jpg
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11677196