[Winegums]

But first comes actually winning an election. The strong sense is that McDonnell, along with much of the shadow cabinet, is infuriated by everything that gets in the way of that. Imagine the despair of losing an election to Boris Johnson and facing another five years of social destruction. Day after day it gets clearer that Corbyn is the chief obstacle: weak, vacillating, glum and scoring the lowest ever poll ratings for an opposition leader as he fails to grasp the severity of Labour’s crisis over antisemitism and Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn’s weak leadership betrays those Labour would lift from poverty

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... CMP=fb_cif

Polly's written her article again. Trying to drive a wedge between McDonnell and Corbyn is fucking dumb.

[lord_kobel]

Yeah, corbyn is doing that all on his own....

[Winegums]

[lord_kobel]

I do not know the details of what happened

"...but I'm going to make something up anyway."

[bluebellnutter]

Is that the actual reason the New Statesman removed it? Is that what they actually said?

I notice he's not posted a shred of evidence that that is the case.

[randomelement]

So you are going with: Corbyn is shit leader, but not quite as shit as Boris.

[Winegums]

Is that the actual reason the New Statesman removed it? Is that what they actually said?

I notice he's not posted a shred of evidence that that is the case.

Is there any more likely rationale to hand?

[lord_kobel]

Is there any more likely rationale to hand?

That he fucked something up along the way?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Liam Young has suggested calling a leadership election. Seriously. Because that's what is holding Labour back. The public don't think there's enough support for Corbyn in Labour.

[bluebellnutter]

Is that the actual reason the New Statesman removed it? Is that what they actually said?

I notice he's not posted a shred of evidence that that is the case.

Is there any more likely rationale to hand?

It wasn't deemed good enough. It was published in error. It fell foul of the legal team in some way.

Prove to me it wasn't any of them.

[crabcakes_windermere]

Man who writes apologetic article for Corbyn saying "he's shit, but give him a go, eh?" makes up Corbyn-favouring reason for removal of said article based on no information, which he admits.

Stuff gets spiked all the time. Stuff gets published in error all the time. Someone probably pressed the upload button by mistake and then pulled it when it was spotted. Author now making most of it for personal publicity.

Simplest explanation is most likely.

[Winegums]

Looking forward to the Spectator clearing the record on this

In the meantime, a take so hot I burnt my mouth on it

[bluebellnutter]

"Look, a squirrel!"

[crabcakes_windermere]

Looking forward to the Spectator clearing the record on this

It's unlikely they'd clarify something that happened in the New Statesman, but sure.

Also: yeah, that's a shit take. So probably just as well the guy has only got 70 followers on twitter.

[The Weeping Angel]

The NS routinely publishes Corbynites and George Eaton is firmly in the Corbynite Camp I doubt this is the case.