PS. We might have been best thinking today would be slower (where are you when we need you, Beefy?), and I think it will be, but as I write we already seem to have the 2nd best day total ever with over 4,000 signatures so far. I am very happy to say I have absolutely no idea where the upper limit to all this is; the actively pro- driven grouse shooting side is very small, and, unless anyone starts a popular pro-licensing campaign (which at the same time dissuades people to join the ban movement – many will back both, with licensing seen as poor, probably doomed substitute, but at least an improvement on the status quo) , the only real check on numbers are the entirely disinterested eitherway.
Ah the PLP. Their members elected someone they didn’t like. They had two choice, grit their teeth, focus on the goal and try and make it work until things were either obvious on their own that it wouldn’t or they had some success which meant the goal was achieved even if they hated the people that led them to it. Or they could create a huge fuss, make everyone look like children, alienate the people who support them, and take it from unlikely to succeed into guaranteed to never to.
Even two brain cells abutting would have gone with the gritted teeth (because we all have to do that in our regular jobs, if you get a boss you don’t like you just have to deal with it) option and came out of it looking like professional adults. But the PLP were Blairites, the old “I don’t like these facts, take them away and bring me some new ones instead” brigade. Yesterday’s men (and women).
To be fair, his weaknesses include general incompetence, his failure to get Labour to progress in the polls despite the Tories being in meltdown, his inability to work as a team with any of his front bench, and calling for immediate triggering of Article 50 the day after the referendum.
But sure, ‘Corbynite’ will do fine as a short hand.
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Well, the RSPB’s now rather awkward position starts here;
https://www.rspb.org.uk/community/ourwork/b/martinharper/archive/2016/08/13/100-000-people-call-for-a-ban-on-driven-grouse-shooting.aspx
PS. We might have been best thinking today would be slower (where are you when we need you, Beefy?), and I think it will be, but as I write we already seem to have the 2nd best day total ever with over 4,000 signatures so far. I am very happy to say I have absolutely no idea where the upper limit to all this is; the actively pro- driven grouse shooting side is very small, and, unless anyone starts a popular pro-licensing campaign (which at the same time dissuades people to join the ban movement – many will back both, with licensing seen as poor, probably doomed substitute, but at least an improvement on the status quo) , the only real check on numbers are the entirely disinterested eitherway.
Beefy’s considered response today; ‘You sad person what planet are you from ???seeyaaaaa Numpty’ . Well that told us.
https://twitter.com/BeefyBotham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Ah the PLP. Their members elected someone they didn’t like. They had two choice, grit their teeth, focus on the goal and try and make it work until things were either obvious on their own that it wouldn’t or they had some success which meant the goal was achieved even if they hated the people that led them to it. Or they could create a huge fuss, make everyone look like children, alienate the people who support them, and take it from unlikely to succeed into guaranteed to never to.
Even two brain cells abutting would have gone with the gritted teeth (because we all have to do that in our regular jobs, if you get a boss you don’t like you just have to deal with it) option and came out of it looking like professional adults. But the PLP were Blairites, the old “I don’t like these facts, take them away and bring me some new ones instead” brigade. Yesterday’s men (and women).
To be fair, his weaknesses include general incompetence, his failure to get Labour to progress in the polls despite the Tories being in meltdown, his inability to work as a team with any of his front bench, and calling for immediate triggering of Article 50 the day after the referendum.
But sure, ‘Corbynite’ will do fine as a short hand.