Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

United Kingdom

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)

6. I think that's a non-sequitur.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:13 PM

Nov 2015

A truer statement would be "The Labour party is going to find it increasingly difficult to represent both its own activists and the wider public".

I think you're also wrong to say that the Labour party has not been a broad church - it has, as witnessed by e.g. the fact that Jeremy Corbyn has been a member of it all along.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

the inevitable Jeremy Corbyn thread.... [View all] Ironing Man Nov 2015 OP

If he doesn't allow a free vote on Syria..... T_i_B Nov 2015 #1

I find it mindbogglingly shortsighted Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #2

If you placed Jeremy Corbyn in charge of a whelk stall Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #3

If the PLP can't represent their own activists.... T_i_B Nov 2015 #4

I think that's a non-sequitur. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #6

to illustrate... Ironing Man Nov 2015 #7

From Scotland to South East England...... T_i_B Nov 2015 #10

"By contrast, the PLP are, for obvious reasons, representative of the much larger group ... Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #5

In my opinion, neither... LeftishBrit Nov 2015 #8

I think most people learned from the last election to treat polls with a pinch of salt. Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #9

I see him as a Foot or a Smith (or a Livingstone or a Benn) rather than a Kinnock or a Blair ... Nihil Dec 2015 #11