Is this Labour reshuffle still going on?

[Berni]

They do realise these things aren't meant to go on for two days, don't they?

[Rich]

going to be sacked/moved from position.

I can then imagine Corbyn putting up some futile resistance before letting his shadow cabinet minister on his way.

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I want to see Benn punch Steptoe full in the mouth.

[Berni]

I'm particularly enjoying Ken Livingstone galumphing around in his size 10s making everything much, much worse. http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/xmashehe1.gif

The word 'omnishambles' has rarely been more appropriate.

[Berni]

the same time. Quite the party trick, that. We're dealing with a whole new level of incompetence here.

[Classic Jorge]

...and getting stuck on the wrong side of the bridge was pretty Thick of It.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-ministers-branded- plonkers-after-7115685 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-ministers-branded-plonkers-after-7115685)

[Rich]

seems that you are beginning to do just that again.

I should imagine Jorge is well aware of the laughing stock the Labour party has become because of old Jeremy. The damage has been done.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I'm ignoring it though, because he didn't come back then.

[Classic Jorge]

JC seems to have some pretty solid support and his polling is steadily increasing too. It's just the media - many of whom are coincidentally tory party backers - that seem to be intent on painting a vulgar picture.

Are you going on strike in support of your fellow junior doctors, rich?

[Rich]

year I will be private and it is therefore not relevant to me.

Anyway, I doubt the strike will actually go ahead.

[Classic Jorge]

[Pokster]

due to ilegal drainage being dug and the burning of the heather.

[Classic Jorge]

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Classic Jorge]

What with you being infinitely more knowledgable on the subject of upland moors and what have you.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

issue but the fundamentals are big shooting estates burn heather/extract peat/deforest which leads to water not being retained in the upland environment thus the plebs get a soaking. The EU funds all this under various schemes acc to GM which allows large landowners to get richer. What he doesn't state is that where moneys are paid to farmers etc, there are one hell of a lot of rules and regs to stick to re environmental protection/enhancement and they don't just apply to the big shooting estates.
We have very similar schemes down here and have an awful lot of rain...what farmers have done here is reduce stocking of sheep/cattle massively, restrict peat extraction and actively manage the moorland to reintroduce heather and remove gorse. I live directly opposite a small river and its in full flow at the mo (it hasn't stopped raining here for weeks) but there's not been any flooding as such for years.
I think GM has some good points but it always boils down to a class war for him :shrug:

[Classic Jorge]

I find myself mostly agreeing with his class war stuff and strongly disagreeing with his environMENTALISM tbh

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Berni]

Here's what that well-known Tory rag The New Statesman has to say on the subject:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2016/01/how-j eremy-corbyns-labour-faring-elections-so-far (http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2016/01/how-jeremy-corbyns-labour-faring-elections-so-far)

[Classic Jorge]

Oldham West was a bit of a shock, mind.

[Berni]