To think that Hilary Benn should

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Sallyingforth · 03/12/2015 13:38

take over as Labour leader right now.
He has time to rebuild the party into a credible opposition before the next election. With Corbyn in charge the Tories will walk it.

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ChillieJeanie · 05/12/2015 06:39

Those people insisting that Tony Benn would be "turning in his grave" over Hilary Benn's speech might want to have a read of this.

StrawberryTeaLeaf · 05/12/2015 06:57

Thank you Chillie. That's ruined my mascara.

AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 05/12/2015 08:55

michaelrosenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/newly-found-alice-in-wonderland-pages.html?m=1

Michael Rosen's take on The Speech.

hackmum · 05/12/2015 10:50

I've just read Peter Oborne in the Mail:

"Whether or not you like Mr Corbyn (and I profoundly disagree with many of his policies), there is no denying that he emerged from the arguments over Syria as a man of moral courage, integrity and principle."

Interesting.

batshitlady · 05/12/2015 11:49

OfaFrenchmind2, Populist or popular? I know almost everyone has turned on Corbyn, but the voters don't seem to have.

I find it difficult to believe the cliche ridden, opportunistic rant of 'Bomber' Benn's the other day, is taken as anything more than the shallow rhetoric that it undoubtedly is?.

What's upmost in that hypocrites priorities is his career.

manana21 · 05/12/2015 12:22

Thanks for the link to that article chillie. It wasn't shallow rhetoric to me, when Benn talked about the gay men being beheaded and the many other atrocities.

sotiredofthis1 · 05/12/2015 13:10

Michael Rosen is completely, utterly and totally wonderful.

That's all.

flippinada · 05/12/2015 13:14

Ha, me too OrangeRevel.

Another Michael Rosen fan over here. Benn the bomber, not so much.

AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 05/12/2015 13:55

Yes, sotired and flip, he is brilliant.

Here's something else he wrote about this situation, in case you've not seen it.

michaelrosenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/important-speech-on-why-we-should-go-to.html?spref=tw

sotiredofthis1 · 05/12/2015 14:26

Thanks another - no I hadn't.