The Westministenders Hunger Games continues. Hunting for the Opposition.

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THE BREXIT FALLOUT OUT CONTINUES - THREAD EIGHT!

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Each of the parties seem to have a taken a very different style to their leadership contests.

The Tory party have been well documented as doing in the classic style of Hamlet. After the entire Conservative Party have spent two weeks stabbing each in the back and front, May steps forward to take the crown for herself.

But what about the others?

The UKIP leadership contest seems to be in comedy style of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights. In a strange turn of events, that no one predicted and seem quite absurd, they seem to be changing their rules so their new leader must have been a member for 5 years. The punchline is this rules just about everyone out, apart from Neil Hamilton and Steven Woolfe. As BigChocFrenzy points out, we are expecting Arron Banks to hand out the brown envelopes. We are just waiting for the poorly thought out, and badly booked racist band to turn up and make everyone cringe in horror and distract everyone from UKIP's candidates and their manifestos in the process.

Meanwhile Labour Party decide to do what they thought was Star Wars Panto. After spending a week going “She’s Standing”, “Oh No She’s Not” Angela Eagle is declared the Empire Strikes Back candidate by Diane Abbot. Well if she’s the rebel leader, then who is Darth Vader and the Emperor?

Unfortunately, you’d be forgiven for thinking the performance is starting to look more and more like a re-enactment of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, by the minute:

A battle of wills between two forces locked together in a room with ultimately different and opposing self-interests. This is only resolved when the new leader to the dynamic who sought to upset the institution, and give the others their freedom, is lobotomised and subsequently killed in an act of mercy. His murderer manages to escape the prison to the cheers of those still stuck inside.

The Greens of course are a foreign language film, no one has heard of and no one is really that interested in watching.

The Lib Dems are merely sat in the audience. With Tim Farron heckling.

But where is Gandalf?

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At least some sanity has returned and we now have some leaders. May can now get stuck into the job of handing the nightmare that is Brexit whilst making herself at home at Number 10. Rumours are circulating that it’s been left a bit of a pigsty.

We will follow May, on her new adventures to foreign lands to persuade Merkel and Juncker to hand over a mythical unicorn to the UK. Meanwhile will we continue our own hunt for the opposition, whilst we all consult our dictionaries for the meaning of the word ‘Brexit’ in bafflement in the wake of ‘Brexit means Brexit’.

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Sense of humour compulsory. No experience necessary though

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/2682358-The-Westministenders-Media-Baron-Hunger-Games-continues-Is-it-about-to-all-implode?pg=1 Previous thread 7

TheBathroomSink You can vote in the leadership election if you have been a member for 6 months or buy the chance to vote as an associate for £25 in the next 2 days. I do not want to give money to Corbyn.

Yes cat. The freeze is 6 months for the £3 crew and 2 days for the £25 crew.

Labour website:

Where could my membership take me?

As a member, you’ll be a key part of the team. You’ll be eligible to vote in leadership elections, you can help shape party policy, you can attend local meetings and you can even stand as a candidate.

So whether you want to chip in to help us reach our goals because you share our values, or because you have ambitions to serve your community and country, the only place to start is through joining the Labour Party as a member.

I think the cadre behind JC and his support group are NOT letting go of the cash box.

Oh maybe I'm incorrect...

So if you have paid £25 within the last 2 days you can vote if not it is 6 months?

Drat. Dh put off joining ...

Sorry Cross

Good! Will mean many of the 'people' who were abusive at my AGM can not vote. Whatever happens I am pleased about that

He joined yesterday ...

I think the freeze thing means you have to have been a member for 6 months, or you pay £25 in the next two days.

TheBathroomSink Re: Owen Patterson and Defraud. Have mercy. As the Guardian says he was outwitted by two badgers. Plus he is the vile (I do not believe in climate change) Matt Ridley's BIL. Matt Ridley can't shut up and he was Chairman of Northern Rock when it went to the wall.

St Paul the Mason
@stpaulthemason
Parody of Saint of Postcapitalism. [Buy it, with money!] Chiselling away at the Neoliberal stone.Renaissance man. Northernsoul/Kes/Steel/Greece/stuff kickingoff

Love "stuff kickingoff" Been a bit quiet recently

Thanks, Swedish. :-)

ooh, TheNorth sorry, Patterson sounds like a horrible choice, in that case. Is there anyone you think who could do a good job?

On the membership thing, I can't work out if it's from 2 days ago, or from 2 days from now.

Clarity. It's overrated.

Union members can vote as well.

Swedish - very funny - I like Neoliberals question neoliberalism of neoliberal? Neoliberalism

Sunder Katwala ‏@sundersays 57m57 minutes ago
If Corbyn is re-elected party leader, Labour MPs could choose to elect a new Parliamentary Party leader as the Leader of HM Opposition

Diane Abbott MP ‏@HackneyAbbott 26m26 minutes ago London, England
@sundersays No they can't. They would literally have to set up a new party.

Sunder Katwala ‏@sundersays 25m25 minutes ago
@HackneyAbbott if they wrote to the Speaker, to say who they had confidence in, his concern would be the Commons, not external parties

this could run and run

Glad for the explanations of the voting rules - couldn't make head nor tail, Anyway, I can vote.

It's a shame Social Democrats has already been used

Jessica ElgotVerified account
‏@jessicaelgot
Registered supporters will cost £25, only open 18-20 July, and 6month membershop voting cut off

I'm not clear if the six months is up to today, or up to the 20th when the other thing closes?

Perhaps the new party could be the Very Social Democrats!

Jim Waterson ‏@jimwaterson · 5m5 minutes ago

Jim Waterson Retweeted Jessica Elgot
A boost for Eagle (and Labour Party funds): £3 cost of becoming a registered supporter rises to £25 this time.

Jessica Elgot Verified account @jessicaelgot

Registered supporters will cost £25, only open 18-20 July, and 6month membershop voting cut off

(though I don't know how 2days comes into it)

Diiannneee won't be Shadow anything if they do that - I wonder how many others will rethink their current positions

Come on PLP have some balls and just do it - stop the charade now - but please with a leader who will lead

'Social Liberals'

I bet they like a few drinks....

Buona Vista Social Club - for JC

In my dream world, the LibDems and Greens would get together with the disenfranchised MPs in the PLP to form a positive new opposition party. I can dream...