Drummond
08-17-2016, 07:28 PM
More high jinks over on this side of the Pond ....
Jeremy Corbyn is the current Labour Party leader, here in the UK. However, he's proven highly controversial even within Labour ranks ... seen as a divisive Leader, ineffective, extremist by many, un-electable. So .... the damage done to Labour's fortunes has been something the Party itself has been seeking to stem and reverse.
Many think Corbyn has to go if Labour is to survive, long-term, as a mainstream Party. So, he's facing an internal leadership challenge ... and the one candidate challenging is one Owen Smith, supposedly the 'credible and decent alternative' to Corbyn's far-Left outlook and long-term plans.
BUT ... today, something happened to suggest that Smith is capable of greater extremism than even his opposition ! Corbyn opposed Smith's suggestion outright. As for what that was ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37104864
Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has suggested the so-called Islamic State could be involved in negotiations with the West in the future.
Mr Smith said all conflicts ended in "dialogue", during a two-hour debate with Jeremy Corbyn on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
The Labour leader said he would not negotiate with so-called Islamic State.
The pair also clashed over allegations of abuse within the Labour Party, nuclear weapons and the EU referendum.
Commenting after the debate, Mr Corbyn's campaign team called Mr Smith's comments on IS "hasty and ill-considered". But Mr Smith stressed he was not suggesting "we're going to be able to bring ISIS round the table right now."
Jeremy Corbyn is the current Labour Party leader, here in the UK. However, he's proven highly controversial even within Labour ranks ... seen as a divisive Leader, ineffective, extremist by many, un-electable. So .... the damage done to Labour's fortunes has been something the Party itself has been seeking to stem and reverse.
Many think Corbyn has to go if Labour is to survive, long-term, as a mainstream Party. So, he's facing an internal leadership challenge ... and the one candidate challenging is one Owen Smith, supposedly the 'credible and decent alternative' to Corbyn's far-Left outlook and long-term plans.
BUT ... today, something happened to suggest that Smith is capable of greater extremism than even his opposition ! Corbyn opposed Smith's suggestion outright. As for what that was ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37104864
Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has suggested the so-called Islamic State could be involved in negotiations with the West in the future.
Mr Smith said all conflicts ended in "dialogue", during a two-hour debate with Jeremy Corbyn on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
The Labour leader said he would not negotiate with so-called Islamic State.
The pair also clashed over allegations of abuse within the Labour Party, nuclear weapons and the EU referendum.
Commenting after the debate, Mr Corbyn's campaign team called Mr Smith's comments on IS "hasty and ill-considered". But Mr Smith stressed he was not suggesting "we're going to be able to bring ISIS round the table right now."