Thon Jezza Corbyn has some brass neck on 'im so he has!!

[Snipe Watson]

NEC approves secret ballot on Corbyn vote. Looks like they will rule that Jezza is going to need 51 MP nominations.

[Snipe Watson]

Robert Peston ‏@Peston 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing NEC to rule @jeremycorbyn has to get MP nominations. Throws Lab leadership wide open. @OwenSmith_MP bound to challenge @angelaeagle

[Snipe Watson]

Can this week get any better for the Tories?

[Dave]

Robert Peston ‏@Peston 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing NEC to rule @jeremycorbyn has to get MP nominations. Throws Lab leadership wide open. @OwenSmith_MP bound to challenge @angelaeagle

Don't think this is correct. The statement I read said his name will go automatically onto the ballot.

[Bart S]

Robert Peston ‏@Peston 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing NEC to rule @jeremycorbyn has to get MP nominations. Throws Lab leadership wide open. @OwenSmith_MP bound to challenge @angelaeagle

Don't think this is correct. The statement I read said his name will go automatically onto the ballot.

Yup, that's correct Dave.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

[big mervyn]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

All the ones that elected him last time can still vote though.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

All the ones that elected him last time can still vote though.

Obviously.

[Snipe Watson]

Robert Peston ‏@Peston 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing NEC to rule @jeremycorbyn has to get MP nominations. Throws Lab leadership wide open. @OwenSmith_MP bound to challenge @angelaeagle

Don't think this is correct. The statement I read said his name will go automatically onto the ballot.

Yup, that's correct Dave.

Peston tweeted that about ten minutes before the announcement.

Robert Peston ‏@Peston 3h3 hours ago
Crikey I got that wrong with impeccable timing. NEC says Corbyn will be on ballot. @angelaeagle must decide whether to make legal challenge

[Dave]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

When do student loans come in?

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

When do student loans come in?

Five minutes before they go into the bar

[Russ]

Interesting that none of the new members who have joined the Labour Party since 12 january will have a vote in the leadership contest unless they stump up another £25,

All the ones that elected him last time can still vote though.

ONLY if they renewed on time!
And the murmers from the Party is that a lot of the 200,000 "new" joiners are actually people who let their membership lapse

[Snipe Watson]

Owen Smith standing now too.
There's something afoot.

[scrum5]

John McDonald's plea for unity http://www.theguardian.com/politics/vid ... ters-video

[BaggyTrousers]

Owen Smith standing now too.
There's something afoot.

I told you he would be a week or more ago.

If Jezza is on the list as it appears he will be, he will win. The possibility then is for a split which will kill off the party in real terms.

Great time to be Barrenness May de l'Immigration. Unopposed in all elections for the foreseeable future.

Will she gas Gideon the Austere? That is the kestjin.