Corbyn calls for Labour leadership announcement to be brought forward

Last Updated: August 8, 2016By
Animated: Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the Labour leadership debate in Cardiff, August 4, 2016.

Animated: Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the Labour leadership debate in Cardiff, August 4, 2016.

It seems the Labour Party’s organisers have made yet another cock-up over the leadership election.

They have scheduled the announcement of the winner to take place on September 24 – the same day as the Labour Party Women’s Conference.

Why?

Surely they must have had it in their diaries already?

Mr Corbyn has written to Iain McNicol, the party’s now-overworked general secretary (all of his own making, unfortunately!) asking for the leadership announcement to be moved forward, to September 23.

Here’s the text of his letter:

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7 Comments

  1. Fibro confused August 8, 2016 at 1:06 pm - Reply

    That letter must be a forgery, Jeremy is a misogynist so we are told, so why should he give two hoots about the women’s conference.

    • Mike Sivier August 8, 2016 at 1:36 pm - Reply

      Who on Earth told you that? Let’s have names and links to source material.

      • Fibro confused August 8, 2016 at 3:10 pm - Reply

        I really am useless at sarcasm, must put one of those wink things after my failing attempts at wit oops :)

      • Tony Degnen August 8, 2016 at 8:40 pm - Reply

        I think he was being sarcsatic…

  2. Brian August 8, 2016 at 7:16 pm - Reply

    JC SEEMS TO NOW BE GETTING THIS HOUSE IN ORDER.

  3. Shaun August 8, 2016 at 10:34 pm - Reply

    It’s always good to try and make the meaning of posts clear, particularly as nods, winks and smiles are not available options, but I suspect Fido was being ironic.
    I’d also recommend the letter’s contents for use as a template for how to set out a polite, reasoned argument, but with a touch of irony – in that it implies, how did you miss this important conference.

  4. paulrutherford8 August 9, 2016 at 11:37 am - Reply

    Poor Iain. He must be getting a lot of correspondence these days… quite a few suggesting he resign ;)

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