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Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn defeats Owen Smith

Mr Corbyn won 61.8% of the total vote, a larger margin of victory than last year.

In a result announced on the eve of Labour's party conference in Liverpool, Mr Corbyn won 313,209 votes, compared with Mr Smith's 193,229.

On September 25 2016 00:44 LegalLord wrote:

For all the effort put into trying to oust Corbyn, it's surprising how badly it's all failing.

On September 25 2016 01:34 LegalLord wrote:

How exactly did it happen that the party membership and MPs are so strongly misaligned on the issues?

On September 25 2016 01:46 Dan HH wrote:

Their membership tripled from 2015, went from ~220k to ~640k

On September 25 2016 02:13 RoomOfMush wrote:

Why did that happen? Was there some significant change in policy (maybe its easier now to get membership?) or some other major event that triggered it?

On September 25 2016 02:13 RoomOfMush wrote:

Why did that happen? Was there some significant change in policy (maybe its easier now to get membership?) or some other major event that triggered it?

On September 25 2016 06:21 LegalLord wrote:

Do people like May or is she just getting the benefit of the doubt for being new?

She seems ok, but a lot of people here seemed not to like the idea of her being PM.

The bosses of several of America’s biggest banks and corporations have warned Theresa May they will pre-emptively shift operations into Europe unless she can provide early clarity on the future shape of EU-UK relations, The Telegraph has learned.

The ultimatum was delivered at a round-table meeting with Mrs May in New York this week attended by a host of key US investors, including major City investors such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock.

According to an account of the meeting obtained by The Telegraph, Mrs May declined to provide information about how the British government would approach the Brexit negotiations, other than pursuing a deal that was “in the national interest”.

There followed “frank exchanges” in which bosses warned they could not wait to discover the final outcome of the two-year Article 50 negotiations before making major investment decisions that could see thousands of UK jobs shift to Europe.

“The message was clear from at least some of those present: if Theresa May cannot provide some early clarity about where the negotiations will end up, the only way to avoid that uncertainty would be a move towards Europe – there will not be time to wait,” said the City source with knowledge of the meeting.

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UK Treasury officials are now heavily pre-occupied with how to put in place transitional arrangements that – they readily concede – will only be possible with the political good will of the other 27 EU member states.

“A final deal could take years to negotiate, the real question everyone is focussing on now is what you do in between times that provides confidence and certainty to all business,” said an official with knowledge of the UK preparations.

The difficulties will be both practical and political, however, as European capitals continue to harden their stance ahead of future negotiations, ruling out any “cherry-picking” by the British side when it comes to accessing the single market.

Professor Alan Winters, director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory, has suggested that continuing existing arrangements for three years after Brexit could give space for a deal to be nailed down – but concedes this would require continuing to accept EU free movement during that transitional period.

The Telegraph understands that Mr Hammond has already cautioned bank bosses that delaying taking back control of borders for three years would be politically impossible, a position that would leave British negotiators ultimately reliant on EU goodwill.

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On September 25 2016 21:05 BurningSera wrote:
Theresa May is quiet solely because of one reason, she realises that she might need to put up with Tory in future so it was a mere politic strategy.

and her being quiet is exactly the reason why brexit is more worrying than before, when the bloody negotiating team consist of most of the people speak for their own benefit/career, how will that end well?