Jeremy Corbyn fends off Branson's attack over 'ram-packed' Virgin train | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... k-of-seats

*sigh* It's turned into a massive Corbyn vs Anti-Corbyn bunfight and the essential point - that Britain's train network is a massive ongoing failure in both performance and customer service terms - has of course almost totally been lost.

Which I imagine Virgin trains can't be that unhappy about.

Plus I'm not sure why Branson feels the need to pitch in personally, he actually has nothing at all to do with Virgin trains, He sold the 'brand' to someone else ages ages ago.

It is a bit odd but I suspect that while he may have sold off the brand he knows people still associate anything with a Virgin label on it with him so anyone attacking a Virgin brand is like an attack on him.
Mind you, you would have thought that given their experience with the West Coast mainline they'd be used to people, including politicians, saying their trains were crap by now.

I suspect the TOCs would prefer for Labour in general and Corbyn in particular not to get into power as re-nationalisation is one of the areas both leadership candidates appear to agree on (whether you believe Smith would stick with it if he won is another question of course).

Virgin Trains faces data protection inquiry over Corbyn CCTV footage | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... tv-footage

My first thought when I saw the images. And the pixellation in some of the shots is useless!

Got my 'electronic voting slip' for the leadership election this morning. I'm apparently not an entryist trot then...

You should complain to your MP about that and demand to be put on the list
No sign of my voting slip yet.

Labour conference in peril as G4S rules out last-minute deal | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... e-security

New security firm for Labour conference uses zero-hours contracts | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... -ocs-group

Lay off Lord Sainsbury. At least he really tried to stop Brexit | Alan Johnson | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -donations

I used to have some time for old Alan, but in recent years he's shown himself to be as petty and passive aggressive as all the other [LIFTED] lining up to appear in The Guardian.
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Labour’s ‘interesting experiment’ in comradeship will run and run | Andrew Rawnsley | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ent-corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn plans Sanders-style campaign for next general election | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... ion-labour

Yeah, I wouldn't announce that over just doing it.

Because it worked so well for Bernie Sanders???

Just because he didn't topple Hillary doesn't necessarily mean the methods his campaign used were bad ones.
Lets face it, if Corbyn relies on traditional media platforms to get his message out he's definitely doomed so why not go for a different and broader approach.
I know it's the Wholly Grail of campaigning but if he can get enough people who don't normally vote off their backsides come the next election the result may not go the way everyone expects it to. Corbyn, like Sanders, has a lot of support from younger people so going after them via social media etc isn't a terrible idea provided it actually motives them to go out and vote.

And he's the Labour party leadership candidate the right wing media LIKE.

Corbyn investigating claims leadership contest is being rigged | Politics | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... ing-rigged