Corbyn Strolls to Victory in Party Vote
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The unabashed left- the hopes of so many trying to conduct my part winger cruised to victory ordinary people for a in prime minister’s with almost 60 per cent in different Britain, a better Question Time on the the first round of voting Britain, a more equal basis of the questions and at the weekend, a Britain, a more decent also share out a lot more landslide victory which Britain. They are fed up stuff in within the saw him take 251,000 of with the inequality, the parliamentary Labour the total 422,000 votes injustice, the unnecessary party. I’ll obviously be cast. He won the most poverty. All those issues there and do all the support from members, have brought people in in things that I’m asked to registered supporters and a spirit of hope and do. But we’ve got a lot of affiliated members alike. optimism.” very talented people Yet Corbyn came under within the parliamentary fire almost immediately ‘utterly boring’ Labour party. They can for pointedly refusing to Mr Corbyn also call ask questions, they sing the national anthem revealed he is planning a can all do things, let’s during an RAF service shake-up of Prime share it all out a bit. It NO WORDS? Jeremy Corbyn at Tuesday’s service in London’s St. Paul’s marking the 75th Minister’s Questions to won’t all be me Cathedral marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. anniversary of the Battle allow other Labour MPs everywhere all the time.” of Britain on Tuesday, to ask questions in his “It’s a whole party, and found some unlikely by the Labour Party the Royal Air Force in the prompting Tory MP Sir place sometimes. He told a whole movement. We backing from James Gray, before the event, Mr Battle of Britain is Nicholas Soames, the Huffington Post: “I are about bringing a Conservative MP and a Corbyn pair tribute to something to which we Winston Churchill’s want prime minister’s people on, not stopping member of the Defence those who fought in the all owe an enormous debt grandson, to describe Question Time to be less people.” Select Committee, who Battle of Britain. of gratitude. Corbyn’s behaviour was theatre, more fact, less He reasserted his said: “The fact he was “My mum served as “The loss of life - both “very rude and very theatrical, more message that Britain does there properly dressed, an air raid warden and civilian and military - disrespectful”. understandable. I think not need nuclear wearing a tie, good on my dad in the Home should be In his victory speech, it’s very exciting for weapons – ahead of a him. Well done him. Guard,“ he said. commemorated so that Mr Corbyn said: “During political obsessives, it’s plan to persuade his “He is a pacifist and “Like that whole we both honour their these amazing three utterly boring for most of party to back his not a royalist but he has generation, they showed lives and do all that we months, our party has the population, who controversial stance. gone along and stood in tremendous courage and can to ensure future changed. We have grown think it’s an utter And his refusal to sing the front row,” he said. determination to defeat generations are spared enormously, because of irrelevance. I will be the national anthem In a statement released fascism. The heroism of the horrors of war.” Inside: News from Britain 2-6, Meet a Member 7, Stargazing 9, Brits in LA 10, Sean Borg 11, Legal Notices 12-17, Sport 18-20 The British Weekly, Sat. September 19, 2015 Page 2 News from Britain nBCC to blame for ‘no’ vote, claims Salmond Former First Minister renews attack a year on from historic referendum Biased reporting by the referendum, saying his the referendum was the the BBC’s influence BBC in the lead up to “biggest regret” of the renewed scaremongering would be lessened Scotland’s campaign was not campaign, and the BBC because the corporation independence foreseeing the extent of was one of the chosen had “managed to wreck referendum last year its “institutional bias”. instruments of that the greatest broadcasting was a “significant Mr Salmond also scaremongering,” the reputation in the world” factor” in the country launched an former SNP leader said. and was now “in crisis in deciding to remain part extraordinary broadside “My biggest regret of the terms of its relationship of the Union, Alex against the wider campaign is I didn’t with the people of Salmond has claimed. Scottish media, anticipate that the BBC Scotland”. In an interview describing the country’s would be as biased as Singling out the with The Independent right wing press as they were.” Scottish editions of exactly a year on from “prejudicial, short On the prospect of a the Daily Mail and Daily NOT GOING QUIETLY: Salmond claimed the Yes the historic vote, sighted lunatics” who second referendum, Mr Telegraph for further side would win another vote if it were held tomorrow Scotland’s former First “infect” social media Salmond said the Yes criticism, Mr Salmond Minister renewed his with purposefully side would win another said some of the titles’ nonsense” but “mad resemblance to reality as attack on the BBC’s slanted articles. vote if it were held journalists produced right wing nonsense” a Daily Express weather coverage of the “I think what decided tomorrow. He added that “not just right wing which “bears as much report”. 3,000 homegrown extremists, says MI5 boss MI5 and anti-terrorism the anti-extremism the agency’s 106-year police are monitoring Prevent programme history to give a live more than 3,000 who try to identify signs broadcast interview. homegrown Islamic of extremist behaviour. Intelligence officials had extremists willing to Although more than half foiled six plots in the carry out attacks in of Islamists on terrorist past year, he said Britain, security sources watch lists live in yesterday, calling on have said. London, especially in the internet giants to help in British men and capital’s east and west, the fight. women, many in their there are other hotspots Mr Parker told BBC teens, are being in the southeast Radio 4: “Most of the radicalised to the point Although more than half people who try to of violence within of Islamists on terrorist become involved in weeks, MI5 warned on watch lists live in terrorism in this country Thursday. London, especially in the are people who were Andrew Parker became the first MI5 head to be interviewed live on the BBC this week Investigators have capital’s east and west, born and brought up also detected a there are other hotspots here, have come through jihadist activity suggests al-Qaeda. The number organisation’s online significant overlap in the southeast, West our education system, that the number of has surged in the past propaganda. between Islamist Midlands and and have nonetheless violent suspects being two years with the rise of About 1,000 Britons suspects and those Manchester. concluded that the monitored has risen by Islamic State in Syria. are thought to have suffering mental health The scale of the country — their home more than 50 per cent Most of those under joined jihadist groups in problems, leaving them domestic threat was country and the country since 2007, when the suspicion have never Syria, 300 have returned vulnerable to grooming. revealed after Andrew of their birth — is their security agencies had a been to Syria but have and 70 have been killed The NHS now has Parker became the first enemy.” list of 2,000 people seen fallen under the fighting in Syria and Iraq full-time staff attached to MI5 director-general in The new analysis of as active supporters of influence of the since 2011. 171 Pier Avenue, Ste. 121• Santa Monica, CA 90405 Tel (310 ) 452-2621• FAX: (310) 314-7653 Hare and E-mail:[email protected] www.british-weekly.com • twitter.com/BritishWeekly the Hounds MANAGING EDITOR: Neil Fletcher DEPUTY EDITOR : Nick Stark CONTRIBUTING WRITERS : Alan Darby Drake, John Hiscock, Eileen Lee, Dave Kershaw, Anthony Matthews, Carolan Nathan, Anne Shaw, Bernard Sidman, Nick Quality Imports from The British Isles Stark, Craig Bobby Young FEATURES EDITOR : Gabrielle Pantera Now featuring delicious, traditional handmade pies ADVERTISING MANAGER : Mark Devlin STAFF ARTIST: Noel Pugh and pasties from Deli-SA. 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