Corbyns Inertia

inews.co.uk/news/judge-corbyn-won-peace-prize-lack-coverage-wasnt-surprising/

It is surely a non event if only mentioned twice since it was founded . If it had been in the papers every year but not this year I would think it wrong, but only two mentions ever

Rather deflating for them to say they chose more well known people this year because their award doesn't get media coverage

What, s other ‘knock Corbyn’ thread because the other has run out.

Get a life!

Like the knock the Tories threads perhaps?

I have certainly never heard of that prize Primrose ( has anyone?)

Knock Corbyn? That is nonsense, it's just discussing a politician, there were certaintly ,threads knocking UKIP leader, forgotten his name ?

Oh yes, it was very much int he news all over Europe- but somehow, for some strange reasons - forgotten by the UK Press- strange that, hey.

Yet the organisers said they don't get publicity .

I expect there are lots of prizes being awarded for lots of things that we've never heard of. It doesn't make the intentions of the awarding body invalid and it doesn't make the award invalid or lessen the achievement of the person receiving the award

There's some strange thinking going on on this thread.

When they interviewed a Labour MP about the prize on the Daily Politics, he didn't know that Corbyn had won in September, neither did the Labour Party.
He didn't seem to know that the LP press office would tell journalists about this and issue a press release. He seemed to think the journalists should tell them!

Jura can you post links to any articles in any language from September from the international news that covered it? I don't remember seeing it in Zeit or Le Monde, NY Times or Washington Post. It would be really interesting to read something other than the UK press on this.

It's an anti Corbyn thread maizie, don't expect any logical thinking.

Yes Maizie that's very true. What is unusual is if you win a prize that is not covered by the press because it's seen as insignificant, you don't moan about it so frequently in public months after it was announced.

It's the moaning about media blackout that's interesting - the award really isn't.

Why now?
Why didn't the LP announce it at the time or on the day he collected it?
It's just a long list of 'whys' as it makes no sense.

He couldn't collect it when invited , went in November, well if it's good enough for Dylan and the Nobel Peace Prize

Wonder if Bruce Kent ever received one from this group

Primrose, I am helping friends move this week-end (snowing heavily) and I have not the time to scour the papers.

Here is one from Le Temps, in Switzerland- but there are many many more:

www.letemps.ch/opinions/2017/12/.../jeremy-corbyn-prix-determination-coura...

Sadly, the link does not work for people who are not subscribers, sorry.

There are also many articles stating that the lack of cover for this Prize in the UK was deliberate and quite shockingly so.

It is now on the Daily Mail On Line www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5182491/Labour-leader-Jeremy-Corbyn-wins-peace-prize.html
Awarded because he did not change his position when he became leader but still said he coudn't push the button.
(I never knew Sean McBride was Maud Gonne's son!)

I admire Corbyn for remaining firmly with his views on nuclear warfare, but I think he should never consider being PM, his first duty would be to the country .

Thanks jura I misunderstood what you meant. Yes, it's been reported since the LP kicked up a fuss saying there was 'a media blackout'. But no one reported it at the time - I can read the article but it's also recent.
I thought you meant it was reported everywhere else in September when it was awarded like the LP thought it should be, even though they didn't report it themselves.

Even the organisers complain that they don't get media coverage, so I assumed that would mean across Europe, not just the UK.

The Daily Mirror didn't report it

Annie if you can explain to me how a nuclear war would benefit this country and how instigating a nuclear attack and killing thousands more people is the duty of any leader I would like to know.
I suppose you adhere to the Scots version of " Thou shalt not kill"
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Surely a PM’s first duty to his country is to ensure the safety of its populace. Anything that makes global nuclear war less likely would be a good place to start.

However, I’m totally convinced that it’s only a matter of time before we do witness the ‘war to end all wars’ and not in a good way. We can’t uninvent the atom bomb (or it’s more lethal modern equivalent) so it’s inevitable that we will destroy our world one day.