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next labour leader
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That idiot Tristan Hunt is a front runner!*inappropriate insult removed by moderator*
It'll be Chukka.
He will need to cut down the smarm a bit
He's got the potential to be a media darling, which is what they need. As well as he seemed to do in the run up, and as nice as he is, Ed never managed to shake the perception of an overpromoted spoddy plasticine gimp.
Sad state of affairs, but that's modern politics. He's possibly too right leaning for the party membership, but the party membership are aware they got it wrong last time.
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Chukka just doesn't strike me as intelligent enough.
I think Chuka but I wouldn't actually rule out the possibility of them going down the Jarvis route and playing on the soldier/patriotism angle. It would be a radical move but a radical move might be exactly what they go for if they believe it could win back the centre.
A double degree in law and French... A masters degree and he worked as a solicitor...Comes over as articulate on the TV... They could do a lot worse
What about Hilary Benn?
Strong endorsement for Harmann from Miliband here.
Genuinely don't know, not inspired by anyone. But then David Miliband was seen as the shoo-in last time round so maybe a more open field will be beneficial. Then again, maybe they're all just shit.
God I hope it's Harman, that's a guaranteed Conservative majority in 2020.
Harman will be caretaker whilst the campaign takes place I imagine, no chance of taking over full time.
Whoever it is will likely be up against Boris the Chimp.
Of course we will never know if David milliband would have produced a different result to his brother... Hard to imagine he could have done much worse though
Just so
I would encourage anyone who identifies as a Labour voter and cares who the next leader is to join the party and vote in the upcoming leadership contest.
Will be doing this.
I get a vote through the union but I will need a while to think about who to vote for because I don't really know that much about any of them.
I need a capital letter in the title please. Its annoying me.
This deluded Chuka?!
Chuka Umunna's 'British Obama' Wikipedia entry came from his former office
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chuka-umunnas-british-obama-wikipedia-entry-came-from-his-former-office-8569083.html
Chuka Umunna's 'British Obama' Wikipedia entry came from his former office
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chuka-umunnas-british-obama-wikipedia-entry-came-from-his-former-office-8569083.html
Despite UKIP, I tend to think the general UK population is very accepting of racial differences, certainly more so than the US and they have Obama.
I think Chuka has a bit of charisma about him and I think the party will need that after Ed.
Examples of this charisma? Maybe I've just not seen him at his best, but I've always been underwhelmed when I've heard him speak publically/ on Question Time/ attacking from opposition. Not impressed by his stance on plenty of issues either.
The question that needs asking is, what the hell are the Labour party? I hate the Conservatives but I'm glad the SNP were voted in (with the exception of that 20 year old), an actual opposition voice in parliament.
Think he's overrated.
Obama would absolutely trounce everyone if he was english, whichever party he stood for.
Have to say I'm not convinced on Umunna, someone said smarmy sounding last night and I think that may be about right, he's got that kind of Mandelson tone to him. But I'll wait and see how they perform and what they say during the campaign, I'm not convinced or tempted by anyone at this stage.
Serious question, but what has he done? He seems like a young nobody whose risen up the ranks but hasn't done anything of note other than be on question time a few episodes and walked out of an interview.
Not so sure. For whatever reason he's reverred in London which means he'll probably swing a few London seats his way which will be crucial to the election. His village idiot facade will probably endear the centrists and swing voters who won't see through his farcical 'nice eccentric guy' act.
If its Burnham or Yvette feckin Cooper vs Boris, then it'll be another 5 years of the Tories to follow on from the 5 we're about to enjoy now.
Dan Jarvis being mentioned more, citing his non-career politician background. Given he's got almost no public profile to speak of it would seem a stretch to say he'll be a challenger, but one to keep an eye on perhaps.
We should probably be thinking in terms of a leader/ shadow chancellor double-act which has proved successful with Blair-Brown and Cameron-Osbourne.
Yeah I probably will be doing this. I like to keep my options open when I vote in the GE but reality is whoever is the Labour Party leader is probably going to be my realistic choice for PM given how twatish the Tories generally are.
Rachael Reeves may be a likely candidate for chancellor, believe I read last night (was early hours though and I'd been up for around 24 hours) that there were rumours of her being aligned with Umunna.
Slightly off topic but also related, what do people think happens to Ed now? Stands down or just fades into the backbenches?
Can't really stand down the day after you win back your seat. Probably he'll stick on the back benches quietly for two years and then head off to the chiltern hundreds.
Andy Burnham 7/4
Chuka Umunna 9/4
Yvette Cooper 4/1
Dan Jarvis 11/2
Liz Kendall 16/1
Tristram Hunt 16/1
Looks like the money's been flying on to Chuka- odds have narrowed considerably on PaddyPower.
I know this is a Labour thread, but any news on Clegg?
Already resigned.
Lying in a in a pool of a his own bodily fluids, far as I gather.
Jarvis or Kendall as leader, Chukka as shadow-chancellor.
Burnham and Cooper suffer from New Labouritis; Hunt and Reeves a touch too smug for their own good; and would Miliband really wish to succeed his own brother (not directly).
Burnham and Cooper suffer from New Labouritis; Hunt and Reeves a touch too smug for their own good; and would Miliband really wish to succeed his own brother (not directly).
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