Tessa Jowell - next London Mayor?

[MarshPhantom]

Just on the news that she is standing for Mayor. I think she should have a very good chance of winning.

[NicD]

[Mr_B]

David Lammy would have been a better bet.

[BlackLabel]

I think any Labour candidate will have a great chance of winning. Last time round Boris was up against a tarnished Red Ken and even so he only won by 2 or 3 %. And I get the feeling that Boris won because he was Boris, not because he was a Conservative. Greater London is solid Labour territory (they hold 44 out of the 73 seats there - and those were won under a Gordon Brown election campaign which says a lot).

The only thing which could scupper Labour may be someone like Galloway running - there are still enough idiots around who will vote for him and he would also split the Bangladeshi and Pakistani vote.

I wonder if Abbott runs? We could be sitting here in a few years time with the most powerful British politicians being Miliband, Balls and Abbott! (and Harman as deputy PM).

Edited by BlackLabel on Saturday 22 November 13:21

[Blib]

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

[andymadmak]

MarshPhantom said:

................. I think she should have a very good chance of winning.

You would..

[Laurel Green]

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

I concur.

[GCH]

Mr_B said:

David Lammy would have been a better bet.

david blunketts dog would have been a better bet

[MarshPhantom]

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

[NicD]

Actually:

Former culture secretary says she will formally declare her candidacy after general election, when applications open

[Troubleatmill]

MarshPhantom said:

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

You mean the Olympics that she swore blind was going to cost £2.4 Billion - and quickly rose to over £9 Billion under her watch - That Tessa Jowell?

Yeah - great job there.

[MarshPhantom]

Troubleatmill said:

MarshPhantom said:

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

You mean the Olympics that she swore blind was going to cost £2.4 Billion - and quickly rose to over £9 Billion under her watch - That Tessa Jowell?

Yeah - great job there.

Still a better investment than the Borus cable cars.

[MarshPhantom]

Is Boris standing this time or is he gone?

I think he knows is unable to beat anyone other than Livingstone.

[turbobloke]

Troubleatmill said:

MarshPhantom said:

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

You mean the Olympics that she swore blind was going to cost £2.4 Billion - and quickly rose to over £9 Billion under her watch - That Tessa Jowell?

Maybe she stuck by 24-hour drinking so long so that people who indulged might think she was a sensible politician. If the worst comes to pass aka the best for London she could always open a family laundry business.

[anonymous-user]

MarshPhantom said:

Troubleatmill said:

MarshPhantom said:

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

You mean the Olympics that she swore blind was going to cost £2.4 Billion - and quickly rose to over £9 Billion under her watch - That Tessa Jowell?

Yeah - great job there.

Still a better investment than the Borus cable cars.

Not really.

Jowell being voted in as mayor would say more about the voters than her. They're not that stupid are they?

[Blib]

London deserves a representative who is outside the party machines. Jowell would not stand up against a Miliband government but she would do against the a Tory one just because she's labour not because she's defending London and Londoners' interests.

One thing Boris was not was a party "Yes man".

[IanMorewood]

MarshPhantom said:

Is Boris standing this time or is he gone?

I think he knows is unable to beat anyone other than Livingstone.

Borris is off to be a MP, a front bench job if the Conservatives remain in power, Party leader if they don't I would think.

[jmorgan]

That fella from Tower Hamlets could be looking for a job soon.

[hidetheelephants]

Troubleatmill said:

MarshPhantom said:

Blib said:

I hate the arrogance of politicians, I really do. How dare Tessa Jowell to think she should become mayor of my beautiful city. Such a ridiculous merry-go-round of third rate chancers. A pox on the lot of 'em.

She did a great job with the Olympics.

You mean the Olympics that she swore blind was going to cost £2.4 Billion - and quickly rose to over £9 Billion under her watch - That Tessa Jowell?

Yeah - great job there.

Tessa Jowell, married to convicted liar David Mills, who took bribes from sleazoid extraordinaire Silvio Berlusconi? She claimed she knew nothing about anything, as she's a woman and incapable of understanding complicated stuff like mortgage payments; clearly well equipped to run a city the size of London.

[BlackLabel]

Eight candidates to fight it out to be Labour's London mayor

bbc said:

The line up is:

Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington since 1987, former health minister
Tessa Jowell, former MP for Dulwich & West Norwood, former Culture Secretary and Olympics minister
Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, former transport minister, shadow minister for London
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, former minister for universities and skills
Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, former international development minister
Christian Wolmar, journalist and author specialising in transport issues.
Dr Neeraj Patil, an A&E consultant and former mayor of Lambeth
Keran Kerai, a writer from Harrow

Meanwhile on the other side....

bbc said:

The Conservatives have not yet revealed when they plan to run their selection process although three people - deputy mayor Stephen Greenhalgh, London Assembly member Andrew Boff and businessman Ivan Massow - have so far said they are running.