Who will be the new Labour leader?

[Zod]

Burnham is "the man to unite the country"!

Please let it be little mascara man; one mention of mid-Staffs and he's sunk.

[Johnnytheboy]

fblm said:

BlackLabel said:

Len McCluskey thinks that Labour lost the election because they were not left wing enough.

He's absolutely right. Let's hope they lurch hard left.

Please, please, please...

[8Ace]

Zod said:

Burnham is "the man to unite the country"!

Please let it be little mascara man; one mention of mid-Staffs and he's sunk.

For this reason he surely can't win it. Would be amazing at PMQs if he brings up the NHS though.

[MarshPhantom]

Liz Kendall out of the current crop, I hope.

[anonymous-user]

Kendall is clearly the brightest of them and the only candidate that doesn't come across as either:

a) An idiot, or

B) A gobste.

fk knows how she's going to bring back UKIP voters though.

I bet they go for Umunna, the pound-shop Tony Blair.

[Zod]

MarshPhantom said:

Liz Kendall out of the current crop, I hope.

Cabbage patch doll. Hopelessly out of her depth.

[lockhart flawse]

Liz Kendall was on Newsnight tonight. She lacks charisma, gravitas and has no apparent leadership qualities; she seems more like a primary school headmistress. I wouldn't follow her round the corner - she's useless and I can't understand why she thinks she is should be a candidate. That goes for all the other names that have been circulating. They need to find someone totally unlike Milibrand which should put Umanna out of the running.

The only Labour person who has any sort of voter appeal is Alan Johnson and he's too old and not up to the job anyway although I like him.

Labour will be in opposition for the next 10 years because Boris will wipe the floor with them when he takes over from Cameron.

[JustinP1]

lockhart flawse said:

She lacks charisma, gravitas and has no apparent leadership qualities;

That never stopped Ed.

Remember who is going to be voting for the leader.

The most fantastic thing the unions did for the UK was help Ed shaft his brother who as a Conservative even I could see as a future Prime Minister.

[Mojooo]

Chucka just needs to do a few casual TV spots like Obama and he is a shoo in.

[Kermit power]

Welshbeef said:

You seem to ignore the fact that c30% of the voters voted for Labour only 6-7% less than Tory so bad doms or not what does it say about 30% of our population?

That they've got their noses firmly in the benefits trough?

[Sir Humphrey]

lockhart flawse said:

Liz Kendall was on Newsnight tonight. She lacks charisma, gravitas and has no apparent leadership qualities; she seems more like a primary school headmistress. I wouldn't follow her round the corner - she's useless and I can't understand why she thinks she is should be a candidate. That goes for all the other names that have been circulating. They need to find someone totally unlike Milibrand which should put Umanna out of the running.

The only Labour person who has any sort of voter appeal is Alan Johnson and he's too old and not up to the job anyway although I like him.

Labour will be in opposition for the next 10 years because Boris will wipe the floor with them when he takes over from Cameron.

I'd say primary school headmistress is overdoing the praise for Liz Kendall, from what I've seen on Question Time she will be an abysmal failure in PMQs. I might even join the Labour Party just so I can vote for her.

[MarshPhantom]

Zod said:

MarshPhantom said:

Liz Kendall out of the current crop, I hope.

Hopelessly out of her depth.

Much like Cameron.

[turbobloke]

MarshPhantom said:

Zod said:

MarshPhantom said:

Liz Kendall out of the current crop, I hope.

Hopelessly out of her depth.

Much like Cameron.

He's not out of his depth, he's not perfect but the man is clearly competent in all manner of ways that put Ed Miliband back in kindergarten and Nick Clegg in primary school.

He pays too much attention to his favourite lime green tie and forgets what blue looks like.

[hornetrider]

dudleybloke said:

Bob Dobolina.

Love that tune

On a serious note - the only real candidate to lead would be Minigland Senior. No-one else has Prime Ministerial credibility. Yvette Cooper or Andy Burnham in Number Ten???

[robinessex]

It will either be "thingy me bob" or "what's his name", or the bloke who wears a nice suit. Jeremy Clarkson would be fun though!!!!

[Fantic SuperT]

CAPP0 said:

Hope it's not Umunna, I already have my hammer poised to chuck at the TV when Nicolas Durgeon next appears, I can't keep buying a new one.

Actually yes, Umunna with Diane Abbott should do the job. Until someone finds out how Umunna's Nigerian father made his fortune.

[turbobloke]

Fantic SuperT said:

CAPP0 said:

Hope it's not Umunna, I already have my hammer poised to chuck at the TV when Nicolas Durgeon next appears, I can't keep buying a new one.

Actually yes, Umunna with Diane Abbott should do the job. Until someone finds out how Umunna's Nigerian father made his fortune.

Absolutely anyone from the current lacklustre bunch, particularly with Diane Abbott as Shadow Deputy Nobody, would be awesome - especially for the Conservatives.

[oyster]

BlackLabel said:

Unless a Labour MP dies in the next few days and vacates a seat then D Miliband is a non starter. Alan Johnson, another reasonably likeable man, says he won't run because he's too old (well he said that last time round).

Cooper, Burnham and Chuka will be the favourites and whoever the unions fancy the most will win (I don't think it will be Chuka).

I find that depressing - from the party that claims to champion equality for one of their most trusted and experienced members to suggest he is too old to lead.

Since when did being PM have to be about youth?

Worrying.

[0000]

oyster said:

Since when did being PM have to be about youth?

Blair.

[Zod]

MarshPhantom said:

Zod said:

MarshPhantom said:

Liz Kendall out of the current crop, I hope.

Hopelessly out of her depth.

Much like Cameron.

If that wasn't suppoosed to be ironic, then you must be on some very strong drugs.