Who Will replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader

[Dont like rolls]

Comstock said:

Yes sir! Sorry sir. Won't do it again sir

Very good, you can have your milk now

[AmitG]

CoolHands said:

Starmer is boring and also looks like a rabbit in the headlights when on telly

Do you reckon chuka umunna wishes he had not left labour so he could have been in this contest? Although I suppose he would have needed a safe seat he could win to become so

I reckon he's kicking himself. He basically staked his career on the following scenario:

• Tories screw up Brexit, tear themselves apart and the government falls. General election called
• Most people want to remain
• Lib Dems see a surge of support as the only national Remain party, and effectively become kingmakers

...and lost.

He must be sick as a parrot. If he had stayed in the Labour party, he would be running for leader right now.

[anonymous-user]

AmitG said:

I reckon he's kicking himself. He basically staked his career on the following scenario:

• Tories screw up Brexit, tear themselves apart and the government falls. General election called
• Most people want to remain
• Lib Dems see a surge of support as the only national Remain party, and effectively become kingmakers

...and lost.

He must be sick as a parrot. If he had stayed in the Labour party, he would be running for leader right now.

He ran for leader during the initial election that gave us Corbyn, but bottled it and pulled out with the lame excuse about his family coming first.

[jakesmith]

jsf said:

He ran for leader during the initial election that gave us Corbyn, but bottled it and pulled out with the lame excuse about his family coming first.

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

[Sway]

Comstock said:

768 said:

I had similar thoughts to Comstock, it's not like the press are known for their discretion. Accident covers such a wide range, to include things some don't perceive as accidental, that it invites question.

There's a tweet that suggests it was a fall, not sure why they wouldn't just say that, but there you go.

Well exactly. If they'd just said "she's had a fall" nobody would have said anymore. It does seem odd. Not a massive thing, and it doesn't affect my opinion of Starmer particularly, but it just seems odd

It's a perfect example of how the press simply do not risk reporting things that simply can't be defended on court at "being in the public interest"...

She's a normal, private individual, who wouldn't ever be referenced in the press in normal circumstances. As it effects a runner in the leadership campaign, they've reported the bare minimum to explain to ballot voters why he's not been around /vocal.

[anonymous-user]

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

It's not legit if that same person then goes on to make sure they are in the news constantly.

He bottled it.

[Sway]

jsf said:

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

It's not legit if that same person then goes on to make sure they are in the news constantly.

He bottled it.

Of course, the rather awkward timing of the released info about his comments and choice of socialising website being a tad, shall we say, elitist had a fairly major part in it...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk...

[jakesmith]

he picked the wrong team when he went into politics it would seem

[PushedDover]

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

You missed his hokey kokey the last 2yrs??

[pingu393]

AmitG said:

CoolHands said:

Starmer is boring and also looks like a rabbit in the headlights when on telly

Do you reckon chuka umunna wishes he had not left labour so he could have been in this contest? Although I suppose he would have needed a safe seat he could win to become so

I reckon he's kicking himself. He basically staked his career on the following scenario:

• Tories screw up Brexit, tear themselves apart and the government falls. General election called
• Most people want to remain
• Lib Dems see a surge of support as the only national Remain party, and effectively become kingmakers

...and lost.

He must be sick as a parrot. If he had stayed in the Labour party, he would be running for leader right now.

David Owen made the same mistake / decision.

A Foreign Secretary with gravitas, who would have probably put Maggie into Opposition if he had lead the Labour party instead of Neil Kinnock.

[jakesmith]

PushedDover said:

You missed his hokey kokey the last 2yrs??

No?

[anonymous-user]

Will they be having a May Day Labour celebration dedicated to the Corbyn years ?

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

On the subject, who do people want to be leader? I'd favour Lisa Nandy, then Keir Starmer

[borcy]

PushedDover said:

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

You missed his hokey kokey the last 2yrs??

Yes seems a bit odd that he was all for stepping out of the spotlight, apart from the last couple of years he's been in front of every tv camera he can find.

[768]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

On the subject, who do people want to be leader? I'd favour Lisa Nandy, then Keir Starmer

I'd favour RLB and a full decade in the desert.

[Sway]

Dan Jarvis.

[vaud]

Sway said:

Dan Jarvis.

That is who I keep coming back to. Have a lot of time for him, though not my politics. He has a level of presence and gravitas, plus is not a career politician.

I suspect that he is keeping his powder dry - that the next leader will be Labour's "William Hague" and not the rebuilding leader.

[PushedDover]

borcy said:

PushedDover said:

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

You missed his hokey kokey the last 2yrs??

Yes seems a bit odd that he was all for stepping out of the spotlight, apart from the last couple of years he's been in front of every tv camera he can find.

And ridiculed



(rightly imho)

[FiF]

Agree with the view that Labour's next leader will not be the one who leads them to power and their next PM is keeping powder dry.

Dan Jarvis is a decent shout, but at the moment they're still in stomping foot and crying unfair mode.

For example, they've done a survey of online platforms only, eg Twitter, Facebook etc, and concluded that they had the majority of messages in their favour, therefore really they won the argument, just not the vote itself. Therefore next time they just have to step it up a bit more online in order to *really* win the argument. (Paraphrasing somewhat) Clueless.

[jakesmith]

borcy said:

PushedDover said:

jakesmith said:

Seems a legit excuse to me
How do u think it feels for a child seeing their parent ridiculed and despised by the public and the press

You missed his hokey kokey the last 2yrs??

Yes seems a bit odd that he was all for stepping out of the spotlight, apart from the last couple of years he's been in front of every tv camera he can find.

What percentage of Corbyn’s coverage,(almost universally negative) would you say Chukka has had since 2015? 1%? 2%?