Labour Government 202..

[pequod]

As it appears the next election will have Labour required to form a Government, at some point within the next couple of years, I would ask the NPE collective, who they think will be in office, providing they get re-elected?

Is SKS nailed on to secure his seat and, if so, will he still be leader and in the hot seat to form a government?

Who else will be selected to high office, given there may be many comrades to choose from if my prediction of a Tory rout comes to fruition?

If all goes wrong for Labour and they don't achieve a majority (highly unlikely??) and the LibDems achieve the impossible of a second place, who would they insist on being selected for a top job?

Fascinating times, albeit stranger things have happened!

[768]

pequod said:

Is SKS nailed on to secure his seat and, if so, will he still be leader and in the hot seat to form a government?

Yes and yes.

pequod said:

Who else will be selected to high office, given there may be many comrades to choose from if my prediction of a Tory rout comes to fruition?

Rayner, whether he likes it or not. Sturgeon if it goes badly enough. The rest is up to him as the wind blows.

[Wills2]

Rayner = Prescott, so will be given deputy PM role but kept away from anything serious.

[pequod]

This is the current shadow cabinet,

https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/

No Rebecca Long-Bailey or others from the momentum group? That may change....

[gazza285]

pequod said:

This is the current shadow cabinet,

https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/

No Rebecca Long-Bailey or others from the momentum group? That may change....

No idea who two thirds of them are.

[pequod]

gazza285 said:

No idea who two thirds of them are.

Yet they could be forming the next Government to run the country quite soon! Plus others, yet to be determined?

[Bill]

pequod said:

Yet they could be forming the next Government to run the country quite soon! Plus others, yet to be determined?

:shrugs: Penny Mordaunt could conceivably be PM next week, which whichever ransoms she chooses as cabinet.

[pequod]

Bill said:

pequod said:

Yet they could be forming the next Government to run the country quite soon! Plus others, yet to be determined?

:shrugs: Penny Mordaunt could conceivably be PM next week, which whichever ransoms she chooses as cabinet.

Not worth considering or debating the probable outcome of a GE, sooner or later? My guess, FWIW, is a GE in '23, maybe Spring, after the Opposition force a vote of no confidence, whoever takes the reigns of the Tory horse!

[biggbn]

pequod said:

gazza285 said:

No idea who two thirds of them are.

Yet they could be forming the next Government to run the country quite soon! Plus others, yet to be determined?

I didn't know who some of those running for PM were!!

[Bill]

pequod said:

Not worth considering or debating the probable outcome of a GE, sooner or later? My guess, FWIW, is a GE in '23, maybe Spring, after the Opposition force a vote of no confidence, whoever takes the reigns of the Tory horse!

More that Labour have been in opposition (FWIW) for over a decade, so there's no great surprise you've not heard of them. More concerning IMO is that a lot of the potential PMs in the previous contest are unknown. Even in this one PM is only really known because she was in the last contest a couple on months ago.

[pequod]

Bill said:

More that Labour have been in opposition (FWIW) for over a decade, so there's no great surprise you've not heard of them. More concerning IMO is that a lot of the potential PMs in the previous contest are unknown. Even in this one PM is only really known because she was in the last contest a couple on months ago.

Thanks.....

[Bill]

pequod said:

Thanks.....

You're welcome!

[Super Sonic]

pequod said:

...whoever takes the reigns of the Tory hearse!

Ftty

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pequod said:

This is the current shadow cabinet,

https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/

No Rebecca Long-Bailey or others from the momentum group? That may change....

SKS has been trying to move away from momentum types.

I wonder if part of the reason he's been so quiet until late was so not to provide a platform for the more militant left to gain airtime, post corbyn.

[motco]

pequod said:

This is the current shadow cabinet,

https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/

No Rebecca Long-Bailey or others from the momentum group? That may change....

Long-Bailey is already agitating for leftist policies. Independent

[pequod]

Obviously, Labour are on full 'GE Demand!' and why not?

However, there are underlying factions which won't help their cause...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/02/j...

[Caddyshack]

A lot can and most probably will happen before the next general election, I wouldn’t waste much brain space thinking about a party who is not in power. It might be a show in for Labour right now but a lot changes in politics over a few months.

[anonymous-user]

motco said:

Long-Bailey is already agitating for leftist policies. Independent

Excellent. I hope they come up with excellent ones.

[biggbn]

motco said:

pequod said:

This is the current shadow cabinet,

https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/

No Rebecca Long-Bailey or others from the momentum group? That may change....

Long-Bailey is already agitating for leftist policies. Independent

Well the 'rightist' ones have done so well over the past few months and years, haven't they?

[petemurphy]

have they got any policies yet