Who Will replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader

Who Will replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader

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Fundoreen

4,180 posts

82 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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In her corbyn hatchet burying interview the hairy margolis woman sent a fan letter to starmer so no doubt the blair that wont die will come out soon on his side.
Starmer is one of the idiots that put labour on its distructive course of confusing message so no thanks.
That pleasant lady with the big glasses gets my vote.

loafer123

15,406 posts

214 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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I don’t understand the posts advocating Sweaty Starmer as charismatic. He looks like he expects the police to knock on his door at any moment and lies freely like the lawyer he is.

If they choose him, they’ve got no chance.

PositronicRay

26,959 posts

182 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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MrVert said:
Hopefully Emily Thornberry.

Her intellect level and debating skills would be comedy gold in PMQ’s. Boris would make mincemeat of her.

I think they have no one within their current crop who could lead the party to a win within the next 10 years. Hopefully.

Their entire front bench are so poor, it’s almost unbelievable they could have ended up in this position, but I’m glad they have.
Boris is pretty poor in pmqs, he can deliver a speech and interact with the public, but not good at thinking on his feet. Theresa May was better (just crap at the other stuff)

Bradgate

2,819 posts

146 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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MrVert said:
Hopefully Emily Thornberry.

Her intellect level and debating skills would be comedy gold in PMQ’s. Boris would make mincemeat of her.
Thornberry was excellent at PMQs whenever she stood in for Corbyn. She was so much better than her boss that he sacked her from the job and repacked her with Wrong-Daily. She would make mincemeat of Johnson. She’s a barrister, and detail & consistency are not his strong points, to put it politely...

crofty1984

15,830 posts

203 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Smollet said:
Having watched Burgon this morning completely fail to grasp as to why they’ve just had their biggest defeat since the 30s, his total adherence to we’re right and we won the arguments party mantra and his lack of ability to accept they need to change I have to say he gets my bet for next messiah status. The fact that he looks like something that lurks in dark holes and smells of compost can only add to his credibility for leadership.
He is an ahole. I'd love to hear someone from the Labour power base say "Look, we thought the best way forward for the country was this, that's what we campaigned on. We honestly thought it was for the best. The result shows that people didn't agree with us. If we're to get back into power, we have to listen to people and make ourselves credible in delivering what they want." I've only heard it once or twice, and usually from ex-ministers or minor MPs.

Better than "Everyone else is a toff who hates poor people and wants your granny to die!"
The most contrite I've heard from most is "There's an absolute right way to do things and it's our way, no exception. But MAYBE we didn't educate the masses to our rightness enough."

Smollet

10,467 posts

189 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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eliot said:
Re starting another party - the problem is that it needs funding - which really means they need one or two unions behind any Labour V2
Couldn’t Lineker get Walkers crisps to fund them?

Vanden Saab

13,896 posts

73 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Bradgate said:
Depends on what the Labour Party wants to be.

If it is serious about trying to win, it will go for Starmer or Cooper. I voted for Yvette in the 2015 leadership election, because I thought she was a bright, competent, realistic and credible political grown-up. She also comes across as a relatively normal working mum, which I have always argued would be a very appealing ‘look’ for the Labour party leader, particularly in comparison with deadbeat dad Johnson.

If they want to stay a London-centric hard-left fringe organisation, it will go for whoever emerges as crap Jesus’ anointed successor. The fundamental problem with the hard left is that they care more about ideology, identity and Palestine than they do about winning. Wining requires compromises and entails pragmatism, which the hard left regards as betrayal.
You think the two main antibrexit protagonists in the labour party will be the best choices as leader to bring the northern voters back on board... Let us hope Labour agree with you...

williamp

19,217 posts

272 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Cooper is also a blairite, so unlikely to have the backing of Momentum. Maybe somene will step inside and let Laura Pidcock back as an MP. Friend of Momentum, would not consider friendship with a Tory...

Maybe jon Lansman will decide he wil be leader..

Sadiq khan as leader? His dad was a bus driver, you know. And he is good on crime, understanding of terrorism etc

MrVert

4,394 posts

238 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Bradgate said:
MrVert said:
Hopefully Emily Thornberry.

Her intellect level and debating skills would be comedy gold in PMQ’s. Boris would make mincemeat of her.
Thornberry was excellent at PMQs whenever she stood in for Corbyn. She was so much better than her boss that he sacked her from the job and repacked her with Wrong-Daily. She would make mincemeat of Johnson. She’s a barrister, and detail & consistency are not his strong points, to put it politely...
Make mincemeat of Boris...hehe

Funny how we view things differently, she can’t think on her feet at all, she’s useless as soon as she’s pressed in any interview and just trots out the party line despite looking ridiculous whilst doing so.

Edit to add:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/06/la...

None of them are up to the job...


Edited by MrVert on Sunday 15th December 17:02

Brave Fart

5,682 posts

110 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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I expect Big Len McCluskey, and Momentum to be a major part of the selection process. That means anyone associated with Blair has no chance - they hate him more than the Tories. And anyone who isn't on message with Labour's loony left policies won't be considered either, so they won't want Sweaty Starmer. Thirdly, any Remainers will struggle, because they know they have to woo Workington Man. So not the fragrant Emily Thornberry then.

If you have testicles you will struggle to be chosen, although not impossible.
That leaves Becky Wrong-Daily, Angela Crayons, and Lisa Nandy. Jess "fake Brummie" Phillips could be included if she can shake off any Blairite accusations.

Should be fun to watch.

kev1974

4,029 posts

128 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Bradgate said:
MrVert said:
Hopefully Emily Thornberry.

Her intellect level and debating skills would be comedy gold in PMQ’s. Boris would make mincemeat of her.
Thornberry was excellent at PMQs whenever she stood in for Corbyn. She was so much better than her boss that he sacked her from the job and repacked her with Wrong-Daily. She would make mincemeat of Johnson. She’s a barrister, and detail & consistency are not his strong points, to put it politely...
I don't think her other name (Lady Nugee) will go down that well in some constituencies, once they are made properly aware of it.

Can I join for £3 and vote Angela Crayons in as leader? That will be hilarious, she makes Diane Abbott look as clever as Victoria Coren Mitchell.

biggbn

22,831 posts

219 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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MrVert said:
Bradgate said:
MrVert said:
Hopefully Emily Thornberry.

Her intellect level and debating skills would be comedy gold in PMQ’s. Boris would make mincemeat of her.
Thornberry was excellent at PMQs whenever she stood in for Corbyn. She was so much better than her boss that he sacked her from the job and repacked her with Wrong-Daily. She would make mincemeat of Johnson. She’s a barrister, and detail & consistency are not his strong points, to put it politely...
Make mincemeat of Boris...hehe

Funny how we view things differently, she can’t think on her feet at all, she’s useless as soon as she’s pressed in any interview and just trots out the party line despite looking ridiculous whilst doing so.

Edit to add:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/06/la...

None of them are up to the job...


Edited by MrVert on Sunday 15th December 17:02
It is amazing how we perceive things because your description of thornberry is exactly what I would use to describe Johnson!!

MiniMan64

16,867 posts

189 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Brave Fart said:
I expect Big Len McCluskey, and Momentum to be a major part of the selection process. That means anyone associated with Blair has no chance - they hate him more than the Tories. And anyone who isn't on message with Labour's loony left policies won't be considered either, so they won't want Sweaty Starmer. Thirdly, any Remainers will struggle, because they know they have to woo Workington Man. So not the fragrant Emily Thornberry then.

If you have testicles you will struggle to be chosen, although not impossible.
That leaves Becky Wrong-Daily, Angela Crayons, and Lisa Nandy. Jess "fake Brummie" Phillips could be included if she can shake off any Blairite accusations.

Should be fun to watch.
The Labour leader is still voted for by the membership right? That means it’ll be a left leaning Corbyn successor so Starmer and Thornberry are out. Anyone else is going to have the failures as Jezza surely. Unless the economy really goes down the toilet in the next years they’ll get annihilated at the next election. Again. And they won’t be able to blame Brexit.

MrVert

4,394 posts

238 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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biggbn said:
It is amazing how we perceive things because your description of thornberry is exactly what I would use to describe Johnson!!
It’s a funny old world....

irc

7,173 posts

135 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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The current Labour party hate Blair but he is the only Labour leader to have won a national election for 45 years. It will be harder next time once the boundary review gets done. Worth 20 to 30 seats to the Tories. Scotland isn't coming back to Labour. They were a poor third on 18% this time. 1seat. Blair got 50 seats in Scotland.

If they elect another lefty London remainder they may be finished. The unions may have signed a delayed death warrant when they ensured that the wrong Miliband became leader

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

12,787 posts

99 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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I'd like to see Hilary Benn in the role, but it will never happen.

biggbn

22,831 posts

219 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
I'd like to see Hilary Benn in the role, but it will never happen.
I'm afraid I cannot stand that man, he would do nothing to lure me back to the fold

rfisher

5,024 posts

282 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Hitler or Living Stone.

Ultra lefties are fascists.

There's no difference between the 'hard' left or right when you hit that extremist mentality.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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biggbn said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
I'd like to see Hilary Benn in the role, but it will never happen.
I'm afraid I cannot stand that man, he would do nothing to lure me back to the fold
He's like a mirror image of his father.

biggbn

22,831 posts

219 months

Sunday 15th December 2019
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Johnnytheboy said:
biggbn said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
I'd like to see Hilary Benn in the role, but it will never happen.
I'm afraid I cannot stand that man, he would do nothing to lure me back to the fold
He's like a mirror image of his father.
He is the diametric opposite of his father.