Yvette Cooper

[anonymous-user]

There was something I read that seems ti suggest Yvette Cooper is being touted as a Labour Leader to replace Corby. The article got a bit ahead of itself and its obviously conjecture. I mean Corbys sure to lead the Labour Party for many years. But is she such a leader in waiting ?
Personally I find her intensely irritating not as much as Ms Harman maybe a little more working class

[anonymous-user]

I cannot be doing with her.
I do not see anything of substance there.

[anonymous-user]

Thing is genuinely cant weigh her up. I think she comes across as cold and awkward. In the interviews I've seen she almost seems as if she has been designed by committee. There is just no personality with her.
But obviously she's done well for herself to get where she is. I just don't get why she would be singled out as a prospective leader.

[anonymous-user]

Don't the current Labour leader election rules mean it will be quite difficult for anyone who isn't at least as leftist as Corbyn to have a chance?

[anonymous-user]

I found this from a couple of years ago. Presumably any bid for the leadership would have similar intents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33859518

[anonymous-user]

hidetheelephants said:

Talentless brownite lackey, almost as self-regarding as her husband.

This is the point.

The unions (and students to a lesser degree) are pulling the strings since Blair, so brownite candidates are still getting selected. Selecting Ed instead of David Miliband was where all the recent problems started. Corby is just the end result of this policy.

Labour had loads of great young electable centrist candidates, untarnished by the Blair/brown wilderness labour are in, but are not getting selected and being encouraged not to run.

It's a deep rooted problem for labour and one that is entirely self inflicted. It seems they'd rather keep selecting these brownite robots and far left leaders like Corbyn than be elected, they're apparently happy pandering to students and the unions and being the party of (week) opposition.

If labour select another old school brownite like cooper, labour will trundle on like this until they are brave enough to split into a centrist left party. Anyone will be better for them than Corbyn though,

In this time of low probability outcomes though perhaps Corbyn will shock everyone. apparently people that meet him find him inspiring but labour seem unable to show these qualities to anyone outside the grass roots Labour Party.