The New Leader of the Labour Party

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

6 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster sounds like something that should've been abolished in 1850.

I wasn't too sure what the role entailed. But, it's apparently similar to a minister without portfolio role with the holder of the position advising on general policy direction etc, with the Duchy of Lancaster stuff being a minor aspect of the role. 

 

Let's hope that Rachel Reeves doesn't try to implement her previously expressed views! 

[Megadrive Man]

1 hour ago, cloggypop said:

I'd make her Shadow Minister of Jess Phillips. She'd love it. Important role. Very popular with the public. 

Probably wouldn't be any good at it?

[TheHowieLama]

If this pandemic is somehow kept to anything other than bodies piling up in the streets of the Western world, the Democratic party will get absolutley trounced in November and the Labour party will be unrecognizable in 4 years.

There is no leader.

[Captain Howdy]

He’s a Blairite, that much is obvious and always was. Whether or not you view this as a good thing depends on which side of the party you are on, the party is fucked it’s completely split wide open, it has no chance of power.

[Megadrive Man]

2 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

Is that official about Gardiner? I think he is very good. He never gets outdone in an interview. 

He confirmed it on his Twitter page earlier.

 

I was disappointed by this also. One of Labour's strongest performers in recent years.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Doubt it, they won’t be overly concerned but I’m pretty certain they’ll view him as more of a threat than Corbyn.

Not if he goes about alienating a huge proportion of the membership they won't. 

[Captain Howdy]

27 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Not if he goes about alienating a huge proportion of the membership they won't. 

Well he’s certainly not a massive threat because he leads a clown shoes party but more of a threat than Corbyn? Quite definitely 

[mattyq]

3 hours ago, sir roger said:

3 Chicken coup members , the vice chair of LFI and the guy who got recorded by his Tory mate wanting Corbyn to get slaughtered in December. Starting to wonder whether I was completely gullible to believe him and back him. Be interesting to see what he offers RLB.

Nandy is the Chair of the Labour Friends of Palestine so balances the LFI thing a bit

Disappointed in Gardiner going. Thought he was generally good

[Strontium]

54 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Nandy is the Chair of the Labour Friends of Palestine so balances the LFI thing a bit

 

Some people place far too much weight on things like this. Nandy was nominated for the leadership by the Jewish Labour Movement.

[sir roger]

Starmer's wife and children are Jewish , so if he gets called anti-Semitic by the BoD we may as well give up.

[aRdja]

53 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Starmer's wife and children are Jewish , so if he gets called anti-Semitic by the BoD we may as well give up.

They call Bernie Sanders anti-semitic.  

[Anubis]

8 hours ago, mattyq said:

Nandy is the Chair of the Labour Friends of Palestine so balances the LFI thing a bit

Disappointed in Gardiner going. Thought he was generally good

She was happy to pledge to implement the Board of Deputies ten demands, as was Starmer, who, while also LFoP, has written a fawning letter to them within hours of being in office. The first trap they all walked into before any of them were even elected leader.

[sir roger]

The strange thing is that the BoD would be better keeping the present system of investigation that Formby implemented with most of the potential committee members scared of upsetting them , whereas in an independent system with , presumably , lawyers etc will just deal drily with the facts

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Richard Burgon jibbed off from the shadow cabinet. 

[sir roger]

The only candidate not to agree the BoD demands , so pretty much expected. 

[Barrington Womble]

18 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Richard Burgon jibbed off from the shadow cabinet. 

To be honest, I think he comes across as a bumbling idiot. I do realise the irony in saying that as it seems no bar to success as the current prime minister is a bumbling idiot, but for me it's not a talent we should search out. It matters little what his politics are if he struggles to articulate them. 

[Bjornebye]

11 hours ago, sir roger said:

Starmer's wife and children are Jewish , so if he gets called anti-Semitic by the BoD we may as well give up.

Oh that’s already been happening. Daily mail article the other day having a pop at him. Cunts 

[Rico1304]

54 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Richard Burgon jibbed off from the shadow cabinet. 

That’s probably a lot to do with the fact he’s a fucking half wit. 

[Red Phoenix]

28 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

That’s probably a lot to do with the fact he’s a fucking half wit. 

 

Or because he's a socialist.

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 minute ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

Or because he's a socialist.

You might want to think a bit more about that one. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

1 hour ago, Barry Wom said:

To be honest, I think he comes across as a bumbling idiot. I do realise the irony in saying that as it seems no bar to success as the current prime minister is a bumbling idiot, but for me it's not a talent we should search out. It matters little what his politics are if he struggles to articulate them. 

I think he was alright. But, I won't see his removal from the shadow cabinet as any great loss. 

[Red Phoenix]

Just now, Numero Veinticinco said:

You might want to think a bit more about that one. 

 

He's further to the left than a lot of the party and had a decent amount of socialist support, can't see what reason there is to think further on it. Oh he is on video calling out Zionism and didn't agree to the BoD's demands so there's that too.

 

But I think him being well to the left will have covered most of it.

 

Why do you think it is?

[Strontium]

8 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Or because he's a socialist.

 

Spoiler alert: they're all socialists.

[Red Phoenix]

1 minute ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Spoiler alert: they're all socialists.

 

All Labour MP's are socialists? If only.

[Numero Veinticinco]

6 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

He's further to the left than a lot of the party and had a decent amount of socialist support, can't see what reason there is to think further on it. Oh he is on video calling out Zionism and didn't agree to the BoD's demands so there's that too.

 

But I think him being well to the left will have covered most of it.

 

Why do you think it is?

So, essentially, a purge of socialists is what’s happening?