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I saw Starmer on the Andrew Neil show last night. It confirmed two things to me: 1. that Starmer is pretty impressive 2. that Johnson was gutless in avoiding subjecting himself to the same interviewer

I think I preferred Maggie the strident milk-snatcher to Maggie the husky-voiced seductress. (But better still, no Maggie at all.)

I watched the Sky debate last night. Starmer was wrongfooted a couple of times and lost a bit of composure. Nandy was the winner for me. Long-Bailey wasn't quite a wooden as usual. But, like the Tory leadership contest, this has gone on too long.

I appreciate JRG's contributions to this thread, although he might see this as 'repressive tolerance'. I think the chances of Labour regaining power is between zero and slim - and as Muhammad Ali once said, 'Slim has just left town'. The likes of JRG cite Corbyn's 2015 performance as defying...

Thanks very much for your considered response. As I said, I won't contest the data but (as I also said) it would be good to have it references (sorry is this makes my sound like a teacher). My impression of your response is that it does sort of show the problem. There's no trace of doubt here...

Thanks for your points. I'm not sure where you get your data from but won't contest it. However, if you could reference it, I'd be obliged. I worked for Liverpool City Council (1978-84) and was a service provider to a great many others who did too. I was also a Labour supporter and still am. My...

I'm afraid I have to join the 'we're all doomed' club. Burgon has a charisma equivalent to that of a jelly baby and is congenitally incapable of answering a question with anything approaching candour. He is cursed with a mon-tonal drone and will be a turn-off to a rather large proportion of the...

On the night of the GE, just after the exit poll indicated that it was a Labour meltdown, I tuned into the coverage by C4. Watson was a guest and was grinning from ear-to-ear. I don't think (and certainly don't hope) that Watson's mirth was actually caused by the poll but the optics were not...

With 5 years until the next GE, there's a case for selecting someone who will grow into the role. I started as a bit of a Starmer fan but am warming to the idea of Nandy. There is a certain 'straight-talking' aspect to her which would make a nice change and of course a TOTAL contrast to Johnson...

Re-alignment of the 'progressive' centre-left before next GE? Sorry - just dreaming. But it's just possible that 5 years of the odious Johnson regime might just bang heads together.

Jess Phillips would be good entertainment value: you can tell that she absolutely detests Johnson. I reckon that it could kick-off during PMQs. (My money would be on Jess.) Starmer would get my vote (and I did vote Labour).