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Ed Miliband was young, perceived to be about as left-wing as you could get and still remain vaguely electable. That didn't work, and I can't see out of Shadow Cabinet who is likely to be Phil Taylor to Corbyn's Eric Bristow. An inherent problem with the Corbyn regime is that not only will he...

Wayne Rooney has over 100 caps and has either remained silent or else mumbled his way through the national anthem every time, yet nobody questions his commitment to England. Corbyn remains silent and is crucified. 5Live spent 10 mins last night talking to the Labour Shadow Chief Sec to the...

Given that Cameron has said he won't seek a third term as Prime Minister then the Tories are likely to have an alternative leader. The bookies have 4 realistic candidates - Osborne is favourite, just ahead of Boris, with Theresa May and Sajid Javed behind him. God help the electorate if the...

On the plus side it is nice to see the likes of Cooper, Balls, Red Ed consigned to the political dustbin forever.

It's interesting how times change. Corbyn offered the Defence post to Chris Bryant, who declined. Chris is a confirmed homosexual. Thirty years ago that would have been seen as a serious threat to national security and it would have been a non-starter.

So Corbyn has appointed a vegan to be in charge of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? How the HELL is that going to work? If she helps dairy farmers to sell more diary produce, poultry farmers to sell more eggs or pork farmers to sell more bacon then she'll be promoting the consumption of...

Umunna is a completely different political animal to Kendall, he is more articulate and intelligent, he has more appeal to Middle England than her because he is able to explain his politics in a logical and heartfelt way. With Kendall you get the impression she really is quite right-wing, and...

The other three losers might as well have not bothered. The only "debate" going on is Former Labour Leaders vs. Corbyn. I can't believe Umunna left the contest, he would have walked it AND his party desperately needed him. If he thinks he'll be better off waiting another 5 years he mind...

Because it's clear she's not going to win. Indeed, if she truly cares she'll bow out and let Burnham / Cooper both receive a welcome boost of votes that they badly need. If she does nothing then Corbyn could get power and that would be the worst outcome for her Politically as she is to the...

The fact is that this leadership contest has been going on a long while and it is clear Kendall is last and in single digits. It is also clear the moral compass of the party is still well to the left and nowhere near Blair territory. I think it more likely she stood as leader to further her...

Kendall is doing her party a disservice by not pulling out: 1. The polls indicate she has no chance. 2. The Corbyn thing is getting out of hand. Kendall's votes redistributed will give Burnham and Cooper a boost.

This thread is f**ked. For the latecomers a summary of views: 33% - Corbyn is Jesus 67% - Corbyn is an unelectable, IRA-sympathising c**t.

I'll take issue with you re the Tories and the economy. They won the election in 1992 despite the fact that the economy had been in recession for the preceding 2-3 years. Ken Clarke did a reasonable job of repairing the economy prior to 1997 and it wasn't in bad shape at all. Major was a...

Callaghan was pretty left wing, indeed left wing enough to be owned by the unions, a fact that did for him and the country.

I'm over 40 and, like most people over 40, shook my head in despair when Gordon Brown announced he'd abolished boom and bust. In a capitalist, global economy there will always be boom and bust. Knowledge of political history is key to not repeating the mistakes of the past. I wouldn't expect...

Were you not around for Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan then? Labour's mess in the late 70 s brought the country to its knees and consigned them to the political wilderness for 18 years. It would not surprise me if they paid a similar price for the mess they made on Brown's watch.

The fact is Labour led us into the longest recession since the 1930s, so the longest in living memory. There is not a cat in hell's chance the public will vote for a bloke who will be 70 at the next election with a left wing manifesto which, history tells us, will leave the country further in...

Bottom line - he's never going to win a General Election in a million years.

The fact that "friend of the IRA" Jeremy Corbyn has come in and is now ahead in yesterday's YouGov poll of Labour supporters shows just how weak the rest of the field is. The fact he has 43% of that poll to Burnham's 26% and Cooper's 20% is an indictment of them rather than an endorsement for...