Yeah, that's possibly an option. One of the things this referendum has thrown up is a new division in British (or at least English and Welsh politics). The Establishment vote (Remain) came largely from the metropolitain areas. The "F**k you" vote came from an alliance of the Tory Shires and the old Labour heartlands, two areas that believe they've been abandoned and shat on by all the traditional metro-centric parties. Maybe we need new parties to reflect these new divisions.
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Yeah, that's possibly an option. One of the things this referendum has thrown up is a new division in British (or at least English and Welsh politics). The Establishment vote (Remain) came largely from the metropolitain areas. The "F**k you" vote came from an alliance of the Tory Shires and the old Labour heartlands, two areas that believe they've been abandoned and shat on by all the traditional metro-centric parties. Maybe we need new parties to reflect these new divisions.
Behind Enemy Lines
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If a vote of no confidence is passed against Corbyn on a day-to-day level how on earth can he operate at Westminster? He would be laughed out of the chamber and his position would be totally untenable despite what the £3 brigade think. Forming a new party would be throwing the baby out with the bath water but some form of electoral pact with other parties may be an option at the next election, if Corbyn is no longer leader. If he is, then Boris will walk the next election. I think Corbyn is someone who genuinely thinks about helping others less fortunate than himself but he's also a very weak leader. He has to go.
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brakespear
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nickrhodes
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By Metropolitan elite. I am assuming you mean someone fortunate enough to be well educated and have more than one brain cell. That is exactly what we DO need
This is not Nick Rhodes. He'd kill me for writing this !
nickrhodes
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Tom Watson
Tom Watson is a no brighter than Corbyn. Another socialist loon with one brain cell. Try to be serious
This is not Nick Rhodes.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
Your opinion. Although I wasn't being altogether serious I do have a lot of time for Tom Watson. And there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of choice (if you don't want a New Labout leader anyway). John McDonnell would get a lot of stick about comments he has made in the past I reckon.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Was patently just BIDING his time. Chuka Umunna was all fired up on the BBC this morning. Young and smart and feisty enough to take The Labour Party where it needs to be. Gets my vote.
nickrhodes
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I totally agree with you there's isn't much choice. But sometimes someone unfancied pops up, someone not on the radar. Think this is not out of the question. Apologies didn't mean to sound harsh
This is not Nick Rhodes
But he already has been operating there ... despite the lack of support.
Put it another way, how can party leaders operate without the support of 70% of the members? Trying to oust him would lose huge swaths of grass-root support
nickrhodes
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Agree.
Neville's Breakfast
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Was patently just BIDING his time. Chuka Umunna was all fired up on the BBC this morning. Young and smart and feisty enough to take The Labour Party where it needs to be. Gets my vote.
The Labour heartland have just seemingly resoundingly rejected the views of Chuka Umunna. JC is a Eurosceptic who has the result he wanted ! seems like he may be more in tune with voters than you think.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Was patently just BIDING his time. Chuka Umunna was all fired up on the BBC this morning. Young and smart and feisty enough to take The Labour Party where it needs to be. Gets my vote.
Good job you haven't got ONE then
Ah, there's the rub,.Corbyn won, not because he's a natural leader (he's not) but because he offered an anti-austerity vision. All five other candidates (before two dropped out) all offered more of the same.
If there's a younger, dynamic anti-austerity MP out there, I'm sure he or she would be embraced by the membership, but they're not going to vote for another Blairite.
I'd also suggest that with his Eurosceptic views, Corbyn is more in touch with the electorate than the pro-European centre
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Exactly , any candidate that wants to commit career suicide by just copying Tory policies won't get a sniff of the leaders job. Liz Kendall the ultra Blairite got 4% in the leadership contest, nuff said
ROSM
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It's easy
All anybody has to do is invent a mythical amount of money that could be saved from stopping something (perhaps rail travel) and then say you will use it for the nhs
Once elected say it was a mistake but it's too late to change
Simples
WonderingSoton
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Andy Burnham.
Labour has a huge problem now. The disconnect between the Europhile Labour establishment and the Leave voting core support in North England and Wales is staggering. Labour have already lost Scotland.
The Labour party is on it's death bed right now, and needs something dramatic if it is to recover.
Labour has a huge problem now. The disconnect between the Europhile Labour establishment and the Leave voting core support in North England and Wales is staggering. Labour have already lost Scotland.
The Labour party is on it's death bed right now, and needs something dramatic if it is to recover.
