Politics, The Election May 2015

[thebish]

Am I allowed to call farage "yesterday's man" yet?

positives... farage gone (yesterday's man)
balls and miliband gone - both of them were toxic to labour's cause

so - when does this renegotiation with Europe start?

Gotta say, I'm looking round and I'm not seeing any shoe-ins. After seeing the campaigns for the last couple of weeks, I think they need to pick someone who is photogenic and says really nice things whilst not doing any debates and pats babies nicely on the head.

yeah... though, the other mimliband might now be weighing up his options... he's kept his powder very dry for quite some time now...

Balls was always gonna be toxic - stained (rightly or wrongly - it doesn't matter) with his association with Brown and the stories told about labour's handling of the economy (again - rightly or wrongly...)

also - he always looks smug.

I think labour should head-hunt Sturgeon...

[thebish]

Am I allowed to call farage "yesterday's man" yet?

positives... farage gone (yesterday's man)
balls and miliband gone - both of them were toxic to labour's cause

so - when does this renegotiation with Europe start?

Gotta say, I'm looking round and I'm not seeing any shoe-ins. After seeing the campaigns for the last couple of weeks, I think they need to pick someone who is photogenic and says really nice things whilst not doing any debates and pats babies nicely on the head.

The Duchess of Cambridge??

[Worthy4England]

Am I allowed to call farage "yesterday's man" yet?

positives... farage gone (yesterday's man)
balls and miliband gone - both of them were toxic to labour's cause

so - when does this renegotiation with Europe start?

Gotta say, I'm looking round and I'm not seeing any shoe-ins. After seeing the campaigns for the last couple of weeks, I think they need to pick someone who is photogenic and says really nice things whilst not doing any debates and pats babies nicely on the head.

yeah... though, the other mimliband might now be weighing up his options... he's kept his powder very dry for quite some time now...

Balls was always gonna be toxic - stained (rightly or wrongly - it doesn't matter) with his association with Brown and the stories told about labour's handling of the economy (again - rightly or wrongly...)

also - he always looks smug.

I think labour should head-hunt Sturgeon...

I'm all for trying to swing The Sun our way. Time to give all the out of work Page 3 models a job. That should go down pretty well with the TU's, who clearly wouldn't want to see anyone out of work.

[thebish]

from balls to boobs?

[a1]

labour is toxic to labour's cause.

they'll just vote another trade unionist in. and the electorate will say Nein No .

[bobo the clown]

I'm all for trying to swing The Sun our way.

"our" way Worthy.

Showing your underwear at last ?

[Lord Kangana]

labour is toxic to labour's cause.

they'll just vote another trade unionist in. and the electorate will say Nein No .

Yes, probably just like Tony Blair for example.

[Prufrock]

Not many jump out.

Andy Burnham and Diane Abbot can f*ck off for starters, as can Chuka. Apparently the Tories are most scared of him. F*ck knows why. It's going to be a job of pick the most charismatic/bossy I reckon.

Can't see it being David Miliband now. Firstly, they'll want to get away from anything vaguely "Miliband". Secondly, he doesn't have a seat!

My tip is another leftie, Stella Creasy say, who will make it about two years before getting shoved and somebody more "electable" taking over (a David Miliband coming back to win a bye-election, or my dark horse Keir Starmer).

That or it's I've Ate Balls all the way.

[Worthy4England]

I'm all for trying to swing The Sun our way.

"our" way Worthy.

Showing your underwear at last ?

Clearly not. Our way, is any way other than this one.

I went for "none of the above" - for the third time running....

[Lord Kangana]

Who's this ex-marine major they're all talking about?

[KeyserSoze]

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[Prufrock]

A man so interesting that his wiki page includes a note on how he didn't witness Hillsbrough.

[Lord Kangana]

Anyway, personally I like Douglas Alexander, but he's not got much chance at the moment.

[a1]

Yes, probably just like Tony Blair for example.

i dont know enough about tony b to know if thats supposed to be intentially ironic (maybe he was trotskyite or summat) but yeah, someone like that.

but no, they'll dig up alan johnston or some other 'never was' type.

and then ukip'll hoover up the "working class" vote that labour doesnt want.

[Prufrock]

labour is toxic to labour's cause.

they'll just vote another trade unionist in. and the electorate will say Nein No .

Yes, probably just like Tony Blair for example.

It's an odd one. A "Blairite" is probably the only type of leader who is electable nationally, but that label might well be enough to mean they couldn't win the leadership in the first place.

[Lord Kangana]

Politics is cyclical. As my dad always says, stick around long enough for your inevitable mistakes to catch up with you and you'll be out on your arse. 13,5 million people voted for Blair's government - almost 100 seats more than the current lot.

Interestingly, its taken 4 elections for the Tories to recover from that low ebb of 160 seats to 330ish. In the same time Labour has lost 200. Unless we change the voting system, this kind of swing backwards and forwards is inevitable. Its nothing else.

[a1]

its only bin ten minutes and folk are RIP-ing the nhs.

its like thatcher died for nowt

[Prufrock]

Pru's Political Poem:

There once was a poll by Ipsos MORI,
that predicted Ed Miliband glory,
but no experts in psephology,
they had to make an apology,
because the f*ckers elected were all Tory.

[bobo the clown]

Not many jump out.

Andy Burnham and Diane Abbot can f*ck off for starters, as can Chuka. Apparently the Tories are most scared of him. F*ck knows why. It's going to be a job of pick the most charismatic/bossy I reckon.

It'll be either Burnham or Pixie-Woman.

Pixie woman's husband has time on his hands now so can look after the kids whilst she's busy at work.

[Beefheart]

Not many jump out.

Andy Burnham and Diane Abbot can f*ck off for starters, as can Chuka. Apparently the Tories are most scared of him. F*ck knows why. It's going to be a job of pick the most charismatic/bossy I reckon.

It'll be either Burnham or Pixie-Woman.

Pixie woman's husband has time on his hands now so can look after the kids whilst she's busy at work.

Nobody jumps out, could help them that Ed Balls has gone. Don't think he does them any favours.