The Labour Party - Part 2

[sheffbag 227]

15 hours ago, banjodeano said:

so she was the only local candidate put forward by the party? who had a vote in the process, did local party members get a vote, or just people on the committee?

3 local candidates put themselves forward for nomination 

2 met the experience criteria and were established councilors 

1 was the sister of a former MP

 

Instead of the 2 other local experienced candidates a medical student from Sheffield and a councillor from Kirklees were nominated instead to go up against Kim in the hustings which she, not surprisingly, won. Good luck to her in the election 

 

 

[Baron99 778]

5 hours ago, sheffbag said:

3 local candidates put themselves forward for nomination 

2 met the experience criteria and were established councilors 

1 was the sister of a former MP

 

Instead of the 2 other local experienced candidates a medical student from Sheffield and a councillor from Kirklees were nominated instead to go up against Kim in the hustings which she, not surprisingly, won. Good luck to her in the election 

 

 

My bold. 

 

Even as a Tory voter, I don't believe that Lab will loose Batley & Spen & certainly Leadbeater won't need any luck. 

 

Sentiment; judgement influenced by feeling rather than any policies or promises will sway the way the constituents vote. 

Edited May 28, 2021 by Baron99

[banjodeano 31]

7 hours ago, sheffbag said:

3 local candidates put themselves forward for nomination 

2 met the experience criteria and were established councilors 

1 was the sister of a former MP

 

Instead of the 2 other local experienced candidates a medical student from Sheffield and a councillor from Kirklees were nominated instead to go up against Kim in the hustings which she, not surprisingly, won. Good luck to her in the election 

 

 

Thanks for that

[hackey lad 3,949]

Apparently George Galloway is going to stand in Batley and Spen . Should be fun .

[hobinfoot 25]

I’m not a  socialist but admired Corbyn he is a conviction politician. After seeing and listening to Starmer I can’t work out what he stands for.

[Baron99 778]

23 minutes ago, hobinfoot said:

I’m not a  socialist but admired Corbyn he is a conviction politician. After seeing and listening to Starmer I can’t work out what he stands for.

A pee? 

 

I think that's about all? 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Baron99

[El Cid 213]

33 minutes ago, hobinfoot said:

I’m not a  socialist but admired Corbyn he is a conviction politician. After seeing and listening to Starmer I can’t work out what he stands for.

It will be a ballance between the policies of the 2019 election, untill new policies are formed. Very few Labour leaders had the leftwing policies that Corbyn had and some even openenly talking about being Maxists. Corbyn lost 2 election so he had to go.

 

[Baron99 778]

11 minutes ago, El Cid said:

It will be a ballance between the policies of the 2019 election, untill new policies are formed. Very few Labour leaders had the leftwing policies that Corbyn had and some even openenly talking about being Maxists. Corbyn lost 2 election so he had to go.

 

So Labour will be stuck with Starmer until 2029 then? 

[El Cid 213]

5 hours ago, Baron99 said:

So Labour will be stuck with Starmer until 2029 then? 

The left want him gone ASAP,  moderate Labour supporters are more patient. Johnson is scrapping the fixed term parliament act, so we could see a general election in 2022 or 2023.

Once a GE has been called Starmer will be more vocal and we will see if he is popular.

[apelike 10]

I somehow think Boris will go the full term unless something drastic happens, so that will be in May 2024. That will give Starmer more than adequate time to formulate any non socialist policies that will enable him to be in with a chance of being PM.

[Mr Allen 0]

1 hour ago, apelike said:

I somehow think Boris will go the full term unless something drastic happens, so that will be in May 2024. That will give Starmer more than adequate time to formulate any non socialist policies that will enable him to be in with a chance of being PM.

I'd vote for Starmer, at this point almost anyone would better PM than BoJo IMO.

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by Mr Allen
Removing stuff I doubt the Mods would've liked

[El Cid 213]

5 hours ago, apelike said:

I somehow think Boris will go the full term unless something drastic happens, so that will be in May 2024. That will give Starmer more than adequate time to formulate any non socialist policies that will enable him to be in with a chance of being PM.

Like more than 100,000 deaths, how more drastic do you want?