fox20thc Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Okay, so Tony is leaving within 12 months. Given that there is conference coming up and then the queens speech etc. who would be the best candidate to lead Labour into the next general election? Everyone is assuming that Gordon would be automatically selected by the party as the successor, but do you have any other ideas, and when would be the most practical time for the leader of the party to step down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderPete Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Does it really matter .......... same policies whoever is in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 And as with all politicians their first priority is to stuff their pockets with as much cash as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 That's the problem - there is no one in the race with good leadership capabilities. I used to have time for Brown but I don't think he has what it takes. It looks like he tried a coup this week and screwed it up. Behind the scenes it appears that labour is droppig back in to some very old bad habits of the sort I witnessed when I was a member in the 1980s and early 1990s. For Christ's sake, people, get on with running the country for a while; deal with your blood letting in private. As it stands we must be a joke across teh world; what foreign government will bother listening to us if they're not sure who's going to be in charge (and what policies will be running) in a year's time? And domestically - we have so many issues that who gets to put their feet under the table at Number 10 is the last thing that should be bothering the politicians. Showing some respect for the good of the country would be a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 Does it really matter .......... same policies whoever is in charge. Well it does matter Spiderpete, regardless of our personal opinions about historically bad decisons the person selected will be representing the UK in international policy and they are the face of the party.. The torys have David 'I love nelson mandela' Cameron.. who will represent the current party in power? Your nomination would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I really don't care. They're all the same, it makes no difference who holds the title of PM. If the politicians put half as much energy into governing this country properly as they do squabbling amongst themselves, there might actually be some sensible decisions taken about this country's future. Far too much self-indulgence about. StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Your nomination would be? Someone to hold the fort until someone better came along. Having said that - in a few years Miliband might be a good contender. I'm not sure about Clarke given the astonishingly poor judgemnet of his statements over the last few days. Reid might work as a short term 'fire fighting and inter-regnum' leader, and would give the opportunity for others - like Johnson? - to become deputy leader. So...Reid for now, then Johnson, with Milliband further down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 If it appears in the Situations Vacant column of The Times I’ll probably apply. CV would obviously include “membership of SF with a leaning towards dictatorship.” Trouble is, Tony’s already into it. I suppose I could add that I’m a Yorkshire-born Englishman and argue that while I’m not the preferred Scotsman I do have Scottish ancestors on my mother’s side (one of them fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie, so I’m saying it now before MI5 discover it and leak it to the Press). I also have the temerity to tell Bush that his ‘friendship’ isn’t all that welcome if it includes having our soldiers dying because his own can’t manage the job in Afghanistan. I’d also have the balls to sack Two-Jags and all the unelected Lords. Better still, I’ve no connection with the legal profession, or the estate agencies or politicians in general, so I’ll not be lying through my teeth every time I open my mouth. If they don’t want me after that, I’ll take ’em to a tribunal on the grounds that I aint got the job cos I’m too old and I’m in a wheelchair, and it aint fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderPete Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Your nomination would be? and my answer is ............ posted by StarSparkle I really don't care. They're all the same, it makes no difference who holds the title of PM. sums it up pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 P.S. Home rule for Yorkshire — whether they want it or not. The Tories had their ‘Iron Woman’, so I’d be Labour’s ‘Iron Man’. But just remembered, I’m not a Labour Party member and I don’t vote for ’em. Does it matter? I’ve read on other threads that employers shouldn’t ask employees what their political leanings are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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