ahwiles - Member
but it wasn't a major defeat.
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Ed Millibands Labour 'Relaunch'
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Oh, and that picture on the first page still cracks me up.
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but it wasn't a major defeat - hence the coalition.
Wasn't a resounding success either though was it...
Especially when the Lib-dems, in theory Labours more natural allies, chose to get into bed with the Tory runners up, who (again in theory) they lack any real common values with, but were still seen as more palitable than Lib/Lab coalition...
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i thought all the tories on here would be happy that red eds not so red after all, hes just another capitalist pig dog , like dave, nick, gordon, tony etc etc
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the Labour leadership was always going to be a poisoned challace
On the contrary - it's being PM at the moment which is the poisoned chalice - leader of the opposition should be about as cushy a number as it's possible to get. Yet still he's incapable of doing the job properly. CMD can't believe his luck - at the last election I was confidently predicting he'd only last one term, but it looks increasingly likely he'll get voted back in.
I think if t'other Milliband is more shrewd he would probably be wise to keep his name out of the running as next Labour leader, simply because I don't think he would have a hope of undoing the damage caused by his Brothers weak leadership before the next election...
Interesting thought. It's hard to see big brother putting his name forward as part of a coup in any case, and being out of frontline politics isn't likely to help his cause if he did run. I wonder what the odds are on DM becoming the next Labour PM (following somebody else having a go - under whom he could re-enter the cabinet - and another election loss)?
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Not a bad shout that aracer! Post the odds when you find them.
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Especially when the Lib-dems, in theory Labours more natural allies, chose to get into bed with the Tory runners up, who (again in theory) they lack any real common values with, but were still seen as more palitable than Lib/Lab coalition...
You appear to still be in denial about the number of seats a Lib/Lab coalition would have had. I note your interesting use of the term "runners up" - remind me who the winners were?
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Post the odds when you find them.
http://www.oddschecker.com/specials/politics-and-election/british-politics/next-prime-minister
10/1 - behind Boris, George and Yvette at 8s and Ed at 6/4 (you can get as much as 9/4 on Ed, which means they think he only has ~30% chance of becoming PM).
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I liked Ed Balls speech but then on Newsnight last night he went back to his annoying alter ego that is hard not- to-hate!
I watched this and even I was getting annoyedwith himHe seems to have the special ability to annoy even those who agree with him
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remind me who the winners were?
That is so funny in so many ways!!! None of them intentional I'm sure.
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Red Ed
The funny thing about that is it was only the union officals that belived that not there members
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remind me who the winners were?
Nobody won... We all lost.
On the contrary - it's being PM at the moment which is the poisoned chalice
I would agree, but as things stand the reverse is true, a seemingly toothless opposition, and an apparent strange acceptance that the best way for the UK ecconomy to recover is to increase the number of unemployed people... things couldn't really be much sweeter for Dave right now really...
Interesting thought. It's hard to see big brother putting his name forward as part of a coup in any case, and being out of frontline politics isn't likely to help his cause if he did run. I wonder what the odds are on DM becoming the next Labour PM (following somebody else having a go - under whom he could re-enter the cabinet - and another election loss)?
I think it'll be an indicator of how good DM really is at political strategy, but yep, He's really got to wait another parlimentary cycle if he wants a proper crack at PM.
Let a new shadow cabinet form up that looks a bit less like those of the Blair/Brown era, and ride the enevitable Tory backlash in Daves 2nd term, when the cuts start to bite a bit more.Posted 4 months ago # -
there are:
57 lib dem
258 labour
306 conservative MP's.
lib/lab gives 315, which is a majority, but not really big enough to work.
did someone mention a poisoned chalice? - i think i saw someone give it to Nick...
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lib/lab gives 315, which is a majority
er, I think you should check how many MPs there are in total
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