Who should be leader of the Labour party?

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Diane Abbot

Ed Balls

Andy Burnham

David Miliband

Ed Miliband

http://www2.labour.org.uk/leadership-2010

I know that a lot of people on here wouldn't like to see the Labour party return to power, but if you could offer an objective answer as to who you think would be the best choice for the Labour party, then that would kick start superior debate.


I personally can't believe that anybody bar David Miliband is actually being considered, the idea of Ed Miliband being leader is just laughable. I quite like the idea of the Labour party being electable, come the next election, and as such, I would like to see David Miliband as leader. He's the only candidate with even a faint whiff of leadership about him.
 
To be honest I am struggling to find a credible candidate in any of that lot.

Diane Abbot is a joke candidate and everyone knows that. The Miliband brothers, Andy Burnham and Ed Balls are part and parcel of the last government that effectively cost Labour it's support. None of them seem to have a solid vision of what they want Labour to be or who they want Labour to represent. None of them seem to have what it takes to actually lead.

You say you want David Milliband but he was a solid part of the government that the public comprehensively rejected at the last election and has a reputation as somewhat weak when it comes to making decisions. Hardly PM material.
 
I can say I will never vote Labour again if Diane Abbot gets the job.

Didn't she steal loads of money?

Also she did a press conference about how Black Britian should vote for her, sorry love last time I check it wasn't Black Britian or White Britian, but Great Britian. Parties should work hard for all the people not just one section.

Your skin colour doesn't mean anything to me...
 
None of them, but Diane Abbott would probably be the best choice because she's as dumb as a bag of spanners much like the majority of the supporters of the Labour Party so at least she would be representative of them. :p
 
Castiel said:
None of them, but Diane Abbott would probably be the best choice because she's as dumb as a bag of spanners much like the majority of the supporters of the Labour Party so at least she would be representative of them. :p
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This tbh:p...i cant see the Labour party getting back in power for some time yet if thats the candidates they have to lead the party for the next 10-15 yrs.
 
Castiel said:
None of them, but Diane Abbott would probably be the best choice because she's as dumb as a bag of spanners much like the majority of the supporters of the Labour Party so at least she would be representative of them. :p
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I vote for Dianne Abbott too because she sent her kid to private school, whilst supposedly being all for state education ... confidence in the state education system I see! Ostensibly it may seem a contradiction until you see that most of the Labour party went to funny state schools that only seem to have rich kids in them, and are heavily contributed to by the parents :rolleyes:

Well you can't blame her really, I suppose she wants to give the kid the best possible start in life. However the Daily Snail and co loved the "hypocrisy".

Well I'm not a labour man, but it is amusing seeing them joust. Literally at some point I hope.
 
Castiel said:
None of them, but Diane Abbott would probably be the best choice because she's as dumb as a bag of spanners much like the majority of the supporters of the Labour Party so at least she would be representative of them. :p
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She could have Michael Portillo as her deputy and hold cabinet meetings on TV. At least then we could all have a good laugh.
 
simulatorman said:
She could have Michael Portillo as her deputy and hold cabinet meetings on TV. At least then we could all have a good laugh.
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:D Yes Indeed. They do make a good double act.Apparently they played Macduff and the Lady Macduff in As school film of Mac-Beth and also previously in Romeo and Juliet although I don't know whether they played the eponymous roles or not, amusing beyond belief if they did I am sure.
 
Labour will get back in 15 years when the tories have sold off everything, we have a recession and everyone is sick of tory boy
 
Depends on whether you want the Labour party to be electable or not. David Milliband is the most electable, Ed Milliband or Diane Abbot are the closest to the beliefs of the party at large.

The problem is that Blair made labour seem electable by pretending the party was something that most at it's heart never believed. That's why new labour ideologically and pratically were rather different beasts.

The party should be honest and elect someone who represents their views.

Although if Party funding changes come in and limit donations from the unions then the party will be in serious trouble.
 
I'm reminded of something a wag said around the time of the 2000 American Presidential elections which was along the lines of 'Bush isn't in the White House and Gore isn't in the White House, can't we leave it like that?'. Sadly I can't remember who it was to credit them but there's a certain amount of me feels the same here.

However of the candidates I'd probably pick David Miliband, it's fairly close to a coin-toss though as I've got no strong feelings about any of them. None seem particularly inspiring at the moment but maybe once they've won the contest they'll be able to show more verve.
 
Of those Andy Burnham, but he doesn't have a great track record in terms of gay rights... anything to move them away from this horrible 'New Labour' though.
 
None of them. They've all been far too involved with New Labour, except Diane Abbot who's just the token black/woman bought in by the other candidates to promote a false sense of equality and diversity and as such shouldn't be taken seriously.

The fact that each candidate has massively and wildly varying views on just about everything is a massive joke in itself.

What's wrong with just telling all these kids to **** off and put Tony Benn in charge?
 
Ed Milliband now for me. I think when people see the effect of the government's unfair spending cuts on society people's appetite for a new new Labour will disappear rapidly. New Labour failed the country badly, as will the coalition - people will start to see that moving to a fairer more equal society is the only logical way forward.

I also hope Andy Burnham does well, he's a bit naive but he's learning - his attacks on Health Secretary Andrew Lansley are wonderfully laced with vitriol. No wonder when you consider how Lansley screwed him over when he was Health Secretary.
 
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