Who should be leader of the Labour party?

Perhaps it is more a case of a thread with quite a few people who think Labour failed miserably as a government ? They did drop 5 million votes since 1997 and about 4 million of them at the last election.
 
Ed Balls. Simply because (and God forbid)if Labour win the next election, we'll have Prime Minister Balls. Plus, as a bonus, if he goes on an official state visit to China and tours the Great Wall, we can refer to the incident as "Balls to the Wall". :D
 
Strife212 said:
Actually look at the Millibands. They look ridiculous. Can't imagine either of them being PM.
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I would have said the same, were it not for David Cameron being our current prime minister. I can easily see David Miliband as prime minister, since I still can't see David Cameron as it. :p

I'll never forget Cameron's first PMQs... Thank goodness he got rid of that quiff. :o
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Perhaps it is more a case of a thread with quite a few people who think Labour failed miserably as a government ? They did drop 5 million votes since 1997 and about 4 million of them at the last election.
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ok then, how many did they gain in 92 and 97?
 
Slam62 said:
ok then, how many did they gain in 92 and 97?
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They gained 3.6% in 1992, but is was mostly from the lib dems, not the conservatives, and they were still some 3 million votes behind the Tories. The bias in the electoral system was evident even then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1992

In 1997, they gained 8.6%, the Tories lost 11.2%, but the tories still didn't drop to the level of support Labour recieved in the 2010 election (30.7% against 29.0%), which just goes to show how biased the electoral system currently is and the need for boundary restructuring, given the difference in won seats (165 vs 258).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010
 
I want a national vote where only the top 2 parties get a share of the seats proportional to the number of votes.

No more hung parliaments.
No more moaning about strongholds and boundaries.
Clegg won't like it though.
 
I know that the majority of Labour supporters are stupid and their members narrow minded, so I put a bet on Ed "Opposes £34bn of cuts and makes £28bn commitments" Milliband long ago, and it looks like I'll be quite flush tonight.

After reading Tony Blair's book, I increased my stake on Ed, too. He was so right about the demise of the party after he was weakened and crippled by Gordon Brown's lot.
 
JamesU2005 said:
That post just sums you up perfectly.

Can't be anyone left on this forum that takes you seriously now.
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This is GD, I'm free to troll :D

But those were my genuine reasons for betting on MilliEd - can't trust the party to be sensible, realistic or live in the real world :) If I could, I'd have bet on MilliDave (having said that, I hedged the bet on MilliDave a couple of hours ago so I don't lose any money).
 
Hatter The Mad said:
This is GD, I'm free to troll :D

But those were my genuine reasons for betting on MilliEd - can't trust the party to be sensible, realistic or live in the real world :) If I could, I'd have bet on MilliDave (having said that, I hedged the bet on MilliDave a couple of hours ago so I don't lose any money).
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I've got nothing against betting but posting...

Hatter The Mad said:
I know that the majority of Labour supporters are stupid and their members narrow minded
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... is nothing short of embarrassing.
 
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