The next Labour leader thread

[CorrectHorseBattery]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36632956 - another one gone.

 

[Danthus]

Doesn't mean he is going anywhere, the only way he is gone is if he resigns.

 

[StriderX]

Yeah and it's people like you who get the government they deserve.

Uh, no its people voting obliviously for the same party for decades, people who dont see anything wrong with the Two-Party system...

I hold no allegiance, and dont care what government i get at this juncture as they are one and the same (Blue Elite/Red Elite).

 

[McPhee]

Corbyn might go TBH. They just need to find a good replacement. That's the difficult bit.

 

[Danthus]

Why will he go, he is pretty much untouchable.

 

[flowrider99]

Could have a break away party like what happened with Shirley Williams and co. to form the Democrats.

 

[robfosters]

Chris Bryant is a snake. He'll never be the first to put his neck on the line. Wait's until it looks like he's backing the wrong horse, then jumps ship like a rat on fire.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

Why will he go, he is pretty much untouchable.

Because his party hate him? The public hate him?

 

[robfosters]

Because his party hate him? The public hate him?

Because he has the backing of the vast majority of labour party members.

He won't go. I'm sure he's determined to see the referendum result carried through.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

Because he has the backing of the vast majority of labour party members.

He won't go. I'm sure he's determined to see the referendum result carried through.

But this is the whole problem with the Labour party. He's preaching to the converted. He needs to get new voters, not just please the existing members.

 

[Danthus]

Because his party hate him? The public hate him?

He will make any subsequent ballot and the membership will vote for him.

By doing this, the PLP have actually helped him.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

So we've tried socialism, hopefully the party will now take the logical step to move at least someway right...

When did we try Socialism? Did I miss it?

 

[Dis86]

When did we try Socialism? Did I miss it?

Might have. Had very little positive impact.

 

[Slam62]

God I wish he would just bugger off and leave us to start sorting things out. He's shown his true colours and he's just as bad as the rest.

 

[robfosters]

All these resignations and protestations start to look like bullying. Nothing gets people's backs up more than bullying.

 

[robfosters]

Chris Bryants resignation letter.

 

[McPhee]

Why will he go, he is pretty much untouchable.

He has the support of the membership, unless a better candidate can be found. That was my point. Quite simply, if the PLP want him gone then they need to find someone else that members will get behind.

I don't have anyone in mind. TBH I'm not sure there is such a candidate. But if that person can be found, Corbyn might go.

 

[Judgeneo]

Labour voters backed Remain 2:1 and an even higher margin among Corbyn supporting members. The idea that he could have gained support by going against what most Labour voters, and even more Labour members, wanted is utterly bizarre.

I was thinking about all the former labour voters that voted leave because they feel disenfranchised with politics in general. Corbyn could have supported leave, then when they won, he would be seen as a victor and a statesman by the party, and he would have won over all the voters that have been lost in the last couple of decades. He would also have been respected as a man of principle, as he could have pointed to his long record of EU opposition.

Ahh well, its all academic now.

 

[Gilly]

Wow. That resignation letter is powerful stuff.

I hope it wasn't Chris that put it in the public eye though. That's not cricket.

 

[Danthus]

There are two good candidates but the rank and file will vote for Corbyn.