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The General Election has come to an end, the Tories are in and despite the hope of Farage disappearing into the political sunset, he's still around. He had to be, really.

 

Still, we've two political parties without a permanent leader. Labour is obviously the more interesting contest; many candidates are starting to throw their hats into the ring. The Lib Dem contest is going to be amusing because they've got such a tiny Parliamentary party, and Clegg has got to be excluded from consideration.

 

Who do we want/think they should be?

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There's some sort of fraud enquiry going on in Thanet where Farage lost

 

Norman Lamb and Tim Fallon declared for the Lib Dems

 

Liz Kendall, Chuka Umunna and now Andy Burnham for Labour

 

Tim Fallon and Chuka Umunna are very articulate and unflappable. Andy Burnham is a good operator. Don't really have a view on Liz Kendall.

 

But whoever is selected has to be able to stand up to Cameron's inability to answer questions (a trait inherited by Priti Patel today)

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Umunna will get it for Labour - they'll try to get somebody vaguely electable and ministerial in now after Miliband. Personally i'd prefer to see Burnham as their leader but I don't think he's cut out for the world stage. Don't really know much about the Lib Dem candidates but Tim Farron will probably get it because he seems keen to rebuild and remodel which is needed now after the coalition.

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He's chosen not to for family reasons

 

I know but he comes across well and principled, is not a career politician and has served his country. He feels right and somebody should be speaking to him. Andy Burnham is too much of a Union man and has the baggage of Stafford. Chuka comes across as too metropolitan (hardly going to win Scotland back) and a career politician with an eye for himself. Yvette Cooper has probably lost her appetite for politics. Liz Kendall I have no idea. Could be a surprise.

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Tories will want Burnham - more of the same core vote dross, with Labour candidates remaining human kryptonite anywhere within 100 miles of the M25.

 

Chuka 'gets it' and can appeal to the centre. Not quite sure whether they'll lap him up in the working mens clubs of Rotherham though. Very tough for Labour if they are going to even bother appealing to Scotland again as any move to fight back will alienate the marginals. Compounded by boundary changes. Hard to see them winning in 2020 without an ERM type balls up.

 

Lib Dems completely irrelevant for a generation now. Look set to become nothing more than a pressure group for Enid Blyton socialists.

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They need to get this right.

the last bloke was a moron

 

You may not have liked him or wanted him to win the election but, really - a moron?

 

I suggest you read his Wiki entry and then tell me where he's a moron.

 

A typical response from someone who doesn't ever read facts and bases his opinions on the 'popular' view in the right wing press

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You may not have liked him or wanted him to win the election but, really - a moron?

 

I suggest you read his Wiki entry and then tell me where he's a moron.

 

A typical response from someone who doesn't ever read facts and bases his opinions on the 'popular' view in the right wing press

 

why does my opinion on him have to be from the 'right wing press'

I watched it all myself. He came across like an idiot. Throughout the whole election (and way before) he was miles behind Cameron on in polls between the two of them. the Result as a whole reflected that to a degree.

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why does my opinion on him have to be from the 'right wing press'

I watched it all myself. He came across like an idiot. Throughout the whole election (and way before) he was miles behind Cameron on in polls between the two of them. the Result as a whole reflected that to a degree.

 

But he's most definitely NOT a moron.

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IMO, he was (in potential Prime Minister sense)

 

Moron is a term that isn't used these days. In the past, it meant a very low IQ (around 50) when the average IQ is 100.

 

Here is the academic history of a 'moron' for you.

 

"In 1989, Miliband gained four A Levels – in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B) – and entered the University of Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College. In his first year, he was elected JCR President, leading a student campaign against a rise in rent charges. In his second year he dropped philosophy, and was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to graduate from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in Economics.[12]"

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Moron is a term that isn't used these days. In the past, it meant a very low IQ (around 50) when the average IQ is 100.

 

Here is the academic history of a 'moron' for you.

 

"In 1989, Miliband gained four A Levels – in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B) – and entered the University of Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College. In his first year, he was elected JCR President, leading a student campaign against a rise in rent charges. In his second year he dropped philosophy, and was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to graduate from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in Economics.[12]"

thanks for that

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That's OK - not everyone can be a burger flipper

 

I did not realise we had to qualify our opinions with the text book definitions. this is a football forum, nothing serious

 

Just looked, another definition of a 'moron' is a person who lacks judgement. seeing as we are being pedantic about it all. I think he was very much that person

 

what does the burger flipper remark mean?

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Moron is a term that isn't used these days. In the past, it meant a very low IQ (around 50) when the average IQ is 100.

 

Here is the academic history of a 'moron' for you.

 

"In 1989, Miliband gained four A Levels – in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B) – and entered the University of Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College. In his first year, he was elected JCR President, leading a student campaign against a rise in rent charges. In his second year he dropped philosophy, and was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to graduate from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in Economics.[12]"

 

A clever guy but still an awful choice as a candidate for PM.

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But no way is he a moron! Batman doesnt quite understand that.

 

does it matter. It was a casual remark on a football forum.

I think he was an idiot, goon, all fingers and thumbs, poor, Toff. In respects to what I want a PM to be.

 

I do not care what the ACTUAL definitions of those terms are.

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does it matter. It was a casual remark on a football forum.

I think he was an idiot, goon, all fingers and thumbs, poor, Toff. In respects to what I want a PM to be.

 

I do not care what the ACTUAL definitions of those terms are.

 

So when you use language you don't care what that language means? Weird.

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So when you use language you don't care what that language means? Weird.

 

it was an expression. Like saying x person is a dik.

I think arry redknapp is a dik....I am aware that he is a human and not a walking, enlarged penis

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Tories will want Burnham - more of the same core vote dross, with Labour candidates remaining human kryptonite anywhere within 100 miles of the M25.

 

Chuka 'gets it' and can appeal to the centre. Not quite sure whether they'll lap him up in the working mens clubs of Rotherham though. Very tough for Labour if they are going to even bother appealing to Scotland again as any move to fight back will alienate the marginals. Compounded by boundary changes. Hard to see them winning in 2020 without an ERM type balls up.

 

Lib Dems completely irrelevant for a generation now. Look set to become nothing more than a pressure group for Enid Blyton socialists.

 

I dunno, the Tories have a tiny majority and still have to make their £12billion cuts, the economy is in a very fragile position and could go either way and 5 years of Tory austerity will prove how pointless voting SNP is.

 

If Labour sort their sh!t out and get back to the middle ground they could easily get back in under the right conditions. It all depends on how the economy gets on and most of that is out of the government's control anyway.

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it was an expression. Like saying x person is a dik.

I think arry redknapp is a dik....I am aware that he is a human and not a walking, enlarged penis

I don't think you're on solid ground with the Redknapp example. See, the term "díck" doesn't really have to mean "walking, enlarged penis". Actually, I'm not sure it means that either, but leaving that aside for a mo, it means different things. It can mean an unpleasant or an especially self-absorbed person, and 'Arry certainly fits the bill on one of those charges, at least.

 

I'd actually disagree with btf's narrow definition. I think you've got to include wilful morons in that. Even so, I don't think Ed Miliband fits any definition of the term.

 

Keep trucking tho', sir. I need a wee bit more material for the next thrilling encounter of SaintsWeb Batman.

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On topic, I quite like Burnham. Bit of a Northern tinge to the accent, which I actually think will be a benefit, slight blemish on the record, but came across very well during the Hillsborough revelations.

 

Chuka is very articulate, but is a bit of a posh boy, and like Yvette Cooper, can also come across as something of a political robot. If the latter can come across with a wee bit more humanity, and engage the female vote, Labour could have a decent shout.

 

Burnham has got an everyman quality about him that I like, and I think would do well in debates at PMQs.

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He's my daughter's MP, well liked in his constituency.

 

I know Leigh well. I lived there for a year myself, and the missus has in-laws that live up that way. Love the people, but the town is a bit crap. You need a car (no train station), but the roads are crap. Lovely.

 

Burnham has grown on me. Think the first time I saw him he was overly made up on QT. Not a great look.

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On topic, I quite like Burnham. Bit of a Northern tinge to the accent, which I actually think will be a benefit, slight blemish on the record, but came across very well during the Hillsborough revelations.

 

Chuka is very articulate, but is a bit of a posh boy, and like Yvette Cooper, can also come across as something of a political robot. If the latter can come across with a wee bit more humanity, and engage the female vote, Labour could have a decent shout.

 

Burnham has got an everyman quality about him that I like, and I think would do well in debates at PMQs.

 

Agree about Chuka being a bit of an over polished, slightly posh robot. That said, it worked for Blair and Cameron?

 

Interesting to see the, actually really nice, right wingers are already sharpening their knives. Apparently, he is too old to have a girlfriend? This, is supposedly an issue?

 

http://conservativewoman.co.uk/laura-perrins-stylish-chuka-is-too-old-to-have-a-girlfriend/

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Burnham for me , my preference would be Abbott but unfortunately it doesn't look like she will be standing .

 

As for the lib/dumbs , Jeremy Browne was head and shoulders above any of them and yet Cleggy binned him and he stood down . We will never know but I reckon he'd have kept his seat, although the sandal wearers would never tolerate him as leader as he's far too sensible . I was half expecting him to turn up on the Tory benches , but I guess guys with his talent can make more money with less hassle out of politics . A bigger loss that Hic Kennedy , Hughes , Jailbird Huhme , cable & that Green loon Davey all added together .

 

How the **** Bennett is still in her job is beyond me. How do they choose their leader, do they have a lentil bake off , or dance off at Stonehenge on the longest day . What sort of selection process came up with that half bake?

 

As for ukip , Nigel should be packed off to the lords ( it's quite disgraceful how underrepresented this major party is in the upper house ) & Paul Nuttall or Suzanne Evans placed in charge .

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Dan Jarvis would have scared the living daylights out of the Tories. The other candidates are even less promising than 2010's pretty mediocre vintage.

 

What a remarkable generalisation based on nothing more than your opinion; unless of course you can point us towards some published opinion to that effect quoting somebody in the senior Tory hierarchy. What are these attributes that Jarvis posseses that would "scare the living daylights" out of the Tories?

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Dan Jarvis would have scared the living daylights out of the Tories. The other candidates are even less promising than 2010's pretty mediocre vintage.

 

As long as Labour don't elect anyone with the hubris of Kinnock they should be fine with some of the other candidates as well. I think it's too early to make a reliable judgement on leadership just yet - some will grow into the role during the campaign and others will wilt. The opportunity is there though, as this is shaping up to be the most divisive government since the poll tax Tories of 87.

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What a remarkable generalisation based on nothing more than your opinion; unless of course you can point us towards some published opinion to that effect quoting somebody in the senior Tory hierarchy. What are these attributes that Jarvis posseses that would "scare the living daylights" out of the Tories?

 

The show me cast-iron proof evidence fallacy. As if anything falling short of that becomes specious generalisation. Les, the last time you challenged me and you spent the next week wiping egg off your face.

 

No its based on what I've heard, seen and read. Indeed, Kuenssberg reported something to a similar effect last week on Newsnight. As to his attributes in taking on the tories, there's a pretty good piece on him in the Spectator from 2012 http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/7764333/is-dan-the-man/ -and since then his stock has continued to climb. Otherwise there's the swivel-eyed court of public opinion aka the Daily Mail comment section that you're no doubt at home in.

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What a remarkable generalisation based on nothing more than your opinion; unless of course you can point us towards some published opinion to that effect quoting somebody in the senior Tory hierarchy. What are these attributes that Jarvis posseses that would "scare the living daylights" out of the Tories?

 

Pretty obviously it is Shurlock giving his opinion.

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