Change UK: Chuka Umunna resigns from Labour party and launches Independent Group

[ViolentPanda]

Rumour I heard was similar to the rumours there used to be about Jason Donovan (which to be fair to the aussie Bell end were not true in his case). Not especially damaging and only a cunt would care.

A section of his current majority - the church vote - would care.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Nice to see your response to grown up debate

You think your maunderings constitute "grown up debate"?

You've got delusions of adequacy.

 

[ViolentPanda]

That smile brings back unhappy memories of Tony Blair

The rictus grin of a man who is bursting for a stranglewank.

 

[andysays]

Rumour I heard was similar to the rumours there used to be about Jason Donovan (which to be fair to the aussie Bell end were not true in his case). Not especially damaging and only a cunt would care.

Yeah, I remember that now, hence the unedifying spectacle of him introducing his 'fiancee' to the press.

 

[co-op]

Nice to see your response to grown up debate

It's possible to be grown up and still be an idiot. You're proving that well.

 

[MickiQ]

From the Telegraph

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I can understand why he would want too but I can't imagine why the fuck they would want him, It makes sense to drop Cable soon since age apart the man is tinted by the Coalition and if they want to move on they need to be rid of that and get a new Leader.
But it's hard to imagine they can't find a better internal candidate than Chuka especially if they pick up a reasonable number of seats at the next GE. Chuka is not only overly ambitious and full of his own sense of entitlement, his record is one of abject failure largely resulting from the previous points.

 

[andysays]

I can understand why he would want too but I can't imagine why the fuck they would want him, It makes sense to drop Cable soon since age apart the man is tinted by the Coalition and if they want to move on they need to be rid of that and get a new Leader.
But it's hard to imagine they can't find a better internal candidate than Chuka especially if they pick up a reasonable number of seats at the next GE. Chuka is not only overly ambitious and full of his own sense of entitlement, his record is one of abject failure largely resulting from the previous points.

They're* already having a leadership contest, aren't they? I don't know if it's officially underway yet, but I thought there were two candidates declared. Can't remember their names.

So I can't imagine whoever wins will be overjoyed at the idea that they should make way for Chuka in a years time...

ETA * the LibDems

 

[Proper Tidy]

Mind you, only the older among them would make the "shooting dogs" comment.

(((((Rinka)))))

They strangle cats these days

 

[ViolentPanda]

I can understand why he would want too but I can't imagine why the fuck they would want him, It makes sense to drop Cable soon since age apart the man is tinted by the Coalition and if they want to move on they need to be rid of that and get a new Leader.
But it's hard to imagine they can't find a better internal candidate than Chuka especially if they pick up a reasonable number of seats at the next GE. Chuka is not only overly ambitious and full of his own sense of entitlement, his record is one of abject failure largely resulting from the previous points.

I know 3 Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for constituencies neighbouring mine one is a genuinely decent person, the other two are drones who'll follow the party line up Tim Farron's arse, if necessary. They don't have that many aces in their hand, and Umunna will look like a good proposition, compared to Swinson et al, sadly.

 

[ViolentPanda]

They strangle cats these days

Strangling cats for the Lib Dems, stranglewanks for Tories. What a world we live in.

 

[Gramsci]

TBF, Thornton has a Lib Dem history. Not surprising they came so close, and Labour only really held on because every Lambeth Labour activist and cllr got roped into door-knocking/canvassing from the ward seat becoming vacant, onward.

Yes but the big swing to LDs was due to Brexit. ie national issues affected this Council by election.

 

[krtek a houby]

The only thing that holds Labour back is Corbyn himself along with his loony Momentum support

I thought you were against name calling, though?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yes but the big swing to LDs was due to Brexit. ie national issues affected this Council by election.

Not just. Thornton ward voters also felt betrayed by two cllrs in quick succession standing down in order to take advantage of personal advancement.

 

[SpackleFrog]

Could this saga get any funnier? I reckon it could if a new centrist party actually did successfully emerge, led by Rory Stewart and a few rogue Tory/Labour/TIG MP's, swallowing up the Lib Dems support and making Chuka look like a complete idiot yet again.

Sounds far fetched, but this man is at the cutting edge of political miscalculation. I'm amazed the Lib Dems didn't throw him back like a thrice shipwrecked mariner deemed to be unlucky.

 

[Fez909]

Chuka Umunna on his Lib Dem switch: 'This is the party I'll be a member of until the day I die'

 

[cupid_stunt]

Chuka Umunna on his Lib Dem switch: 'This is the party I'll be a member of until the day I die'

Is he planning to top himself soon?

 

[moochedit]

Chuka Umunna on his Lib Dem switch: 'This is the party I'll be a member of until the day I die'

Is he terminal?

 

[Raheem]

He'd best cancel his membership on his deathbed, though, so as St Peter doesn't find his card.

 

[Pickman's model]

Is he planning to top himself soon?

He is expecting a collision with irate constituents

 

[Pickman's model]

Could this saga get any funnier? I reckon it could if a new centrist party actually did successfully emerge, led by Rory Stewart and a few rogue Tory/Labour/TIG MP's, swallowing up the Lib Dems support and making Chuka look like a complete idiot yet again.

Sounds far fetched, but this man is at the cutting edge of political miscalculation. I'm amazed the Lib Dems didn't throw him back like a thrice shipwrecked mariner deemed to be unlucky.

No one seems to have mentioned Umunna's middle name is jonah

 

[Lord Camomile]

Given a recent history such as his, why would you say something like that?? Just say something else, for fuck's sake!

 

[Pickman's model]

Given a recent history such as his, why would you say something like that?? Just say something else, for fuck's sake!

 

[Dogsauce]

Wouldn’t the chuks have been better off waiting to see if they could catch a few deserters from the Tory party after their leadership election? Doesn’t seem like a very good strategic decision to fuck it all off now. Maybe Soubry’s rump party will attract a few deserters, improve their polling by attracting ‘sensible’ tories, whilst the LDs slip back behind them? That would be a funny (but unlikely) outcome.

 

[elbows]

Wouldn’t the chuks have been better off waiting to see if they could catch a few deserters from the Tory party after their leadership election? Doesn’t seem like a very good strategic decision to fuck it all off now. Maybe Soubry’s rump party will attract a few deserters, improve their polling by attracting ‘sensible’ tories, whilst the LDs slip back behind them? That would be a funny (but unlikely) outcome.

Chuka did not like the lack of party apparatus, apparently he took various things for granted in the past and was most alarmed when they simply didnt exist in the makeshift world of change uk.

 

[Pickman's model]

Chuka did not like the lack of party apparatus, apparently he took various things for granted in the past and was most alarmed when they simply didnt exist in the makeshift world of change uk.

He thought elves did all the work while he was asleep

 

[elbows]

He thought elves did all the work while he was asleep

 

[Pickman's model]

Chuka Umunna on his Lib Dem switch: 'This is the party I'll be a member of until the day I die'

He'll go the way of auld Robin Cook

 

[SpookyFrank]

Chuka did not like the lack of party apparatus, apparently he took various things for granted in the past and was most alarmed when they simply didnt exist in the makeshift world of change uk.

He really isn't very bright is he?

 

[TopCat]

Chuka Umunna on his Lib Dem switch: 'This is the party I'll be a member of until the day I die'

I thought this was a newsthump type of link

 

[TopCat]

He thought elves did all the work while he was asleep

He really believes in Leadership.