Jim Murphy is new Scottish Labour leader.

[weepiper]

I see they've elected a new leader, Kezia Dugdale, is she any good?

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/15/kezia-dugdale-elected-scottish-labour-leader

She was Jim's deputy. No, is the short answer.

 

[red & green]

They have no originality - heard her on radio - seems to be a Mhairi black tribute appointment

 

[nino_savatte]

Deputy 'fucking' Dug. Have SLab completely taken leave of their senses?

 

[nino_savatte]

They have no originality - heard her on radio - seems to be a Mhairi black tribute appointment

If Dugdale was anything like Mhairi Black, SLab would do well. As things stand, they can only go downhill from here.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Deputy 'fucking' Dug. Have SLab completely take leave of their senses?

Wow, an unflattering photo. How very tabloid.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

They have no originality - heard her on radio - seems to be a Mhairi black tribute appointment

do all young Scots women sound the same to you?

 

[weepiper]

do all young Scots women sound the same to you?

This. She's absolutely nothing like Mhairi Black, more's the pity.

 

[murphy1970]

LP have signed their death warrant north of the border voting Kezia in as leader. She is simply the female face of Blairism, not as high profile as Jim Murphy but politically just as hopeless, a right wing technocrat dreaming of the old day where monkeys in red rosettes skated home.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

I've got a lovely image of monkeys ice skating in red rosettes now

 

[Plumdaff]

In the interview I saw of her it was appallingly fascinating to see how the focus groups had come up with the phrase 'give us another look' and she was crowbarring this into every clause, let alone sentence. These bots never notice how dreadfully they come across, they're so submerged in this bullshit speech. Do they talk to each other like this? Is this how they end up thinking Cooper and Burnham are the brightest and best?

 

[William of Walworth]

Wonder how she'll get on with Corbyn if he gets to be UKLab leader?

 

[Celyn]

She said "eek, no, terrible, if Corbyn got to be in charge, Labour would be stuck forever "carping on the sidelines", then it transpired that he was quite popular, so she said she sort of approves of him now.

 

[William of Walworth]

She can't be stupid enough to have failed to see the large turnouts Corbyn got in Glasgow recently ... (elsewhere in Scotland too? Not sure)

 

[Celyn]

Oh by then she had seen that he was popular, so there was no more talk of carping on the sidelines.

 

[Sue]

She said "eek, no, terrible, if Corbyn got to be in charge, Labour would be stuck forever "carping on the sidelines", then it transpired that he was quite popular, so she said she sort of approves of him now.

A true heir to JM...

 

[brogdale]

Loving the plural of MP used in this article...

Jeremy Corbyn says Britain should apologise for slave trade – Politics live

 

[Celyn]

Ah yes, all those many many Labour MPs in Scotland.

 

[Pickman's model]

what's jim murphy up to now?

 

[The Boy]

what's jim murphy up to now?

Finishing his degree?

 

[Pickman's model]