Who will be the next Labour leader?

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Leadership frontrunners both appoint pro-Corbyn figures to campaign teams - LabourList | Latest UK Labour Party news, analysis and comment

Both frontrunners in Labour’s leadership race – Rebecca Long-Bailey and Keir Starmer – have appointed key Corbynite figures…

labourlist.org

LB appoints Lansmann as campaign director, Mat Cousins, Starmer more wider, Kat Fletcher(wasn't shein Workers Liberty once) and Simon Fletcher key Corbyn aides, but also Kendalls former L/S Bid organiser, Morgan McSweeney.

wondering who Lisa is appointing.

 

[kebabking]

Leadership frontrunners both appoint pro-Corbyn figures to campaign teams - LabourList | Latest UK Labour Party news, analysis and comment

Both frontrunners in Labour’s leadership race – Rebecca Long-Bailey and Keir Starmer – have appointed key Corbynite figures…

labourlist.org

LB appoints Lansmann as campaign director, Mat Cousins, Starmer more wider, Kat Fletcher(wasn't shein Workers Liberty once) and Simon Fletcher key Corbyn aides, but also Kendalls former L/S Bid organiser, Morgan McSweeney.

wondering who Lisa is appointing.

Can you not refer to these people by their first names? You don't know them, they aren't your friends, and it speaks of a somewhat unhealthy attachment to people you ought (because they are politicians) to maintain a detached scepticism towards.

 

[MrSki]

Barry Gardiner has thrown his hat in the ring.

Exclusive: Barry Gardiner Preparing To Run For Labour Leader In Shock Late Entry

Shadow international trade secretary and Corbyn loyalist has begun looking for a campaign team, HuffPost UK understands.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

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BBC radio featuring this story prominently, in case anyone was wondering who the establishment's pick for Labour leader is.

Unison are the establishment?

 

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Barry Gardiner has thrown his hat in the ring.

 

[William of Walworth]

Barry Gardiner has thrown his hat in the ring.

Exclusive: Barry Gardiner Preparing To Run For Labour Leader In Shock Late Entry

Shadow international trade secretary and Corbyn loyalist has begun looking for a campaign team, HuffPost UK understands.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

What kind of waste of time is that?

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Unison are the establishment?

If they are supporting that creep Starmer the leadership certainly are. Disgraceful.

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Barry Gardiner has thrown his hat in the ring.

Exclusive: Barry Gardiner Preparing To Run For Labour Leader In Shock Late Entry

Shadow international trade secretary and Corbyn loyalist has begun looking for a campaign team, HuffPost UK understands.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Should increase the comedy value...

 

[sunnysidedown]

 

[belboid]

Labour Party Leader

Explore the current nominations

labour.org.uk

updating link of which mp’s have nominated who

Louise Haigh going for fucking Nandy

 

[MrSki]

Looks like there is some confusion as to whether Gardiner is standing or not.

 

[two sheds]

Should increase the comedy value...

Also from that link:

I wish journalists including @pollytoynbee would stop claiming that I or Unite have backed anyone for Labour leader so far. To be clear, we haven’t. The decision will only be made when our executive committee meets on 24 Jan, to which candidates will be invited to make their case
— Len McCluskey (@LenMcCluskey) January 7, 2020

 

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I consider Guido to be quite a significant player now in UK politics, a lot of its 'exposes' seem to be shared across social media, its er, humour, too.

 

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Looks like there is some confusion as to whether Gardiner is standing or not.

Shame, Goodall has been brilliant on sky new with its LINE series of packages across the UK, poverty, left behind costal towns, etc.

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

Shame, Goodall has been brilliant on sky new with its LINE series of packages across the UK, poverty, left behind costal towns, etc.

He’s using bbc editorial standards now...

Although Gardiner has now confirmed he’s “considering” standing. Is he any good? The small amount I’ve seen of him suggested that he’s a bit.... crap? And he sounds like Julius Nicholson from the thick of it!

 

[belboid]

He’s using bbc editorial standards now...

Although Gardiner has now confirmed he’s “considering” standing. Is he any good? The small amount I’ve seen of him suggested that he’s a bit.... crap? And he sounds like Julius Nicholson from the thick of it!

He can be an effective speaker, but he’s also a bloody Modi supporter.

 

[William of Walworth]

Every time I've seen Gardiner on TV, I've thought he was rubbish ....

 

[killer b]

Gardiner had a great run in the 2017 election campaign, but has been almost entirely crap ever since.

 

[The39thStep]

 

[skyscraper101]

Barry Gardiner, lol. I'd sooner vote for Barry Cryer.

Or even Bob Cryer off The Bill.

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Assuming this is a genuine RLB response good on her for seeing the humour. However the negative media she has got unlike Sir Starmer/stabber Phillips shows who threatens the status quo and who doesn’t.

 

[Chilli.s]

Nasty piece of work, Pearson.

Thats the Allison Pearson who looks like Shrek in makeup and a wig?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Barry Gardiner, lol. I'd sooner vote for Barry Cryer.

Or even Bob Cryer off The Bill.

if Barry Gardiner is the answer, what’s the question?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

This shows where Labour MPs votes for leader have gone from 2015 to now.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[chilango]

if Barry Gardiner is the answer, what’s the question?

Who's that Labour bloke who's always on telly?

 

[gosub]

if Barry Gardiner is the answer, what’s the question?

Which MP do you think would make the best pantomime dame?

 

[andysays]

Which MP do you think would make the best pantomime dame?

Obligatory 'oh no he wouldn't' comment

 

[Mr Moose]

if Barry Gardiner is the answer, what’s the question?

Which Labour MP has the delivery of a CBeebies presenter?

 

[SpackleFrog]

It's pretty obviously going to be about national issues, given that it's a national position. I rather doubt you'd be interested in the candidates views on the B4194, train services from Worcester Parkway and Wychavons' Local Housing Plan.

Not your sharpest take.

One factor that isn't discussed enough about Labour's collapse in its former heartlands is that it is Labour local authorities who have been dutifully implementing Tory austerity for a decade. Ask a lot of people what they know about their local labour politicians and you might find that what they know is that their Labour council 'consulted' them on whether they should be cutting childrens centres or adult social care and then cut both anyway. As others have said, the first test of a new Labour leader will be the local elections, where, if they actually want to get some good results, it might be a good idea to address that. You don't have to know about specific areas blighted by potholes or bus routes which have disappeared but it would be nice if candidates could say something about what Labour councils should be doing if re-elected wouldn't it?