Highly intelligent young woman,moderate , would appeal to the middle ground needed to win an election and has no links to corbyn ........which is vital
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Highly intelligent young woman,moderate , would appeal to the middle ground needed to win an election and has no links to corbyn ........which is vital
Just had a quick look at her wiki page, agree with your wisdom :xmasthumbup:
Wouldn't it be lovely if Labour embraced the value of a woman leader in these modern times. So many have been past over .
I'm all for womens rights and equal opportunities but possibly the best candidate and favourite [when I last looked anyway] is a man.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Starmer ? He's tainted by his association with corbyn even though he was sidelined in the campaign
Why tainted what has Corbyn done that is wrong ?, you do know Boris and the nasty party is on the other side of the equation don't you.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Indeed and in order to challenge them we need to purge the party of corbyn and momentumQuote:
Originally Posted by trampie09
Or we will be forever in opposition
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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Labour has had a few best candidates over the years Harriet Harman would have been a great choice , and would have beaten Boris easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by trampie09
The Guardian's take on the possible candidates (although I think they have missed out 2-3 names):
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ers-and-riders
Sadly Diane Abbott has made the decision not to stand
Thank Christ for that
Er, no. I rather think you need to thank some of her colleagues who have politely suggested that she does not put her name forward. This is the night of the long knives for the Labour party so I suspect some pretty brutal words are being said off camera!Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
There may be some truth in that but I think the bucketfuls of racist and misogynistic abuse she has suffered for 4 years may also be a reason. I don't rate her (haven't since the hypocrisy over her son's education) and she has made some howlers even if her health or medication is a partial explanation. But she doesn't deserve her treatment - on line and from some of her so called colleagues like Jess Philips (who can be very selective in her feminist stances). She has not been as incompetent as many claim, although not impressive either, but I guess Corbyn didn't want to give her up in the face of abuse and he had a very small pool of supportive MPs to rely on - so she stayed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
There were 209 women MPs in Parliament before the election (220 now) and Diane Abbott had more online abuse than the other 208 combined. Some of that is due to her political position and role in the Corbyn shadow cabinet - but even a casual glance at some of it makes clear that most of it was down to her race and gender. She would not be elected leader by the Labour membership, but I'm sure she just wants to get out of the firing line.
Race and gender abuse aside , which was disgraceful , she was completely hopelessQuote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
Absolutely hopeless.
It certainly is I hope we get rid of any links to corbynQuote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
She's got principles she took a back seat when corbyn was electedQuote:
Originally Posted by trampie09
Some would say she was a portent of the impending doom
Lisa Nandy V. Emily Threebellies would be an interesting match up in a nude jelly wrestling contest.
Nandy is tainted on a number of fronts, particularly for wangling an enormous amount of expenses.
Everyone's got historyQuote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
I used to be a woman
Exactly this.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
As you say Sludge, the racist and gender abuse was disgraceful.
However, she also played it for everything she could.
She is also a racist and misandrist (female version of misogynist, but towards males)
She's a vile and odious human being, irrespective of gender or race, as is David Lammy, Laura Pidcock and Richard Burgon.
Labour desperately need to dissociate themselves from these people.
She'd struggle to hold a job in Asda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
How did this great party fall into this dreadful state. Its very sad .Quote:
Originally Posted by JDerrida