Dan Jarvis Labour Spokesman

[life on mars]

He seems a main spokesman now for Labour via the media , and he refers to the front bench as a collective, when talking about party policy, not the party leader or individual shadow cabinet members .

[Rjk]

He is always mouthing off in the media, bit always representing himself not labour or their policies.
He seems to want to have nothing to do with the current leadership and the media are happy to lap it up.

Probably best for all concerned if he left the party

[life on mars]

He is always mouthing off in the media, bit always representing himself not labour or their policies.
He seems to want to have nothing to do with the current leadership and the media are happy to lap it up.

Probably best for all concerned if he left the party

Sounds like Labours whip is broken

[life on mars]

Sounds like Labours whip is broken

oops

[Pearcey3]

He is always mouthing off in the media, bit always representing himself not labour or their policies.
He seems to want to have nothing to do with the current leadership and the media are happy to lap it up.

Probably best for all concerned if he left the party

No thanks. He is Labour's best bet of becoming PM.

[life on mars]

No thanks. He is Labour's best bet of becoming PM.

He's certainly more media aware , it just struck me recently how little you hear from JC, Diane Abbot and more from others such as Jarvis, Cooper, Benn and Starmer.

[CardiffIrish2]

He's certainly more media aware , it just struck me recently how little you hear from JC, Diane Abbot and more from others such as Jarvis, Cooper, Benn and Starmer.

JC is the great redeemer though. ( apparently )
What's he been up to lately???

[Gabalphaville]

He's certainly more media aware , it just struck me recently how little you hear from JC, Diane Abbot and more from others such as Jarvis, Cooper, Benn and Starmer.

This is true. Partly, I think, because the media continues to treat Labour centrists as the official opposition despite them having twice been smashed by Jezza; and partly because Jezza’s media team are just not very good. The only Corbynite MP who appears with any regularity in the media is John McDonnell.

[Wales-Bales]

This is true. Partly, I think, because the media continues to treat Labour centrists as the official opposition despite them having twice been smashed by Jezza; and partly because Jezza’s media team are just not very good. The only Corbynite MP who appears with any regularity in the media is John McDonnell.

The Labour centrists are a part of the two-party political game. Corbyn isn't.

Likewise in the US, Clinton was the chosen candidate, hence all the media attacks on Trump.

[Wales-Bales]

No thanks. He is Labour's best bet of becoming PM.

Is he a Blairite?

[the other bob wilson]

Typical Labour Shadow Cabinet/Collective meeting;-

1. Secretary books venue for three hours.
2. Agenda is sent out with 10 items on it - items two to ten are on domestic policy subjects that Labour need to be seen to be proactive in if they are ever to stand a chance of forming a Government again.
3. After two hours and fifty eight minutes discussing item one (policy on Israel/Palestine), the meeting breaks up with an agreement that they'll try to fit in a discussion on the other matters on the this week's agenda next time under any other business.