Quote Originally Posted by lostinnewforest View Post
Burnham made two unsuccessful bids to become Labour leader. Are you suggesting all those who voted for other candidates are narrow minded?
They were in case you forgot the other candidates were -
2010 - Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott
2015 - Jeremy Corbyn, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall
It may be an alien concept but it's democracy. The definition of narrow minded is not "someone who disagrees with you"
Yes I would say narrow mindedness landed the party first with Ed Miliband in 2010 , when David was by far the better option, broader thinker and progressive choice .

In 2015 its party voters narrowed it self even further by choosing Corbyn , Yvette Cooper would have made a wonderful leader and yes its first female one . ( wonder when they will deliver a female leader ?? )

Democracy is fine, trouble is the Labour members who elect its leaderv don't really represent actual voters ,if they did they'd have more success at election time ,the iparty members are radical , ideology driven and yes narrow minded .

They would be in power now if the party politics was not so narrow minded ,full of old 70's style in fighting .

A brave set of modern progressive policies is needed for Labour to lift it out of its fog , I sincerely hope they appear .