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Next Labour Leader?
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Assuming Brown fights on till the next election and loses, he would probably go.
Who would you like to see as his replacement?
Who would you like to see as his replacement?
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I can't think of anyone obvious who has the qualities to be PM, maybe Alan Johnstone. I dislike David Milliband, I think he lacks charisma and warmth, we don't want a quasi-intellectual apparatchik leading our country.
I talked about this scanrino in some depth on a different site once before, (who will be the next leader of opersition once Cameron becomes PM)
I previously said Ed Millband, but if he'd lost his seat. Who know's
No female leaders from this party either please. And before anyone accuses me of sexism, I thought Maggie Thatcher was ace! But the female Labour MP's who I've seen on political talk shows are terrible. So wishy-washy and far too soft.
I agree about Miliband, though why they trot his brother Ed out to defend Labour all the time flabbergasts me. He's a instantly dislikeable charisma vacuum.
More so than the others, I mean...
David Milliband is too ugly for my liking, lol
Did some work for Kevin Rudd lately but might not fancy the frontline after he quit the Cabinet for family
The Prime Minister of Australia!?!?
Yeah, he was an Advisor just before the election and during the first few months in power
I was over there at the time, he kept popping up on TV all the time
Too right!
They are an uninspiring lot. No oomph, no passion, no character, no identity.
Labour are finished. They are doomed. They need to go back to their roots, stop pandering to the rich and look after their core voters once more.
God it felt good to get that off my chest
I would expect Jack Straw and Alan Johnson to put themselves forward too, and probably Harriet Harman.
There's a shocking lack of big personalities in the present Cabinet (hardly surprising given who's in charge).
Then they will be unelectable and spend forever in the wilderness....Erm I mean yes please do that then, go back to your socalist routes and stick with them guys
He'll be up against a New Labour candidate - but what is worth noting for New Labour when in poppsition is what happened to William Hague. I think many people feel he'd be a good PM, but by becoming Leader of the Opposition too early, he basically destroyed his chances. I can see the possibles - like Johnson, Straw, Miliband - to hold back, and allow someone else to fall onto their sword before taking over. That someone could well be McDonnell.
To me it would either be Jack Straw or Alan Johnson. I can't decide between the two. Alan's plus points are that he had no 'O' levels yet became education secretary - brilliant. Also, everyone loves their postie!
Jack Straw was a bit of a leftie rebel but has seen sense since then. IMO he has great charisma (as does Alan Johnson).
Either of these should be PM before the next election.
Harriet Harman would probably be a front runner, but she's had far to much bad publicity if late IMO.
Ugh! Both of these women set my teeth on edge although there have been a couple of really good female labour MPs - Mo Mowlan and Gwyneth Dunwoody - RIP.
Seconded
I just don't get what the labour party were doing by hanging their best leader for years in favour of the spoilt kid feet stamping egotistical Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Jones