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Labour Leadership

Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by brisbane-lion, Apr 2, 2020.

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  1. brisbane-lion

    brisbane-lion Well-Known Member

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    What's going on with your Labour Party? have they elected a new leader yet, or is Corbyn holding everything up (something he was good at for three and a half years) until they get tired and just re-elect him? Are they schooling Dianne Abbot for the job, teaching her the ABC and counting in big figures?
     
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    brisbane-lion, Apr 2, 2020
  2. Whitejock

    Whitejock Well-Known Member

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    They had the vote months ago. Just waiting on Diane Flabbot finishing the count. <doh>
     
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  3. brisbane-lion

    brisbane-lion Well-Known Member

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    Christ, how long have got?
     
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  4. Ringo Lion

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    Voting stops at midday on Saturday. So expect the result sometime next week.
     
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    Jammy 07 Well-Known Member

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    Hate to be pedantic but the ballot actually closes today at noon.

    Result to be announced on Saturday.

    Sir Keir Starmer will win but no one calls him Sir anymore for some reason.
     
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  6. Ringo Lion

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    I stand corrected. I never voted for the Sir can’t stand him.
     
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    Ringo Lion, Apr 2, 2020
  7. 2020VisionofLeeds

    2020VisionofLeeds Well-Known Member

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    Keir Starmer gets announced on Saturday.
     
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  8. brisbane-lion

    brisbane-lion Well-Known Member

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    And what is he like?
     
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    Old Git Well-Known Member

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    £140k a year better off.
     
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  10. 2020VisionofLeeds

    2020VisionofLeeds Well-Known Member

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    Not compared to what he was earning as a lawyer.
     
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  11. 2020VisionofLeeds

    2020VisionofLeeds Well-Known Member

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    Dont know for sure. Cant be worse than Corbyn and it’s bad for democracy to have an opposition that’s unelectable so let’s hope he’s good.
     
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  12. Eric Le Merde

    Eric Le Merde Well-Known Member

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    Very clever using an oxymoron as the thread title <applause>
     
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    Eric Le Merde, Apr 2, 2020
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  13. brisbane-lion

    brisbane-lion Well-Known Member

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    Mmmm...yea, see what you mean. My bad!
     
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    The Labour Party is a shambles, who ever takes over at the helm has a massive task in front of him or her.
     
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  15. Ringo Lion

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    Not so bad for leading a fringe party rather than having to work for a living though.
     
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  16. 2020VisionofLeeds

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    Are you suggesting lawyers work for a living?
     
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  17. milkyboy

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    I don’t have much of an opinion either way on starmer but bluntly speaking, having someone who looks like a statesman is a start... having someone who understands that policies are irrelevant if your party is unelectable is another. The centre ground in politics is up for grabs.

    I think starmer is seen as ‘centre left’ so I guess they hope he can unify the party... were such a thing possible. Unify and make electable? Different matter
     
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  18. 2020VisionofLeeds

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    I think he’s more left than some realise.
     
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    what usually matters most if whether they are power hungry or principled. But if he’s just jezza in a better fitting suit then they’re Donald Ducked.

    I wonder what the country woukd look like today if Ed moribund hadn’t stabbed his brother in the back
     
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  20. 2020VisionofLeeds

    2020VisionofLeeds Well-Known Member

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    You are right that was a key moment, the unions who swung it for Ed were cockahoop at the time and much good it did them.
     
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    2020VisionofLeeds, Apr 3, 2020
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