Pauly_Boy Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I don't get how they could add up percentages! Out of all the them I prefered Andy Burnham, but it's like choosing the hottest bird at a weight watchers class! Lets just hope that the public don't fall for the labour spin and they don't get back in again, at least David Milliband didn't win, he's a smug little git! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I doubt Cameron could have hoped for a better result (except balls maybe). That Milliband won because the unions outvoted the members and the MPs gives him plenty to play with. Every losing party always blows it; looks like Labour is no exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdiver Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 It's a new age - a new dawn - a new future! Gone are the Blair and Brown years - welcome to the Miliband and Miliband years. A real step forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 David should've stuck the knife in Gordon Brown the day James Purnell quit. Missed his chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Just glad Balls didn't win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Michael Foot 81? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflation Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Michael Foot 81? Mike Foot was elected Labour leader on 4 November 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election (the last leadership contest to involve only Labour MPs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsino Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 David should've stuck the knife in Gordon Brown the day James Purnell quit. Missed his chance! Good point. I'd forgotten about all that. I remember Portillo saying that he realised he would never be leader of the Conservatives after he bottled the leadership challenge. He highlighted the fact that David Miliband had bottled his chance twice. Mind you, David Miliband didn't want to lead his party into electoral defeat. He's left that task to his kid brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 would have better for the tories if David had won, as, being vaguely electable, he would have held them to account better I woted tory, but I did not vote for tory without an opposition, which we now have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Good point. I'd forgotten about all that. I remember Portillo saying that he realised he would never be leader of the Conservatives after he bottled the leadership challenge. He highlighted the fact that David Miliband had bottled his chance twice. Mind you, David Miliband didn't want to lead his party into electoral defeat. He's left that task to his kid brother. Yep, here is a clip of that night when Brown was in serious trouble. David Miliband was the pivotal player that night. Boy he must be kicking himself now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 The parliamentary labour party will now be lead by the candidate they didn't vote for. Excellent, I will so much enjoy watching the odious little man fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robo1968 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Just glad Balls didn't win I'm just glad they're not in power, Ed Milliband being appointed just puts the icing on the cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 well thats the first hurdle cleared for the uk to have a hard left govt within 3 years, just need the currency crisis and the associated interest rates within the next couple of years and its job done. id start getting the flight booked early bogbrush, youll want to beat the capital controls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I doubt Cameron could have hoped for a better result (except balls maybe). That Milliband won because the unions outvoted the members and the MPs gives him plenty to play with. Every losing party always blows it; looks like Labour is no exception. Yeah, but labour never votes out leaders, they let them hang on and go of their own accord. ie Kinnock losing two elections. The tories, on the other hand cant wait to replace their leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Oh no! Emily Maitlis just asked if Ed Balls would like to be Ed Milliband's Chancellor of the Exchequer ! God help us all if that happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil324 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Is this good or bad for house prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpet Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I was hoping for Abbot to win. That would have been as funny as f@ck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpc-craig Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Just glad Balls didn't win Imagine Ed Balls as prime minister. It actually makes me shudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I was hoping for Abbot to win. That would have been as funny as f@ck. Conservatives all over the country were on their knees praying for the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'd be tempted to vote for him in the hope he'll rape the rich and we'll all burn together. if it happens im sure the rich who are left will get a right bending over, of course the one thing about this recovery/bounce/whatever, its given the brain dead wealthy who didnt even see it coming a second opportunity to get their financial affairs in order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Yeah, but labour never votes out leaders, they let them hang on and go of their own accord. ie Kinnock losing two elections. That always seemed to me to be a bit of an oddity. Normally if one of the leaders of the two main parties loses a General Election, they tend to fall on their own sword (as it were). Imagine Ed Balls as prime minister. It actually makes me shudder. Harriet Harman as PM would leave me wanting to emigrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Harriet Harman as PM would leave me wanting to emigrate. id come back for that, shes political perfection personified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 well thats the first hurdle cleared for the uk to have a hard left govt within 3 years, just need the currency crisis and the associated interest rates within the next couple of years and its job done. id start getting the flight booked early bogbrush, youll want to beat the capital controls I'm buying overseas as it is. All I'd need is the plane tickets, or failing that the boat and disguise. But there's no chance of such a government; all they've done is what it seems every party does when it loses, and convulsive into an unelectable form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 id come back for that, shes political perfection personified Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Why? because ive never heard her utter a word that wasnt complete poop, its the holy grail for politics, even brown blair major and thatcher slipped up occasionally and came out with the odd sentence that made sense and was founded in reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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