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First to say I can't see Starmer resigning over this.

An atomic bomb wouldn't remove Starmer

What about a redhead?

I think this all increases the chances of Ange being next.

It makes her financial arrangements seem a bit meh, and allows her to say we've had enough of the old boy's club.

Rayner is now best-placed

As I posted as the old thread was closing.

The obvious one is Angela.

She has behaved dutifully and perfectly since resignation.

Labour has a number of very competent ministers in place she would be well advised to keep

Cooper
Mahmood
Healy
McFadden
Both Alexanders
Nandy
Phillipson
Ed M
Emma Reynolds
Jarvis

Some of the new intake.

Likes of Haigh and Thornbury return.

Compares very well with threadbare Shadow Cabinet of failures like Philp, Patel Stride, Atkins, Couthino.

Badenoch probably be gone before Starmer coronation for Cleverly.

Labour edge left.
Tories edge centre.

“dutifully and perfectly since resignation”.

Has she paid her tax due?

If Angela Rayner is the answer, the wrong question is definitely being asked.

She’s no Mandelson, who can keep coming back again until yet another scandal finally kills her off almost three decades later.

Angela Rayner is not the answer to any question relating to the government of this country. Maybe “how can we fuck things up more”.

The question is, who do we put our money on? Not who would be best, or who would we like, but who will win?

If it helps I'm a Labour member and if/when the vote comes I'll be judging 2 things:

Who would be the better PM?
Who would more likely beat Reform?

Assuming a Streeting v Rayner choice, I'm clear on the answer to the 1st. Streeting. But on the 2nd I'm not sure at all. And if I end up concluding it's Rayner I can see myself (reluctantly) prioritising that and voting for her.

Nothing (for me) is more important than preventing Farage and his gang getting their filthy mitts on this country.

Far be it from me to suggest solutions to Labours quandary but Rayner is so far from your desire to beat Reform as you can get. Honestly - Labour supporters and members need to read the fucking room. Your only hope is a Cooper ticket with Streeting as Chancellor maybe. This fascination and love for Rayner is perplexing. She’s clearly thick as shit. And a proven tax dodger.

Ok, coming from you that's convinced me. It has to be Rayner. Sorry Wes.

First to say I can't see Starmer resigning over this.

An atomic bomb wouldn't remove Starmer

What about a redhead?

I think this all increases the chances of Ange being next.

It makes her financial arrangements seem a bit meh, and allows her to say we've had enough of the old boy's club.

Rayner is now best-placed

As I posted as the old thread was closing.

The obvious one is Angela.

She has behaved dutifully and perfectly since resignation.

Labour has a number of very competent ministers in place she would be well advised to keep

Cooper
Mahmood
Healy
McFadden
Both Alexanders
Nandy
Phillipson
Ed M
Emma Reynolds
Jarvis

Some of the new intake.

Likes of Haigh and Thornbury return.

Compares very well with threadbare Shadow Cabinet of failures like Philp, Patel Stride, Atkins, Couthino.

Badenoch probably be gone before Starmer coronation for Cleverly.

Labour edge left.
Tories edge centre.

“dutifully and perfectly since resignation”.

Has she paid her tax due?

If Angela Rayner is the answer, the wrong question is definitely being asked.

She’s no Mandelson, who can keep coming back again until yet another scandal finally kills her off almost three decades later.

Angela Rayner is not the answer to any question relating to the government of this country. Maybe “how can we fuck things up more”.

The question is, who do we put our money on? Not who would be best, or who would we like, but who will win?

If it helps I'm a Labour member and if/when the vote comes I'll be judging 2 things:

Who would be the better PM?
Who would more likely beat Reform?

Assuming a Streeting v Rayner choice, I'm clear on the answer to the 1st. Streeting. But on the 2nd I'm not sure at all. And if I end up concluding it's Rayner I can see myself (reluctantly) prioritising that and voting for her.

Nothing (for me) is more important than preventing Farage and his gang getting their filthy mitts on this country.

Far be it from me to suggest solutions to Labours quandary but Rayner is so far from your desire to beat Reform as you can get. Honestly - Labour supporters and members need to read the fucking room. Your only hope is a Cooper ticket with Streeting as Chancellor maybe. This fascination and love for Rayner is perplexing. She’s clearly thick as shit. And a proven tax dodger.

If Labour ditch Starmer they need a street-fighter who can motivate the troops and stick it to Farage. Yvette? Ahem. Nope, it has to be Ange. And they need to move Left - again, to motivate the troops, and unite the left. Make it an existential fight with the Fash.

Be fun to watch.

Meanwhile, in "weirdly stark juxtaposition" news,

Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs

https://bsky.app/profile/andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social/post/3mdxlgii4pk2y

Even if you approve of pubs and disapprove of unaffordable children, this seems a tough sell.

If you think it's a lack of drunken sex that's caused the birthrate decline, then it makes a lot of sense.

Drunken or otherwise, sex is crucial to boost the birth rate. You've got to be in it to win it.

If you want to boost the birth rate then do it with your wife, not with some random from a bar.

There are two ways to boost the birth rate.

One is to restrict women's rights and freedoms and access to education, making them dependent on men in their life.

No-one knows what the second way is yet.

First to say I can't see Starmer resigning over this.

An atomic bomb wouldn't remove Starmer

What about a redhead?

I think this all increases the chances of Ange being next.

It makes her financial arrangements seem a bit meh, and allows her to say we've had enough of the old boy's club.

Rayner is now best-placed

As I posted as the old thread was closing.

The obvious one is Angela.

She has behaved dutifully and perfectly since resignation.

Labour has a number of very competent ministers in place she would be well advised to keep

Cooper
Mahmood
Healy
McFadden
Both Alexanders
Nandy
Phillipson
Ed M
Emma Reynolds
Jarvis

Some of the new intake.

Likes of Haigh and Thornbury return.

Compares very well with threadbare Shadow Cabinet of failures like Philp, Patel Stride, Atkins, Couthino.

Badenoch probably be gone before Starmer coronation for Cleverly.

Labour edge left.
Tories edge centre.

“dutifully and perfectly since resignation”.

Has she paid her tax due?

If Angela Rayner is the answer, the wrong question is definitely being asked.

She’s no Mandelson, who can keep coming back again until yet another scandal finally kills her off almost three decades later.

Angela Rayner is not the answer to any question relating to the government of this country. Maybe “how can we fuck things up more”.

The question is, who do we put our money on? Not who would be best, or who would we like, but who will win?

If it helps I'm a Labour member and if/when the vote comes I'll be judging 2 things:

Who would be the better PM?
Who would more likely beat Reform?

Assuming a Streeting v Rayner choice, I'm clear on the answer to the 1st. Streeting. But on the 2nd I'm not sure at all. And if I end up concluding it's Rayner I can see myself (reluctantly) prioritising that and voting for her.

Nothing (for me) is more important than preventing Farage and his gang getting their filthy mitts on this country.

Far be it from me to suggest solutions to Labours quandary but Rayner is so far from your desire to beat Reform as you can get. Honestly - Labour supporters and members need to read the fucking room. Your only hope is a Cooper ticket with Streeting as Chancellor maybe. This fascination and love for Rayner is perplexing. She’s clearly thick as shit. And a proven tax dodger.

I used to like Yvette. But that permanent scowl is really off-putting.

You are Ed Balls, and I claim my £5.00.

First to say I can't see Starmer resigning over this.

An atomic bomb wouldn't remove Starmer

What about a redhead?

I think this all increases the chances of Ange being next.

It makes her financial arrangements seem a bit meh, and allows her to say we've had enough of the old boy's club.

Rayner is now best-placed

As I posted as the old thread was closing.

The obvious one is Angela.

She has behaved dutifully and perfectly since resignation.

Labour has a number of very competent ministers in place she would be well advised to keep

Cooper
Mahmood
Healy
McFadden
Both Alexanders
Nandy
Phillipson
Ed M
Emma Reynolds
Jarvis

Some of the new intake.

Likes of Haigh and Thornbury return.

Compares very well with threadbare Shadow Cabinet of failures like Philp, Patel Stride, Atkins, Couthino.

Badenoch probably be gone before Starmer coronation for Cleverly.

Labour edge left.
Tories edge centre.

“dutifully and perfectly since resignation”.

Has she paid her tax due?

If Angela Rayner is the answer, the wrong question is definitely being asked.

She’s no Mandelson, who can keep coming back again until yet another scandal finally kills her off almost three decades later.

Angela Rayner is not the answer to any question relating to the government of this country. Maybe “how can we fuck things up more”.

The question is, who do we put our money on? Not who would be best, or who would we like, but who will win?

If it helps I'm a Labour member and if/when the vote comes I'll be judging 2 things:

Who would be the better PM?
Who would more likely beat Reform?

Assuming a Streeting v Rayner choice, I'm clear on the answer to the 1st. Streeting. But on the 2nd I'm not sure at all. And if I end up concluding it's Rayner I can see myself (reluctantly) prioritising that and voting for her.

Nothing (for me) is more important than preventing Farage and his gang getting their filthy mitts on this country.

Far be it from me to suggest solutions to Labours quandary but Rayner is so far from your desire to beat Reform as you can get. Honestly - Labour supporters and members need to read the fucking room. Your only hope is a Cooper ticket with Streeting as Chancellor maybe. This fascination and love for Rayner is perplexing. She’s clearly thick as shit. And a proven tax dodger.