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Corbyn is going to have to get his skates on because nominations close a week on Monday and he’ll need 35 fellow MPs to support him just to get on the ballot.
Danny565 (Last Thread) Agree entirely, Kendall needs to start making a real impact in the polls before her 'electability' argument can really take off. As long as Burnham leads with Labour voters and all voters he remains the man to beat.
(In 2005 I believe Cameron overtook Davis in the polls after his conference speech, but he had already slashed his lead after he had launched his campaign)
I’d like to see Jeremy Corbyn get the required 35 MPs – it would certainly stimulate the debate and shake the others out of the comfort zones. – alas, I think he will struggle to achieve it.
Danny565 (Last Thread) Agree entirely, Kendall needs to start making a real impact in the polls before her 'electability' argument can really take off. As long as Burnham leads with Labour voters and all voters he remains the man to beat.
(In 2005 I believe Cameron overtook Davis in the polls after his conference speech, but he had already slashed his lead after he had launched his campaign)
Asked on last thread how my Lib Dem fact was useful - that being there is only one seat in common between their eight seats in 2015 and their twenty seats back in 1992, at which time they had seven in common with the Liberals' eleven in 1979.
It illustrates that they struggle when the Tories are popular and that relatively small differences can matter for their parliamentary base. FPTP is harsh to parties that are unpopular when their main rivals are popular. It's happened to the Liberals for most of their history and to the Tories in 1997-2005. It also illustrates that the trade-off for challengers in FPTP is often between broad demographic support and local fortresses, each of which can only go so far. Ukip can be considered basically a more unfortunate version of the Lib Dems with more demographic support and fewer fortresses.
This helps Andy Burnham with his electorate in the same way that UKIP's existence helped the Conservatives' image in the eyes of many voters. I still think that he's way too short at evens but he's less worse value than he was this morning.
Corbyn's second preferences will hurt Liz. And probably help Burnham.
And I am still undecided, but would welcome a fifth name on the ballot.
Karl Marx?
At the count I assisted at, I had a vote for the Labour candidate crop up with his name crossed out and Anuerin Bevin and Clement Attlee written in its place. Any in Labour particularly Bevin-esque or Attlee like? There's clearly at least one vote for them.
Labour must must must must must elect Jeremy Corbyn as leader. As the eulogies for Charles Kennedy have demonstrated, there's a great swathe of opinion that longs for a politician whose principles transcend electoral convenience and the race to the mushy centre. Corbyn would eat the likes of Farage and Salmond for breakfast as a man standing apart from the established order. He is a moral man. He offers Labour a new and distinctive direction.
FPT: FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
No wonder the French supported Blatter in the recent election.
I might be wrong, but the wording on the article indicates that he accepted bribes in conjunction with the choice of SA, whilst the other was for the 1998 world cup. I.e. it was for a country other than France, when France won.
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
FPT: FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
No wonder the French supported Blatter in the recent election.
I might be wrong, but the wording on the article indicates that he accepted bribes in conjunction with the choice of SA, whilst the other was for the 1998 world cup. I.e. it was for a country other than France, when France won.
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
FPT: FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
No wonder the French supported Blatter in the recent election.
I might be wrong, but the wording on the article indicates that he accepted bribes in conjunction with the choice of SA, whilst the other was for the 1998 world cup. I.e. it was for a country other than France, when France won.
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
Hey, if you want a single bribe to sway the outcome properly, you have to bribe the man at the top directly - and he can tell you how many other bribes are needed. Try to bribe a few here and there and you risk wasting your money, no one wants that.
Labour must must must must must elect Jeremy Corbyn as leader. As the eulogies for Charles Kennedy have demonstrated, there's a great swathe of opinion that longs for a politician whose principles transcend electoral convenience and the race to the mushy centre. Corbyn would eat the likes of Farage and Salmond for breakfast as a man standing apart from the established order. He is a moral man. He offers Labour a new and distinctive direction.
Corbyn will do well to get half the necessary nominations. If he is loaned nominations to get on the ballot it will be a pretty empty gesture, as the failure to attract the required nominations on merit will demonstrate his lack of support, and so the other candidates won't have to take him seriously in the hustings.
You can see in other parties and other countries the way in which minority political groups can organise to grow their influence over time, think of the R. Paul Presidential campaigns for example, but the Labour Left seems never to have recovered from the defeats of the 70s, 80s and 90s and is still in decline.
rottenborough True, but Cooper has the opposite problem to Kendall, she needs to start appealing to Tory and UKIP voters as much as Kendall needs to start appealing to Labour voters and Scotland
rottenborough True, but Cooper has the opposite problem to Kendall, she needs to start appealing to Tory and UKIP voters as much as Kendall needs to start appealing to Labour voters and Scotland
Not yet. At the moment all she need do is win an internal, party-wide ballot.
SD Agree entirely, hopefully Labour will elect Jeremy Corbyn, the Tories will elect Jacob Rees-Mogg to succeed Cameron and the LDs will elect Farron, then we get a real ideological choice, no mushy centre there
SD Agree entirely, hopefully Labour will elect Jeremy Corbyn, the Tories will elect Jacob Rees-Mogg to succeed Cameron and the LDs will elect Farron, then we get a real ideological choice, no mushy centre there
Owen Paterson vs Corbyn is the dream ticket. LibDem majority nailed on!
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter.
FPT: FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
No wonder the French supported Blatter in the recent election.
I might be wrong, but the wording on the article indicates that he accepted bribes in conjunction with the choice of SA, whilst the other was for the 1998 world cup. I.e. it was for a country other than France, when France won.
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
Hey, if you want a single bribe to sway the outcome properly, you have to bribe the man at the top directly - and he can tell you how many other bribes are needed. Try to bribe a few here and there and you risk wasting your money, no one wants that.
Remember that the Blazer testimony unsealed today is three years old. Presumably the canary has kept on singing since then. The Feds will have a huge amount of evidence from him and the several other guilty pleas already. The investigation has been going for 4 years so far. It is branching out already.
If they have to take FIFA apart brick by brick to get what they need, they will do it.
I don't know what the Left is drinking but we must surely only be moments away from Ken declaring himself a candidate for London Mayor again.
Yes, do it Ken! I don't care if he wins nomination or election - I don't live in London and have no wish to - but the idea that the same guy would run for Mayor 5 times in a row is just too great to miss.
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter.
Or use the bits to make a footpath in a Jewish cemetery.
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter. Surely it needs casting into the Cracks of Doom of Amon Amarth.
The best bit of all is that in the hours before the exit poll he sent a stern message to Shad Cab members strictly forbidding triumphalism.
O/T the NFL week 7 game in London between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars will be shown exclusively on Yahoo, for free. It will be shown on local TV in the Jacksonville and Buffalo markets.
So now's your chance to watch a seriously below average game.
Jeremy Corbyn is auditioning for the role of Michael Foot.
He isn't worthy of such a role. Foot, for all his manifest faults, was a man of considerable intellectual prowess and political stature. Corbyn. Well. Not so much. Actually not at all.
FPT: FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
No wonder the French supported Blatter in the recent election.
I might be wrong, but the wording on the article indicates that he accepted bribes in conjunction with the choice of SA, whilst the other was for the 1998 world cup. I.e. it was for a country other than France, when France won.
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
Switzerland dropped out fairly late in the game, whilst England dropped out much earlier to concentrate on Euro 96. Germany also withdrew.
What surprised me from another list is that we've only ever officially bid four times.
Edit: According to the Guardian, the bribe for the 1998 world cup was arranged in 1992! Therefore it could be any of the above (or possibly a.n.other).
Labour needs to expand it's message to new professions, like lower management finance and banking who are in an urgent need to form a union and strike due to appalling working conditions:
" In the first 1-3 years of a banking career, Michel discovered that bankers tend to repress their bodies. During this period, they work hard regardless of exhaustion/broken legs/eating disorders/alopecia and do whatever is required to get the job done. Michel came across one female banker in this phase who had fallen and broken her leg in two places on the way to a meeting. Although it changed colour and was painful, the banker ignored the symptoms until her meeting was over."
" The 100-hour workweek, these ironmen and ironwomen tell themselves, is just the opening ante in a high-stakes game.
But investment bankers, salespeople and traders are only human. Under the immense stress of their jobs, many suffer personal and emotional problems that escalate into full-blown crises, with some bankers developing conditions that linger long after they have left the industry."
Some in finance can get very rich very quickly, however most of them will be dead by the age of 40 due to their working conditions.
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
None of Labour’s election day scenario planning involved the possibility of an overall Tory majority, leaving the deputy leader, Harriet Harman, without a script as she toured the television studios on the night of the party’s election defeat.
Miliband’s confidence that he would become prime minister had been bolstered by a final private poll delivered to him a week before the election showing Labour two points ahead among the electorate in the 86 battleground seats and his own favourability ratings nearly matching David Cameron.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s spin doctor, played an increasing role in the final weeks of the campaign.
Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Panorama at its best this evening....when will the BBC realise that 30 min Panorama is rubbish, but when they put the time in and put together these hour programmes, they are top notch stuff.
Lots and lots of questions to answer for some very well known people in athletics.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Panorama at its best this evening....when will the BBC realise that 30 min Panorama is rubbish, but when they put the time in and put together these hour programmes, they are top notch stuff.
Lots and lots of questions to answer for some very well known people in athletics.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Speedy Depends if he is seen as dull but safe, which given the two fanatics either side of him may be enough
Norman Lamb is the Michael Foot version of the LD. He's boring, old, stale, supported by the last bastions of the really old guard and with the most limited potential to draw voters.
Labour needs to expand it's message to new professions, like lower management finance and banking who are in an urgent need to form a union and strike due to appalling working conditions:
" In the first 1-3 years of a banking career, Michel discovered that bankers tend to repress their bodies. During this period, they work hard regardless of exhaustion/broken legs/eating disorders/alopecia and do whatever is required to get the job done. Michel came across one female banker in this phase who had fallen and broken her leg in two places on the way to a meeting. Although it changed colour and was painful, the banker ignored the symptoms until her meeting was over."
" The 100-hour workweek, these ironmen and ironwomen tell themselves, is just the opening ante in a high-stakes game.
But investment bankers, salespeople and traders are only human. Under the immense stress of their jobs, many suffer personal and emotional problems that escalate into full-blown crises, with some bankers developing conditions that linger long after they have left the industry."
Some in finance can get very rich very quickly, however most of them will be dead by the age of 40 due to their working conditions.
"A University of Southern California researcher found insomnia, alcoholism, heart palpitations, eating disorders and an explosive temper in some of the roughly two dozen entry-level..."
That old hairy mammoth, Corbyn, tosses his worn out lefty tusks into the ring. With potential leaders like this, Labour is doomed. Doomed; I tell ya!
Of course they are not doomed, unless you really think he's got a chance to win the leadership.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the unions get their MPs to back Corbyn. With that backing he'll get 35 MP's easily for a nomination. After that a good PR campaign with he Labour membership, and bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt and we can all settle down to fun and games.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Speedy Depends if he is seen as dull but safe, which given the two fanatics either side of him may be enough
Norman Lamb is the Michael Foot version of the LD. He's boring, old, stale, supported by the last bastions of the really old guard and with the most limited potential to draw voters.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
Giving the appalling working conditions in the finance sector it would do no harm for Labour to propose a max. 48 hrs week for financial workers for instance.
Are they subject to the working time directive?
They utilize the loopholes to avoid the the max. time allowed by the directive. As a result it's 90-100 hours a week instead of 48. That among others is why the average life expectancy of a finance worker is less than 50.
Top read from the Guardian featuring David Axelrod's version of free owls: - Axelrod was appalled by the low quality of the ideas being discussed, which he derisively characterised as “Vote Labour and win a microwave”.
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FIFA official Chuck Blazer has admitted taking bribes for the South African and French world cups.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjzKiEs_pHI
So now who do I vote for with my £3 membership?
And I am still undecided, but would welcome a fifth name on the ballot.
(In 2005 I believe Cameron overtook Davis in the polls after his conference speech, but he had already slashed his lead after he had launched his campaign)
So give Corbyn your first preference, and Burnham your second pref.
Karl Marx?
It illustrates that they struggle when the Tories are popular and that relatively small differences can matter for their parliamentary base. FPTP is harsh to parties that are unpopular when their main rivals are popular. It's happened to the Liberals for most of their history and to the Tories in 1997-2005. It also illustrates that the trade-off for challengers in FPTP is often between broad demographic support and local fortresses, each of which can only go so far. Ukip can be considered basically a more unfortunate version of the Lib Dems with more demographic support and fewer fortresses.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2005/10/21/OctICMpoll.pdf
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/32985881
Plus, I'm doing a thread on AV for the weekend!
If that was the case, I wonder if they got their money back
UKIP to march in London’s Pride parade for the first time
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/03/ukip-to-march-in-londons-pride-parade-for-the-first-time/
You can see in other parties and other countries the way in which minority political groups can organise to grow their influence over time, think of the R. Paul Presidential campaigns for example, but the Labour Left seems never to have recovered from the defeats of the 70s, 80s and 90s and is still in decline.
This new one is an up to date version.
*including UK ones
You missed the best bits:
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter.
Just how many times does Peter Kellner say "a crumb of comfort for Labour"....
The new "a terrible night for the Tory party" analysis.
If they have to take FIFA apart brick by brick to get what they need, they will do it.
Go for it, Ken!
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter.
Or use the bits to make a footpath in a Jewish cemetery.
"Miliband’s own former advisers believe, but do not know for sure, the 8ft-high stone slab that set out his election pledges has been destroyed as planned, as one of its creators, Torsten Henricson-Bell, has ordered."
"the election result meant that Miliband never had the chance to make the offer, or relocate the 8ft high “Edstone” with its carved pledges to Downing Street.
It was intended to be destroyed, but a previous attempt to break it up had to be called off when the media discovered the location of in a south London warehouse.
Another plan for the stone to be broken up like the Berlin Wall, with the pieces sold for charity, was also rejected."
I guess my idea for a unique kitchen worktop is now a non-starter.
Surely it needs casting into the Cracks of Doom of Amon Amarth.
The best bit of all is that in the hours before the exit poll he sent a stern message to Shad Cab members strictly forbidding triumphalism.
So now's your chance to watch a seriously below average game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup#Host_selection
The final vote was between France and Morocco.
Switzerland dropped out fairly late in the game, whilst England dropped out much earlier to concentrate on Euro 96. Germany also withdrew.
What surprised me from another list is that we've only ever officially bid four times.
Edit: According to the Guardian, the bribe for the 1998 world cup was arranged in 1992! Therefore it could be any of the above (or possibly a.n.other).
http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/jun/03/sepp-blatter-reports-fifa-president-us-corruption-probe-live
http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/131760/how-banking-can-ruin-your-body-and-mind/
" In the first 1-3 years of a banking career, Michel discovered that bankers tend to repress their bodies. During this period, they work hard regardless of exhaustion/broken legs/eating disorders/alopecia and do whatever is required to get the job done. Michel came across one female banker in this phase who had fallen and broken her leg in two places on the way to a meeting. Although it changed colour and was painful, the banker ignored the symptoms until her meeting was over."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204062704577223623824944472
" The 100-hour workweek, these ironmen and ironwomen tell themselves, is just the opening ante in a high-stakes game.
But investment bankers, salespeople and traders are only human. Under the immense stress of their jobs, many suffer personal and emotional problems that escalate into full-blown crises, with some bankers developing conditions that linger long after they have left the industry."
Some in finance can get very rich very quickly, however most of them will be dead by the age of 40 due to their working conditions.
The really telling bit is where they say they did not re-engage with defeated independence supporters. Labour handled all that very very badly.
Tottenham CLP have nominated Tessa Jowell and David Lammy
Not a good time for Lammy.
Pretty sure Abbott is now on 5 anyway.
Ilford north #1 is Jowell.
Hackney North
Lewisham Deptford
Dagenham
Leyton
and ?
Labour needs to expand it's (sic) message to new professions
Do you not think that Labour's message is part of their problem?
With potential leaders like this, Labour is doomed. Doomed; I tell ya!
Lots and lots of questions to answer for some very well known people in athletics.
All opted out as a term of their employment.
Same for city lawyers.
He's boring, old, stale, supported by the last bastions of the really old guard and with the most limited potential to draw voters.
...Sounds like political betting.
That even I couldn't pick him out of crowd despite all the mentions he gets on here speaks volumes. He's a complete non-entity impact wise.
As a result it's 90-100 hours a week instead of 48.
That among others is why the average life expectancy of a finance worker is less than 50.
Thursday's Guardian front page:
Labour’s shattered dream
Top read from the Guardian featuring David Axelrod's version of free owls:
- Axelrod was appalled by the low quality of the ideas being discussed, which he derisively characterised as “Vote Labour and win a microwave”.