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Away from the LAB leadership there’s been a bit of a buzz about today about Nick Clegg’s future with the extraordinary suggestion that he should be his party’s candidate for Mayor of London in the election next May.
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Farage needs to take a break from Ukip
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/article4441822.ece
http://order-order.com/2015/05/15/carswell-speaks-farage-should-go/#_@/VrHRD-pBSGpWqw
Boston Bomber gets the death penalty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32757790
Ambassador to Antarctica will be a more deserved role, or mop cleaner of the House of Lords, or send him to Rockall.
Jowell would not get my vote but I can see she is a strong candidate. I can't see anybody obvious on the Conservative side. Coe would definitely be in with a chance but if he wins the Presidency of the IAF this summer he will be out of contention. Zac Goldsmith is a possible, but does it interest him?
Clegg wouldn't appeal to London Labourites so I can't be tempted, even at 100/1. If there is a serious LD challenger it would be Simon Hughes, who is widely respected and doesn't carry Clegg's baggage.
Any other suggestions?
And really if your first preference is Nick Clegg would your second preference be Labour?
I don't see Clegg leaving Sheffield because of the risk of losing the seat and then not winning London.
Any Tory needs not to be an obvious Tory. Any successful candidate needs to have that pull factor to other parties. Can't think who at the moment, though.
It didn't do George Galloway much harm.
This time next week either Nigel Farage won't be UKIP leader or Douglas Carswell won't be in UKIP.
What would it take for Clegg to regain respect in the public eye?
Simon Hughes would be a good choice, if he'd do it. His "liberalism will never die" speech when he lost his seat was rather moving, I thought.
If the referendum is to be next year I think Farage deserves to be leader of Ukip up to then at the very least.
Coming tomorrow morning Henry G Manson's analysis and top tip for the LAB leadership
This man has almost single handedly destroyed his party. And yet somehow the LDs fail to get how unpopular he is.
I think Nigel has his anti-arcraft gun primed and ready...
Coe could definitely win it but I am not sure he'd run even if he fails with the IAF bid (for which I think he is slight favorite over Bubka.)
No idea if Goldsmith is interested. Any hint from inside the Tory camp?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/please-enjoy-this-picture-of-nick-clegg-dancing-to-5ive
Perhaps someone drunk from the party is the source of this speculation of Clegg running for Mayor.
One candidate I haven't put a penny on - Diane Abbott.
Or should I say he was 20-1 by the time I got on - he may even have been a bit higher when originally tipped. I think several people on here now have that bet.
All Londoners would be bothered about is whether he would do a decent job, and I think the answer to that is yes. But would he want it?
It didn't do George Galloway much harm.
Speaking if Galloway, is there any chance he runs for mayor? If so he must be likely to take votes away from who ever the Labour candidate is.
Although one assumes that the 2nd preferences would still go for Labour in the main if the voters make one.
There's something a bit featherweight about Goldsmith - who I quite like - that just doesn't sit well with the office. Mayors should be self-possessed bruisers.
I find mayoral contests fascinating (by which I mean real ones in real cities, not the nonsensical gimmicky ones - see Tower Hamlets, Doncaster et cetera ad nauseam). I like that tribalism takes a tiny step back and there's a real look at the character of the candidates, which sees candidates from right wing parties winning in left wing cities (in London & NYC, anyway).
Slightly off-topic but while, as an adopted Manc, I welcome the Greater Manchester Mayor idea I'm far from thrilled about the likely candidates at this stage. Labour Machine.
On-topic, as others have said, Clegg should concentrate on serving and representing his constituents, and keep a low profile as ex-leaders should.
Running an animal hospital that saves thousands of kittens.
Become a priest like Jeb Magruder.
After a record breaking catastrophic run in public life, he needs to embrace the fact that he's rubbish at it and move to another job sector that has a really high moral reputation and he's actually good at it.
That'd be interesting. Didn't know he was a PPC passim.
Does UKIP not have some form of "No Confidence" procedure to remove a leader or trigger a ballot?
As for others no doubt, I find that this new nesting problem interferes with my skimming.
He should stay out of the public eye.
Maybe he can do a Portillo - I was quite shocked to find out he wasn't exactly the most popular guy in the 90s. But he's managed to reinvent himself with a successful TV career.
Won't be long before The Guardian canonises him.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/15/liz-kendall-labour-must-back-europe-referendum-and-embrace-business
On topic, there has to be some value in any LD at 100/1. There's a good chance of a spoiler candidate like Galloway that could see someone unlike come through the middle, especially if the last two are not what people expected with the AV-style voting system.
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/599309027521224704
6.23.1 A motion of no confidence in the Party Leader may be proposed before the NEC. In order for it to pass, no less than nine members of the NEC shall vote in favour of the motion. The Party Chairman shall have a casting vote in the normal way.
6.23.4 In the event of a motion of no confidence in the Party Leader being passed by the NEC, the Party Secretary shall call an EGM of members of the Party, such EGM to be held within 28 days of the passing of the motion. The NEC may from time to time make Rules as to the conduct of such an EGM. The EGM shall have as its only business a motion to endorse or to reject the vote of no confidence in the Leader by the NEC.
6.24 In the event that:
a) the EGM convened under Article 6.23.6 rejects the vote of no confidence in the Party Leader; or
b) the Party Leader stands for and is re-elected as Party Leader at an election following a vote of no confidence in him by the NEC,
elections shall be held in respect of each of the elected seats on the NEC, with the result being declared no more than three months from the date of the refusal of the EGM to endorse the NEC's vote of no confidence or the date of Party Leader's re-election as the case may be. Until such time as those elections are held the NEC elected members shall remain in office until their successors are elected.
In summary, UKIP's NEC can oust Farage if they have 9 votes, however that ousting will then have to be approved by the members in an Extraordinary General Meeting, if Farage survives it then the NEC members lose their jobs and are replaced by the members.
Labour might try it sometime.
Any chance we see Chuka on the front pages tonight, or will we have to wait another 24 hours?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Manchester should note that the sure way to lose a Mayoral election is to put up a 'machine' candidate.
Londoners 2 Cynics 0.
Was the other option for the Times frontpage "Friends say Chuka was a naughty boy"?
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03306/160515-MATT-web_3306290a.jpg
Does that Times article actually say anything, or is it that a friend said he got upset by an undefined something?
Personally I like the man, but he's as toxic a figure as there exists and the only reason he won't have quit immediately is so the LDs don't lose 12.5% of their parliamentary party. Write a book in the future, 'Tough Choices: The Nick Clegg Story' or something, and in 10-15 years the wider public might reconsider their impression.
But I suspect not - just look at how rabid some people can get about Thatcher even now, with competing hyperbolistic interpretations both of which cannot be correct, rather than any kind of reasoned consideration (which might or might not fall more to one side or the other). With strong emotions these things get fixed.
Floater- Clegg put his country first, allegedly. But had a nice job as Deputy PM for 5 years as some kind of solace. And when his party got hammered time and time and time again in elections, he never really thought he could possibly be a drag on the parties fortunes and walk.
If Labour want a decade and a half in opposition, they'll go with Burnham,