Unfair to have Smith on that list without an asterisk. (View Post)

We should remember that in the Great Patriotic War that approximately a quarter of the toll were Ukrainians and approximately another quarter of the toll were other non-Russians. Ironically Russia ha… (View Post)

Yes, in 2007 both Blair and Brown were content with a long contest. Blair wanted a long goodbye. Brown was happy to take a victory lap of hustings knowing he'd be PM at the end of it. None of it… (View Post)

Because Blair and Brown wanted it to take that long, not because it had to take that long. it was also under an entirely different rulebook, remember Ed changed the rules completely. (View Post)

Precisely my point, you've not quoted the entire text there. Nominations closed on 17 May, with Brown as the only candidate. Labour then proceeded to hold hustings, which Brown attended as the s… (View Post)