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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #75 on: January 06, 2020, 06:11:08 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51000133

The new leader of the Labour Party will be announced on April 4th.
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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #76 on: January 06, 2020, 09:25:30 PM »
April 4th will be here in no time! 
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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #77 on: January 06, 2020, 10:33:42 PM »
It should have been a month later, so we could say "May the 4th be with you".
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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #78 on: January 07, 2020, 05:41:42 PM »
Semi colon D!

I don't feel particularly invested in any of the front runners. You mentioned Rebecca LB earlier, she's interesting but i fear people may be afraid of another left winger. I like how she talks though.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/06/rebecca-long-bailey-announces-labour-leadership-bid
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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #79 on: January 07, 2020, 05:58:19 PM »
Semi colon D!

I don't feel particularly invested in any of the front runners. You mentioned Rebecca LB earlier, she's interesting but i fear people may be afraid of another left winger. I like how she talks though.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/06/rebecca-long-bailey-announces-labour-leadership-bid
The headline though seems to be if it wasn't for those pesky voters, we would have won. A party aiming to win a majority in the UK needs to to some extent either embrace the system and not imply that the majority of voters are stupid and sheep, or make tearing down the system the objective, and somehow convince people it is needed.

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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #80 on: January 07, 2020, 06:20:40 PM »
Yes, I can't see her being successful in this.
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Re: Next Labour leader - your hopes and predictions.
« Reply #81 on: January 13, 2020, 03:54:22 PM »

The confirmed field. The next stage may well reduce the numbers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51089217