Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[Rorschach]

What is the Labour Co-Op?

 

[Gutter Boy]

So Streeting has confirmed he is not going to stand.
Looks like it’s a coronation then unless someone else throws their hat into the ring jut so that there is an election.

I'm not sure the Pink Tories have another plausible candidate - Shabana Mahmood and Bridget Phillipson are deeply unpopular, whilst Al Carns, Pat McFadden, Darren Jones etc. are all small fish.

 

[Gutter Boy]

What is the Labour Co-Op?

A supermarket where proper tea is theft?

 

[P.D.]

So Streeting has confirmed he is not going to stand.
Looks like it’s a coronation then unless someone else throws their hat into the ring jut so that there is an election.

So a man with no authority, mandate or concrete policies is swept into power with his claim to fame being some cheap bus fares. What could possibly go wrong?

I hope he succeeds, a successful PM is good for everyone but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being as unpopular as the last few PMs.

 

[Crab.C.Nesbitt]

So a man with no authority, mandate or concrete policies is swept into power with his claim to fame being some cheap bus fares. What could possibly go wrong?

I hope he succeeds, a successful PM is good for everyone but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being as unpopular as the last few PMs.

Slightly underselling the work he’s done as mayor of Manchester but ok

 

[Robspur12]

Slightly underselling the work he’s done as mayor of Manchester but ok

Ive always considered myself as Labour through and through, a centre left progressive type. But I have never been more disillusioned by the party. Not because I thought Starmer was great but because of the utter disloyalty they have shown to their leader. I didn't like it when the party did it to Corbyn even though I disagreed with a lot of his policies.

Burnham may have been a great Mayor but as Boris showed, being Mayor and being PM are 2 entirely different things. Plus like that person who cheats on their partner, you do wonder if the same thing will happen to him eventually.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Burnham may have been a great Mayor but as Boris showed, being Mayor and being PM are 2 entirely different things. Plus like that person who cheats on their partner, you do wonder if the same thing will happen to him eventually.

I agree to an extent, but what other roles qualifies or guarantees success as PM? Burnham was an MP for 9 years before that, is isn't a political novice like some (not you) are making out. Didn't he have 3 years in office under Brown too?

Away from that argument, I saw an article at the weekend from Sunak who basically said the global political landscape was dead and the future for anyone entering the game looks bleak. I couldn't disagree with him on that

 

[Gutter Boy]

I agree to an extent, but what other roles qualifies or guarantees success as PM? Burnham was an MP for 9 years before that, is isn't a political novice like some (not you) are making out. Didn't he have 3 years in office under Brown too?

Away from that argument, I saw an article at the weekend from Sunak who basically said the global political landscape was dead and the future for anyone entering the game looks bleak. I couldn't disagree with him on that

He has Minister for Health for a year (2009-10). Which is the 5th biggest role in government (after PM, Chancellor, Foreign, Home)

 

[P.D.]

Slightly underselling the work he’s done as mayor of Manchester but ok

It all depends what you read, I can't say I'm close enough to the details to know so can only go by what I read like this piece.

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[WillWeEverBeGoodAgain]

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