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If Labour lose on Thursday 6th May, who should be their new leader?
In recent general elections, it seems to be becoming "the done thing" for the leader of a major party to go if he or she leads them to defeat. So very possibly, if the Conservatives actually get a majority on Thursday, Gordon Brown may be pressured to resign and Labour will have a leadership election. Who do you think should take over?
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London (Conservative) (you know, floppy hair, acts like a buffoon) has produced his own analysis and it's at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7671... . I suspect that there might be a little attempt at party political sabotage here, as Labour wouldn't be daft enough to have a leader in the House of Lords. There's no law against it, but it's just unthinkable to have a Prime Minister or potential Prime Minister who isn't in the Commons. That rules out Lord Mandelson. Of course one of the things that got dropped in the last few days of the last Parliament was the bit of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act which would have enabled him to resign and be a candidate for MP again, so it might happen... but certainly not under a Tory government.
Boris is of course just being Boris, so don't take the whole article seriously. The wonderful thing with Boris is you never quite know when he's being serious. My own personal view, for what it's worth, though, is that as he says, the current deputy leader, Harriet Harman, is indeed bossy, bullying and nannying, and if she is chosen (this is the woman who said that out of the leader and deputy leader posts, one at least has to be held by a woman because you can't trust men to run things - I'm NOT kidding), one may well conclude that Labour has lost its collective marbles.
And then there's Ed Balls, who is in very real danger of losing his seat. A potential voter told him the other day that they hadn't seen him around much. He replied, "Yes you have". Telling a voter to their face that they're lying doesn't sound like good tactics to me.
Anyway... what do you think?
LOL - Yahoo!'s automated suggestion as to the category this question should go in was Travel > United States > New York City! Go figure... though of course Boris was born there.
Stuart C, which Miliband? David or Ed?
Charles Clarke - now that IS a fascinating suggestion.
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
I don't know, but unless they radically change their policies - I hope it's somebody else unelectable.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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- 1 decade ago
Not sure about this, we could yet see a swing towards Labour in the final days and Brown could still end up as PM. I'd say possibly Alan Johnson or Ed Balls are more likely. Ever since the banana picture, Milliband seems to seem a bit of a plonker.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Labour will still win if there is a hung parliment because the lib dems will be allowed to choose who to work with and that is Labour, even if the tories get most votes.
As leader though, we need someone like Arthur Scargill in charge!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It will be David Miliband and he will likely also win the "next" General Election.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Milliband would be a strong candidate
