Miliband's Marauders?....
 

... or a bunch of inept losers?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11494915

Will DC and NC be clapping their hands with glee?.......




* Just for anyone who doesn't know what the hell I'm referring to:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk...0marauders.htm

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Hmmm.

Lots of ex Treasury people in there.

They don't exactly have the best track record...

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hmmmmmm well i dont normally get involved in politics but.............

politicians are the same the world over and i would not trust any of them

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Excellent - Ed Balls

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well ed was his main rival in his fight for the leadership so keeping enemies close

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More of a frenemy, methinks....

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I think this lot are immaterial..there is going to be a lot of shifting around and it's going to be a very long time until Labour are back in power.I suspect we'll have at least one more leader in opposition and several cabinet changes before any chance at power.

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I wouldn't be so sure Maggy, they are already level pegging in a recent opinion poll and thats before there has been any meaningful cuts at all.
Also don't forget that the LD vote has collapsed with the majority of those going to Labour, and at the next election there will be no third party for a protest vote.
If the Conservatives could not win an outright victory with Brown as PM, a recession and a government that had been in power for thirteen years I don't fancy their chances after the cuts that are to come.

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I'd be careful about the polls..after all Labour has had no direction since the Election because they have been having an election to pick Milliband.I wonder how many who have now taken a look and are listening, will still be of the same mind in a few weeks time?

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Interesting point about the Shadow Cabinet in today's Telegraph.Also, all of Ed Miliband’s “new generation� Shadow Cabinet members were on the government payroll when Gordon Brown was Prime Minister - eighteen were ministers, and Mary Creagh was a Government whip.

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I like Alan Johnson though, pleased he is high up.

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The opinion polls between 1983 and 1987, and 1987 and 1992 paint a surprisingly similar picture. I really wouldn't set too much hope against polls being issued a full four-and-a-half years ahead of the next general election. ;)

The SDP/Liberal Alliance weren't an effective third party in the 80s either.

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I can't stand him...

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I think we should start our own party

We could start with the following pledges:

Better broadband for all.
No monopoly on football rights
Allow cable forum mods a last name..even elvis had a last name

we use this forum as our rallying cry

From little acorns :D

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Does anyone know how often a ruling party has increased their share of the vote from the previous election? I was always under the impression that a governing party simply loses votes, for the obvious reason that they need to take decisions which will make them unpopular.

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Didn't labour increase their vote..when they got a second term?

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Labour votes cast, and percentage of total votes cast
1997 13,518,167 votes, 43.2% of total votes cast
2001 10,724,953 votes, 40.7% of total votes cast
2005 9,552,436 votes, 35.2% of total votes cast

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No, they lost votes and seats in 2001.

Thatcher increased her number of seats in 1983 but on a slightly lower vote. The Tory vote in 1987 was only fractionally lower. In fact, from 1979 to 1992 the Tory vote only shrank by 2 percentage points. Labour's vote fell 8 percentage points between 1997 and 2005.

It is generally true that a multiple-term Government will have its highest share of the vote at the beginning of its first term and lose it in each subsequent election until they are eventually out of office.

There's a good historic vote share graph here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...1950_graph.png

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Is Ed going to christen them Not So New Old Labour then? :D

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Don't think this gov will last a full term, don't think any coalition has went the distance,and it won't matter what school;the incoming Labour gov members went too, we wont see the tories or their fags, for another decade(at least). Mind you,a bit of boundary changing might help.(article in the Daily Gutterpress)

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I had hoped you were going to keep to your stated intention of ceasing to post on this forum.

- not really a problem, I was just expecting to avoid the hassle of placing you on ignore.

- sorted, now, though, goodbye :)

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i love these forums..you ask and an answer appears :D

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Sadiq Khan as shadow justice secretary? Seriously? :shocked:

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Ya. Getting his just reward for picking the right team. Plenty of material to be worked with.

http://order-order.com/2010/10/08/5-...ice-secretary/

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some excellent qualities listed there , sounds perfect for the job ,i wish him well in his new post - good choice Ed

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I like the fact that Ed Milliband has to choose from a small selection of chosen MPs rather than choose the best people for the job.

I like the fact that Kahn is perhaps the most ludicrous choice of Justice secretary ever.

I like the fact that the PLP really really don't have a clue.

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I would strongly recommend you read the Forum guidelines.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/8/...use-cable.html

This explains the infractions.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...gs-system.html

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This topic, Shadow labour cabinet?

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Yes. Precisely this new Shadow Cabinet and how it will affect the government and Labour.

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Makes you wonder why Ed the Red picked this guy unless of course it's just tokenism.

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Because he was his Campaign Chief and he won... ;)