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Originally Posted by Hugh
Yes, that 1 UKIP Parliamentary seat, along with the 1 Green seat, has them quaking in their shoes.....  |
I think that says more about our voting system and the contempt our leaders hold for voters than anything else
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Originally Posted by Damien
Interested doesn't translate to electoral success. People are interested in spectacular car crashes. Everyone is following this because it seems crazy that Labour will appoint someone as leader who seems unelectable to the population at large.
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Interested is a good start for me, they weren't interested in any other leadership contests
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Foot? Kinnock? Labour has only really achieved modern success when they've gone for a centrist platform. The Unions appointed Ed Miliband and his dalliance with moving Labour to the left failed in a pretty brutal fashion. Even if we assume this wasn't because of the platform itself but a lack of confidence in the leader how is this going to work with Corbyn? He doesn't appear to come across as a safe pair of hands.
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Time will tell, I quite like the idea of clear distinctions between the parties, this constant fighting over the central ground and throwing in a few ideological tweaks here and there hasn't got us very far.
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I mean more as party leader. He is clearly having an influence on the party given that he is poised to win the contest. However how will he get the support of his MPs?
What is he going to do when this hype and energy dies down and he has to be at PMQs facing the PM?
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It'll be good to see them put on the spot to, see whether they have the courage of their convictions, I think most will fail the challenge
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Maybe I am wrong and the stright-talking image will carry him on but at the moment I can't see him surviving until the next election let alone winning it.
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It doesn't have to carry him to victory just as it didn't with Farage what it does is get people interested and will create change which is something I'm sure we all agree is desperately needed in Westminster