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Originally Posted by Chris
There is a very good reason why these people haven't been allowed anywhere near the front bench at any point in their careers until now.
McDonnell has tried to run for leader twice but failed to get enough nominations the first time, and pulled out before officially failing to get enough nominations the second time.
There are plenty of good politicians in the Parliamentary Labour Party. Until now, they have exercised their political nous and declined to allow any of the loony left onto the ballot when the leadership falls vacant. Quite why they allowed themselves to be browbeaten into nominating Corbyn this time round is anybody's guess and will keep the pundits in beer for decades. But now Pandora's box is well and truly open, and all kinds of unpleasant things have come drifting out. A shadow chancellor quoting a bloodthirsty communist revolutionary in the opposition's official response to a statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have seemed fanciful a few weeks ago, but now it's just another day at the office.
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Selling of our national assets to said bloodthirsty communists would've seemed fanciful a few years back to
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Originally Posted by denphone
They could do with a John Smith or Robin Cook at the helm in my book but sadly at the moment they are being led by dunderheads and simpletons.
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I would have voted for john smith, he'd have saved us from bliar if nothing else and that alone would've put him up there with the greatest pm's imo