[Update] Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour Leadership

MalteseFalcon · 08-05-2015, 14:28

Thought best to keep chat about Labour leadership battle in a new thread. Including Harman in this poll as she could well end up being elected as leader.

devilincarnate · 08-05-2015, 14:35

Some are saying it could be Dan Jarvis the Barnsley MP as a outsider

heero_yuy · 08-05-2015, 14:36

You've not included Andy Burnham, who I dislike intensely, but is a potential front runner as is Chuka Umunna.

Osem · 08-05-2015, 14:44

Unless they ditch the union agenda it won't matter.

heero_yuy · 08-05-2015, 14:49

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Originally Posted by Osem

Unless they ditch the union agenda it won't matter.

But that will lose them their main paymasters. Rock and a hard place.

denphone · 08-05-2015, 14:56

You have a very limited number of options in your poll Mark.

Osem · 08-05-2015, 14:57

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

But that will lose them their main paymasters. Rock and a hard place.

Also, to win seats back in Scotland and England, they have to appeal to Scots whilst avoiding further distancing the English. A big rock and a very hard place.

**Chris** · 08-05-2015, 15:55

If we're going to do this, we might as well do it properly. I have added a few more of the names that have been bandied about over the last 24 hours.

I'm afraid you will all have to vote again in the new poll.

Osem · 08-05-2015, 16:23

Haven't we had enough voting already???!!!

papa smurf · 08-05-2015, 16:30

if only that nice David milliband had been in charge... but hey ho there you go they let the little back stabber in and look where it got them

ive got an old sausage in the fridge thats past its best maybe that can run if i bung a rosette on it

Kursk · 09-05-2015, 02:35

Labour cannot win with any of those named imho. Their only real option is the Miliband that ought to have been running this time. Ed was a patsy.

dave6x · 09-05-2015, 09:00

Rightly or wrongly I think they will probably go with Chuka Umunna in an effort to try to show that they are in tune with the young and ethnic voters. However it's a tactic that probably won't work!

**Damien** · 10-05-2015, 09:24

It will depend if they get someone who thinks the problem is that they didn't go to the left enough or someone who'll return to a New Labour style centrist position. I think they need someone who doesn't appear to be a career politician who worked their way there though the standard Oxbridge PPE > Special advisor > Safe Seat MP > Party leader route. A centrist who can relate and 'cut though' to the disaffected working class demographics that they've lost to UKIP whilst appearing moderate and competent on the economy.

Easy. :P

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Dan Jarvis does seem good http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jarvis

Not associated with the old Labour people, was in the army, seems different to the usual slick Oxbridge types. Not sure of his politics though.

denphone · 10-05-2015, 09:59

The weight of money in the betting markets these last 24 hours has been increasingly put on Chuka Umunna but even more so on Jarvis.

**Damien** · 10-05-2015, 10:06

Thing with Jarvis is just that he seems to look and carry himself completely different from the identikit politicians after Blair. As I mentioned before the fact he has had a distinguished career in the armed forces, on the front lines as well, does him no harm at all.

Kendall is another one who is undoubtedly a centrist (a.k.a Blairite) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Kendall