On the TV I thought she came over as a very nasty person with a massive chip on her shoulder,certainly not PM material.
KudosDave
KudosDave
Do we like Andrea Eagle?
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Exactly my view too. There's no way she could ever lead a Labour party to victory, or any other party for that matter. I think she's deluded if she thinks she could ever be a prime minister, she has none of the necessary attributes.
It will be interesting if she's the only challenger, since their MPs will have a choice between the man they really don't want and a woman who can never make the grade! But of course it's the members who decide, and I think they may stay loyal to Corbyn.
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It will be interesting if she's the only challenger, since their MPs will have a choice between the man they really don't want and a woman who can never make the grade! But of course it's the members who decide, and I think they may stay loyal to Corbyn.
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I was impartial during my youth and, after a few beers, I've been guilty of worse. I'm not proud of that. 
I'd have given up drinking for TM though. Everyone has their limits.
I'd have given up drinking for TM though. Everyone has their limits.
Between Corbyn and Eagle I would choose Corbyn,he seems an honest guy,well intentioned but he is too lefty to ever gain the middle ground and that wins UK elections.
Chakaumana or Harman seem good people but they don't seem to want the job.
I never understand why the leader of a party is not chosen by the MPs,after all they were elected by the people and in turn elect their leader,this seems very democratic. But both Tory and Labour are voted for by the Party,especially with Labour this has a lot of influence by the unions.
If Corbyn became our PM,leader of our country,unlikely at the moment,he would have been put there by the union vote....that doesn't seem right.
KudosDave
Chakaumana or Harman seem good people but they don't seem to want the job.
I never understand why the leader of a party is not chosen by the MPs,after all they were elected by the people and in turn elect their leader,this seems very democratic. But both Tory and Labour are voted for by the Party,especially with Labour this has a lot of influence by the unions.
If Corbyn became our PM,leader of our country,unlikely at the moment,he would have been put there by the union vote....that doesn't seem right.
KudosDave
I think it's academic who leads the Labour party into a general election, even with God in charge they'd lose. Quite simply the loss of Scotland to the SNP and the weakening of Labour in Wales has left them with impossible arithmetic, small c conservative England not containing a large enough labour element to get there.
Something drastic will have to happen for this to change.
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There's huge resistance to the boundary change, after all, why would the Conservatives in power implement their own downfall. It has to be carried through in the end, but the Conservatives are past masters at tweaking such changes to get a result that suits them. I also question whether this small reduction could shift the demographics sufficiently. The original proposal of 500 might have done it.
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