I'm just asking, as I have no precise idea and as many are out or seem to be out.
Jack Straw, Alan Johnson, David Miliband, Ed Balls, Margaret Beckett,... ?
If you'd asked the same question of the Tories even in April 1997, most people would have said Portillo...until he lost his seat. If Labour loose the next election, the answer will depend on who is left to lead the party. My money would be on Jack Straw.
And if there is an internal putsch
now ?
I know, there won't be one, but let's say, just for fun.
Miliband(s) ? Alan Johnson ?
Mandelson ??
A certain Tony Blair