2020 Labour Leadership Election

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Please Labour, do what's best for the UK, #backburgon and assure a 150 MP majority for Boris in 2024.

Seriously, if the hard left decides Burgon is their man, he'll run and win. Easily.

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Burton rules out running for leader, but not deputy.

https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1206142371773194241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7...

Now that's a dream ticket - for Boris.

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The dirty deal between Angela and Long-Bailey has been done according to the infamously reliable twitter journos.

It's the wrong way round with Angela set to run for Deputy.

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If Corbyn were to decide to run again, do you think he'd be able to win the Labour members' vote?

Of course.

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This Wrong-Daily shadow cabinet is going to be fun. I'm guessing Burgon will be her Shadow Chancellor. Now that would be a blast.



Seriously, she can't lose this membership election with Momentum, McCluskey and the machine working for her. It's Christmas already at 10 Downing Steet.

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Ugh why is Emily Thornberry even being considered... nobody is interested in being led by some middle class schoolmarm.

Because she represents London-remainer tribe. The same can be said about Starmer. It would be a mistake for Labour to pander for this narrow segment of the electorate, but the media will certainly say they are the sane faction of the Labour party.

Then again, a few northerners like Caroline Flint and Gloria de Piero have already started their campaign against those two. Lots of sour grapes between those factions of the party.

[Paleobrazilian]

This Wrong-Daily shadow cabinet is going to be fun. I'm guessing Burgon will be her Shadow Chancellor. Now that would be a blast.



Seriously, she can't lose this membership election with Momentum, McCluskey and the machine working for her. It's Christmas already at 10 Downing Steet.

As was once said (or perhaps not) by Calvin Coolidge - "you lose".

Seriously, stop trolling us about Burgon.

He will have a minor front bench role, at best, with a new leader.

Please don't shoot the messenger. Plus, it's not like the next leader will have a deep bench of MPs to build his/her shadow cabinet.

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Because she represents London-remainer tribe. The same can be said about Starmer. It would be a mistake for Labour to pander for this narrow segment of the electorate, but the media will certainly say they are the sane faction of the Labour party.

In the next election in 2023/24 one thing for sure is that it will not be another Brexit election. Unless you think that Brexit will be such a total catastrophe that the Brits are all clamouring for readmission to the EU!

Labour may end up with a new dilemma there with much of its base demanding rejoining the EU but no public consensus yet for that, second referendum dilemma 2.0.

Plus, while the next GE will only be contested in 2023/24, the leadership election will start in just a few weeks, at a moment when Brexit is still *the* burning issue. This will probably lead to a curious phenomenon where some of the more globalist youngsters will join Labour to vote for someone they think that will stand up for a softer Brexit and perhaps an easier pathway for rejoining the EU (like Starmer).

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Thornberry is officially in.

Meanwhile:

https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1207256154952343552

Some claim most of these new members are moderates who left the party after 2016.

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https://twitter.com/grahamlithgow/status/1207286997724864515

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Clive Lewis is officially in.