callippo Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 who cares....they wont get back in for many years.. I wouldn't be so sure of that. it's not like they've been reduced to the utter rump the Tories were in 1997, with no hope of ever coming back for a decade. They still have a formidable number of MP's. With a new leader and a lot of luck, and especially if this lot make a hack job of governing, they could easily bounce back. They're only 3.5% away from getting a majority in any future election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBennet Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I reckon it will be David Miliband. If it is, that's Labour stuffed. He looks like a 12 year old who's hanging around with the big boys and is so out of his depth it's laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Labour haven't got any outstanding leaders at the moment. Like I said on another thread, they're going to have to go through a few Iain Duncan Smiths before they get their Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 and I doubt Tony Benn will come out of retirement. Don't you have to be an MP to be leader of the Labour party? Or have the (unelected) Lord Mandy and Alistair Campbell set a precedent for other unelected people to flaunt democratic conventions? It's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that we might have a Labour PM within the year. The new coalition government has a lot of unpopular decisions ahead of it and political decisions of any kind are rarely popular with the British public, mainly due to their incredibly simplistic and superficial understand of what's actually going on. Now X-Factor, that they understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 No, you don't need to be an MP to be the Prime Minister though it's many years since that happened. I'm not even sure that you need to be in the Lords either. It is completely possible for the unelected Mandleson to be PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoddyHolder Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Heard a rumour that Harold Wilson was in the running ,with Michael Foot has deputy..the old ones were the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Labour haven't got any outstanding leaders at the moment. Like I said on another thread, they're going to have to go through a few Iain Duncan Smiths before they get their Cameron. I think you are very wrong. There are no Duncan Hagues dad or Michael Howard type candidates as front runners. Either of the Miliband's would be very capable or infact a bruiser like Ed Ball's. Think I would be most tempted by Balls. Think the red top headline writers will be licking their lip's at that prospect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 to stand for Leader of the Labour Party, which is the only way a Labour supporting person can get to be Prime Minister, you have to be a Labour MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 No, you don't need to be an MP to be the Prime Minister though it's many years since that happened. I'm not even sure that you need to be in the Lords either. It is completely possible for the unelected Mandleson to be PM. That would be hillarious-in a scary, sickening way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 You just feel like daring them don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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