The Next Leader of the Opposition

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

[Charlotte's Controller 180]

Where are the options 

 

Who gives a f**k

What does it matter

[Deathray 2,933]

Voted for Starmer, as said elsewhere in this thread will be throwing out the membership card if the party is insane enough to elect any other muppet.

 

Also how the fuck can an online ballot take a fucking month. Just get rid of the postal votes ffs. 

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

5 minutes ago, Deathray said:

Voted for Starmer, as said elsewhere in this thread will be throwing out the membership card if the party is insane enough to elect any other muppet.

 

Also how the fuck can an online ballot take a fucking month. Just get rid of the postal votes ffs. 

It could take a month to fiddle it so that the vote actually goes to old Wrong Dailey, the hard left getting what they want..

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

Shoot me down in flames, I voted RLB .

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

7 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

You have now just committed that 'cardinal sin' that dear old Danny 'Millwall! Millwall! Millwall! Baker got the push for.

I mean, I am sure you had no idea that Lisa is of Asian  descent otherwise you would not be comparing her to a monkey...….

I did not. Most of my news comes from the radio so I hear the word and it just makes me think of this.

 

I do not like her politics in the same way I disagree with Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove or Andrea Leadsom but this was not a comparison.

 

However I appreciate your warning and will not try the same gag on Facebook or Twitter. Here the audience is, for the most part, more nuanced

[Deathray 2,933]

10 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Shoot me down in flames, I voted RLB .

 

The SWP is this way

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

9 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

I did not. Most of my news comes from the radio so I hear the word and it just makes me think of this.

 

I do not like her politics in the same way I disagree with Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove or Andrea Leadsom but this was not a comparison.

 

However I appreciate your warning and will not try the same gag on Facebook or Twitter. Here the audience is, for the most part, more nuanced

Come on Bib!!

I was just teasing you!

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

6 hours ago, Deathray said:

 

The SWP is this way

….which is as archaic and as relevant today as the Flat Earth Society.

 

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

6 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Come on Bib!!

I was just teasing you!

 

Oh I get that hence my comment that you can perhaps get away with things here that on other social media platforms people would come for you for.

 

I appreciate your warning.

 

My Twitter and Facebook profiles are pretty inoffensive and a bit Mr Nice Guy

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

 

Oh I get that hence my comment that you can perhaps get away with things here that on other social media platforms people would come for you for.

 

I appreciate your warning.

 

My Twitter and Facebook profiles are pretty inoffensive and a bit Mr Nice Guy

That's where you are going wrong.

You have to hate everybody equally.

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

16 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Shoot me down in flames, I voted RLB .

 

I don't get a vote but in terms of policies RLB is the closest to my position. What do those people who supported Corbyn and distrusted Blair do if Nandy or Starmer win? Do they stay with Labour and fight for the socialist policies recognising that the 'Left' has to be united to defeat the far right the Conservatives have become or do they abandon ship.

 

When Blair was PM the Lib Dems under Kennedy seemed to be to the Left of Blair so provided a natural shelter but the current Lib Dems are now viewed as Conservative enablers.

 

Are the Greens the only alternative?

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

1 minute ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

That's where you are going wrong.

You have to hate everybody equally.

 

I often struggle because I can see both sides of an argument.

 

I am a bit Minbari

[TQR 12,066]

The 4th April result announcing conference has been cancelled, in favour of a scaled back event instead. Probably a Facebook Live or some bollocks.

[msc 17,740]

On 08/03/2020 at 14:29, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

….which is as archaic and as relevant today as the Flat Earth Society.

 

 

I was once harassed by the SWP guys outside the QMU at Glasgow Uni, trying to get me to sign up for their newsletter and in general being a roadblock between me and my route to whisky. Luckily I got rid of them by saying "you guys are too right wing for my liking" and darted indoors while they looked all confused.

[Deathray 2,933]

Voting closed.

 

Question appears not to be who wons, but whether Starmers wins in the first round or not.

 

This has been a somewhat more boring than expected contest.

[msc 17,740]

9 minutes ago, Deathray said:

Voting closed.

 

Question appears not to be who wons, but whether Starmers wins in the first round or not.

 

This has been a somewhat more boring than expected contest.

 

Only Labour would go "ok, major world crisis, lets slowly count votes for 5 months..."

 

Although the Lib Dems cancelling their own contest until the virus is beaten is the most Liberal Democrat bit of news ever.

[Deathray 2,933]

1 hour ago, msc said:

 

Only Labour would go "ok, major world crisis, lets slowly count votes for 5 months..."

 

Although the Lib Dems cancelling their own contest until the virus is beaten is the most Liberal Democrat bit of news ever.

 

To be fair the contest was already running. No other real option.

 

Plus we need some other than Corbyn the other side of this.

[msc 17,740]

Just now, Deathray said:

 

To be fair the contest was already running. No other real option.

 

Plus we need some other than Corbyn the other side of this.

 

Need to get rid of Corbyn obvious. Just Labour love really long contests while the Tories get on stitching up their own contests and getting on with buggering up the economy.

[Deathray 2,933]

9 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Need to get rid of Corbyn obvious. Just Labour love really long contests while the Tories get on stitching up their own contests and getting on with buggering up the economy.

 

Yeah but I'm proud to be in a party that actually has a free and fair election process involving the entire membership. Not an MP Cabal.

 

If/when Starmer wins we can hopefully go about making the next election a lot closer. 

[Deathray 2,933]

Leader - Kier Starmer

 

Deputy - Angela Rayner

 

Still waiting for breakdowns. But that's  the most predictable election in history over with 

[Deathray 2,933]

Results in full: Labour leadership contest

Sir Keir Starmer won the contest in the first round. Here are the full results:

 

Sir Keir Starmer – 275,780 (56.2%)

Rebecca Long-Bailey – 135,218 (27.6%)

Lisa Nandy – 79,597 (16.2%)

 

To give some context

 

Correct for first rounds

 

61.8% - Corbyn 2016 (2 candidates)

59.5% - Corbyn 2015 (4 candidates)

37.8% - D Miliband 2010 (beaten in final round by E.Miliband)

XX - Brown 2007 (Unoppposed)

57.0% - Blair 1994 (3 candidates)

 

Elections before 1994 were held under dubious electoral systems....

 

Smith - 91.0% (1992)

Kinnock 88.6% (1988)

Kinnock 71.3% (1983)

 

Elections before that were done on MP votes....

[TQR 12,066]

Well thank FUCK for that.

[Deathray 2,933]

Looks like Deputy leadership was a lot closer.

 

Rayerner only ahead by 41.7% to 17.3% for nearest rival in round 1

 

Ended up at 52.6% to 26.1% for nearest rival in round 3.

 

 

[Deathray 2,933]

Starmer got 79% of Registered Supporters!