Ed Miliband wins Labour Leadership

AndyGuil

The shock from the labour party just as the result was announces says it all. Its game over for labour. Libs dems and conservatives will be the two contenders at the next election in 4 (and a bit) years time.

Rochdale_Pioneers

Yes, the country is entirely right wing - which is why the Tories didn't win a majority and have been propped up by a supposedly centre left LibDem party. So clearly having seen New Labour lose several million votes across the last decade then lose completely, the obvious thing to do to win again is to elect a continuity New Labour candidate to carry on with more of the same.

Or Labour could go after the voters who once supported them who mostly no longer vote at all. 20% or so went LibDem - many of those are coming back according to the polls. And the rest don't think Labour represent them any more - and the others certainly don't - so they abstain. EdM will reconnect with those without the wild left swing his brother accused him of.

nearlynew

Lying f*cking thieves.


All of them.

sabretoothtigger

olly300 wrote: »

Ed Milliband isn't going to be a PM so it doesn't matter that he won. Just like William Hague he's a leader who is never going to win an election.

It matters because he is leader of the opposition and the main party is hardly rock solid in its position

You could say Ed is our biggest clue how this next five years will go.

unfortunately I know nothing about him except he looks too young to have done anything except

remember that this guy has a first class degree from Oxford.

Great, clever guy. I'd be more impressed if he had a third degree but spent 10 years in a career outside politics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband

Also of LSE apparently

Parliamentary expenses
During 2009, Ed Miliband was named by the Daily Telegraph as one of the "saints" of the expenses scandal, for claiming one of the lowest amounts of expenses in the House of Commons, despite being entitled to more than the average MP due to his role as Secretary of State

GeneHunt_2

Rochdale_Pioneers wrote: »

EdM will reconnect with those without the wild left swing his brother accused him of.

I've news for you. He doesn't connect with me - and I've voted Labour all my life. All the polls show that he isn't popular with voters in general. Nor is he popular with Labour voters in particular. So I don't know how you've reached the conclusions you have.

He doesn't want to pay down the deficit and he wants to tax us all more - more highest rate tax payers!

Labour will be in the wilderness for years

marklv

GeneHunt wrote: »

and sadly Ed doesn't seem to believe that there is any urgency in cutting spending - which shows you that you can have a first class in degree and still be thick..... but I doubt his degree was in Economics...

His degree was politics, philosophy and economics (PPE).

marklv

GeneHunt wrote: »

I've news for you. He doesn't connect with me - and I've voted Labour all my life. All the polls show that he isn't popular with voters in general. Nor is he popular with Labour voters in particular. So I don't know how you've reached the conclusions you have.

He doesn't want to pay down the deficit and he wants to tax us all more - more highest rate tax payers!

Labour will be in the wilderness for years

You've voted Labour all your life and you don't like the wealthy paying more tax? Hmmm.....

GeneHunt_2

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

he looks too young to have done anything

Been in parliament for just 5 years....:o

marklv

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Labour is a party of the left. Funded by the Unions. Despite Blairism it never totally converted into a new 20th century political force and will now accede the middle centre ground to the LibDems.

Those same Lib Dems who are polling around 12-13% at the moment? :rotfl:

GeneHunt_2

marklv wrote: »

You've voted Labour all your life and you don't like the wealthy paying more tax? Hmmm.....

So what's wrong with that? Do you think it's only the low paid that vote labour? I've done well under the last Labour government.

But obviously you want to tax th hell out of me - and aren't interested in getting my vote anymore.