Labour

[woolleysheep]

is there a future leader of the labour party that is electable

[cassa333]

Not at the moment.

[Jackdaw33]

Perhaps Hilary Benn.

[hereIam]

I agree with Jackdaw.

[bednobs]

How ist his news?

[anneasquith]

If there is I hope they show their hand soon, else Britain will be stuck with Tory for years .

[Sqad]

Of course there is...Alan Johnson...good speaker. well respected by the Party and the Unions........
Hilary Benn...yes, good speaker, respected by some.....not good visually on TV and still a bit of "Dad" in him.
Yes..Alan Johnson, but it wont happen soon, as the present leader (can't remember his name) is to ingrained with moving the Party and keeping it to the left.......Big mistake.

[Baldric]

They're keeping a very low profile if there is.

[Jackdaw33]

My money's on Diane Abbott!

[ToraToraTora]

The current leader has been elected, twice!

[ToraToraTora]

"If there is I hope they show their hand soon, else Britain will be stuck with Tory for years . " - don't worry Anne, you can always vote for "independence"!

[anneasquith]

Ttt, at least I have a vote, !!!!

[mikey4444]

Wooly.....but there isn't a vacancy is there ?

[Lynn_M]

No

[naomi24]

Jackdaw, Diane Abbott electable? God! It goes from bad to worse!

[Jackdaw33]

I was being facetious, Naomi.

[ToraToraTora]

stop knocking Jezza, he's won the leadership twice and is very popular with the Tories.

[mikey4444]

TTT....I may be mis-remembering this, but I am sure that you gave Corbyn some applause recently, and you suggested that it might persuade you to vote Labour in the furture.

I can't remember the exact issue though

[ToraToraTora]

I did indeed praise Jezza because I like him, he's a genuine bloke and he backed the democratic will of the majority on the brexit vote so I have no reason to not like him but not much would persuade me to vote Labour. I have, in the past, said I'd vote for anyone who would get us out of the EU but that ship has sailed now.

[whiskeryron]

Not sure,I can't see anyone who actually represents the working classes as we used to have

[mikey4444]

Thanks TTT....my memory was nearly right then !

You know, for years, people have been saying that there really isn't any difference between the Tories and Labour. I personally never really accepted that for 1 minute, but it was a popular opinion nevertheless.

But now we really do have a difference. Labour want to re- nationalise the railways, and build affordable homes to rent, both of which are popular policies. They also want to hold the utility companies to account.

So maybe Corbyn isn't so loony-tune as people point out.