Do Labour Have Any Chance At All Of Winning The Election

[emmie]

could they sway things their way with a Lab/Lib Dems pact perhaps, or
do they stand no chance at all.

[Old_Geezer]

...few options...

Ah ok.

[Jackdaw33]

I have to agree with sp. This will be Corbyn's funeral. The only problem with a large majority is that you often find the tail wagging the dog. Ask Macmillan or Thatcher if you are in any doubt.

[Garaman]

If Corbyn handed over to the Milliband that should have been, it would make for an interesting few weeks.

[Jackdaw33]

It could be worse. But for the grace of God Theresa might be up against Mandelson!

[sp1814]

emmie

Funnily enough, I had a look at the Labour Party website and browsed their front bench. None of them (apart from Diane Abbott, who is voter arsenic) have much of a public profile.

I think it needs to be someone from the moderate end of the party. Who that could be is a mystery to me.

An unknown?

Like Corbyn (how many people had heard of him before he became leader?)

[Berniecuddles2]

got more chance Mikey voting UKIP

[Jackdaw33]

"Voter arsenic". You do make me laugh but how very true.

[emmie]

wouldn't vote for Labour anyway, but am interested to see how well/badly they do in the GE.
as to Diane Abbott, she is as you say voter arsenic, nice turn of phrase by the way.

[mushroom25]

//Like Corbyn (how many people had heard of him before he became leader?) //

quite a lot - but probably not for the right reasons. like (for example) inviting Sinn Fein to the Palace of Westminster in the immediate aftermath of the IRA Brighton bombing?

[emmie]

that sounds more like Ken Livingston type escapade, being pally with members of the IRA.

[ichkeria]

The tail wags the dog, surely, with small majorities. This is why May has called an election. There will be no electoral pacts (different in any case from things like the liblab pact, which was a parliamentary one)
As for who would lead Labour again there are plenty of viable candidates but most are keeping their heads down. Corbyn is a double whammy as not only are many of his policies dubious but he is also useless as a leader. But I suspect he'll relish the canpaign: a chance to get away from parliament which he seems to care little for anyway, and get out into the country to preach lots of the converted and convince himself he is on a roll.