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Labour’S 'politburo Politics'
//Labour chiefs were today accused of “Politburo Politics” after it emerged that a group dominated by Left-wingers will propose who should lead a flagship council — after voters have gone to the polls.
Haringey residents will cast their votes in Thursday’s election without knowing who Labour will choose to be their next leader. //
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This sends a chill down my spine. Do Labour voters ever think about what they’re really voting for?
Haringey residents will cast their votes in Thursday’s election without knowing who Labour will choose to be their next leader. //
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This sends a chill down my spine. Do Labour voters ever think about what they’re really voting for?
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not sure it matters who's leader. A couple of elections ago, people thought they'd elected Cameron; by the end of the parliament, it was May. That wasn't some kind of constitutional outrage.
Anyway, they can vote for whoever they like. If they're happy not knowing who the council leader will be, fine, that's democracy for you.
Anyway, they can vote for whoever they like. If they're happy not knowing who the council leader will be, fine, that's democracy for you.
It's not quite the same here there is not even the 'starting' leader and although I do agree we elect a party not a leader as the leader will influence the direction then they should be known at least at the outset.
In addition Cameron/May was not exactly like Bliar/Brown. May held an election soon after, Brown Bottled it.
In addition Cameron/May was not exactly like Bliar/Brown. May held an election soon after, Brown Bottled it.
There are plenty of Tory voters* who would vote for a blue-rosetted goat, so it's not only a Labour phenomenon to turn up at the ballot box and tick the same box regardless of circumstance.
That aside, I suppose the only silver lining to all of this is that it gives me a chance to experience what the late 70s and early 80s Labour party was like first-hand...
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That aside, I suppose the only silver lining to all of this is that it gives me a chance to experience what the late 70s and early 80s Labour party was like first-hand...
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like Thatcher/Major if you prefer, ymb. A leader standing down in mid-term is nothing remarkable - they never do it the day before an election, and nor should they. (The difference with Thatcher is that she didn't go voluntarily, unlike Blair and Cameron.)
But the matter is much less significant with councils. People may, if sufficiently fanatical, vote Tory nationally because they love Theresa May ("put a blue rosette on a donkey"); nobody votes for a council on the basis that Mr X or Mrs Y is leading their group.
But the matter is much less significant with councils. People may, if sufficiently fanatical, vote Tory nationally because they love Theresa May ("put a blue rosette on a donkey"); nobody votes for a council on the basis that Mr X or Mrs Y is leading their group.
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