apc2064: "Agree ael. He has absolutely no personality or oooomph. But who is there in the Labour party now who would be any better? " - well yes a leader with some oomph would help of course but their main problem is that they are staffed to the roof with anti British terrorist loving loonies who place more importance on the purity of their ideology than they do on gaining power to actually do anything. 1997 demonstrated that in order to beat the Tories you first must become the Tories.
You can name Dodds and Ashworth because their portfolios just now put them in the need more often than the others. Generally shadow cabinets are low profile.
Another Salisbury and it’ll be Lisa Nandy ...
Perhaps we need a completely new party! Labour are finished. Their reputation now is in tatters. They just haven't learned from all their past disasters.
good point webbo 19:22, by the time the next GE happens, real Labour will not have won for half a century. The search for the 4th Labour leader to win a GE continues.