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It's time for Mumsnet to choose the next Labour leader

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MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 29/01/2012 21:55

Cooper, Balls or the other Miliband?

Or someone else?

Ed Miliband is a DISASTER.

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fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:39

Which I think is really scandalous for someone who was in charge of environment issues. (Obv I'm not with you there, Claig. Grin)

claig · 29/01/2012 23:39

That's another point in his favour.

aviatrix · 29/01/2012 23:38

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fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:38

He hasn't exactly pinned Cameron to the dispatch box and said: what about climate change, then?

claig · 29/01/2012 23:36

Agree, fifteenpercentoff. I see climate change etc. as a negative.

claig · 29/01/2012 23:35

Agree, aviatrix. Ed does have integrity and he is not annoying. That is a key factor, because the public soon tires of politicians and sees through phonies. There is a thin line between charisma and annoying. Tony Blair had charisma, but look how popular he is now..

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:33

Yeah, means nothing I'm afraid. IMVHO.

claig · 29/01/2012 23:32

Ed is environmentally friendly. He was in charge of climate change and sustainability issues.

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fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:30

Actually I meant not seasoned in the cut and thrust of media debate. I haven't seen her on TV as much as Cooper.

Are any of them environmentally friendly?

claig · 29/01/2012 23:29

I can't see Cooper being popular. She talks too fast and I don't think she will appeal to the majority.

JoantheFennel · 29/01/2012 23:29

Green =young or
Green = environmental friendly?

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:29

Well, yes, you could quote the suicidal tendencies of the party.

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:27

Unhappily for me, I think Yvette Cooper is likely to get it. Chuka is too green, and Rachel Reeves is greener than Cooper.

Also Cameron has been picked up on sexism a lot so to put a frail-looking but articulate young woman opposite him would play well to the media and the wimmin's vote.

claig · 29/01/2012 23:27

Since when has being stupid stopped any policy pronouncements?

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:25

Because it's weird enough having two brothers, two sisters and a married couple right at the top of the Labour party, without having some kind of brotherly dynastic succession; because to have one Miliband after another being a disaster would be...a disaster; because David failed to win the leadership the first time, so is a failed leader...and because it would be stupid.

claig · 29/01/2012 23:21

Why not?

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:20

No - I can't see how that can be made to work.

claig · 29/01/2012 23:19

I agree that Chuka does seem to be being built up to become leader one day, but I think that David Miliband will be the leader first.

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:19

The next one has absolutely got to be a success.

Having two unmitigated disasters in a row is dismal. Having a third would be really really really bad.

JoantheFennel · 29/01/2012 23:17

Chuka is being built up to take over, I'm sure.

fifteenpercentoff · 29/01/2012 23:17

Encouraging to hear that the Balls/Cooper child can see the future.

All those intelligence genes...and such humility too...

claig · 29/01/2012 23:11

I like Ed Miliband. He has grown on me. He comes across as pretty genuine and handles all the pressure and attacks on him with dignity. The public want genuine people, not shifty grafters, and I think Ed Miliband will grow on the public over time as they see how well he has handled all the flak that he is getting.

LunaticFringe · 29/01/2012 23:07

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MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 29/01/2012 23:04

Paul Mason (BBC) would make a good Labour leader. He is completley brazen about his pro Labour views.

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