So who will give the Portillo moment of this election?

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sfxmum · 01/05/2010 10:00

Just that really, vent away

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poppyknot · 01/05/2010 22:18

You could get a double Portillo with EB and Mrs EB(Yvette Cooper). They are in neighbouring constituences.......

herbietea · 01/05/2010 22:08

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anastaisia · 01/05/2010 22:01

yep jackstarbright - I think quite a few home educators contributed when it went round facebook.

Isaidheyhoney · 01/05/2010 19:10

What about driving his car while talking on a mobile phone with his kids in the back?

And he's in charge of the safety of the nation's children ffs .

jackstarbright · 01/05/2010 19:05

anastasia - interesting link! I wonder who might be tempted to contribute to end Ed Balls political career?

Home schoolers?
Head teachers (particularly grammar heads)?
A fair few teachers?
Social workers?
And Sharon Shoesmith should definitely be up for a few quid!

I've always wondered about Ed Balls political and moral compass. Given his dad successfully campaigned for the abolition of grammar schools and then sent him to a private school. What does that teach a child? That 'do as I say, not as I do' is acceptable in a leader?

longfingernails · 01/05/2010 17:43

By the way, the ability to have "Portillo moments" is the best argument I can think of for maintaining a constituency link. And if we are to maintain a constituency link, then FPTP is better than AV.

You can get rid of bad individual MPs easily. Very hard with STV - and near impossible with a party list system.

I think we should have PR for the lords, with a party list system, with rolling elections. But I think we should keep FPTP in the Commons.

longfingernails · 01/05/2010 11:54

Ed Balls is definitely top of the Labour list. For obvious reasons.

Top of the Tory list is Chris Grayling. He is a walking talking idiot.

For the Lib Dems, it has to be Chris Huhne. What a complete loudmouth rent-a-gob he is.

TDiddy · 01/05/2010 10:16

Very cheesy- I like

snowlady · 01/05/2010 10:10

Hazel Blears if she is standing

anastaisia · 01/05/2010 10:10

Ed Balls: I want this guy to win just for his video and the line 'help me castrate Labour'

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