So who's going to replace Corbyn?

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Worst election defeat since Michael Foot in the 80s. Surely Labour has to realise that they need someone to appeal to the masses and the floating voters like me who would never vote for the Momentum crowd.

Keir Starmer is impressive. He's bright, articulate and has a life outside politics. Would Yvette Cooper be up for it?

And more importantly, can the Momentum lot take their blinkers off and realise that THEY are the problem?

Not Angela Rayner. She's the same as Corbyn and McDonnell. Harriet Harman certainly ticks a lot of boxes and she's been around for ever, but her profile is a lot lower these days and I don't think she'd be up for it, tbh.

Jess Phillips please. Kind, clever, fair and fierce.

Stella Creasy has just had a baby as far as Im aware.

If I join labour now, will I get a say in the leadership election?

He wont go anywhere for years.

Loads could change by then.

Jess Philips would be great, just what the party needs!

I worked for Yvette Cooper when she was a Minister. She’s good. She’s got experience. She’s hard-nosed enough to do what needs to be done.

She’d be on my shortlist, for sure.

I worked for Yvette Cooper when she was a Minister. She’s good. She’s got experience. She’s hard-nosed enough to do what needs to be done.

She is my MP. She won by hyst over 1000 votes. In a very anti Tory area (ex mining, poor). Every election her majority falls.

One of the main reasons is her and RDs insistence that they live in a normal house in her constituency, one of us. Their house is massive and secluded. You wouldnt know it was there. Very well protected. They arent just one of us.

She wouldnt be popular. She probably could do the job. But not get voter support.

Hillary Benn might put his hand up?

TBH I could not understand why Labour didn't have a leadership change last year. I doubt their loss would be great.

If McDonnell gets in, he’ll be far worse than Corbyn and labour will sink even further. I’d be amazed if that happened

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Yes, Stella is on mat leave, but Jeremy might be about ready to step down by the time she’s ready to return

Jeremy wont go until the next election looms.

Oh who fucking cares? Clearly not the British public after yesterday's shit show.

There are plenty of people who want to vote according to their beliefs and have much in common with Labour views, but could not contemplate a government with Corbyn as Prime Minister. He has been a disaster for the Labour party and it will be necessary for them to elect someone who has credibility and is moderate.

I know many natural Labour voters who could not vote for the party with Corbyn at its head.

I can’t think of anyone who would do a worse job!

I’m a Labour Party member (but not a member of Momentum) and I certainly don’t want a centrist leader. I loved the manifesto. The last thing I would want would be a move to the right.

Labour isn’t dead. Ten million people went out and voted for them yesterday. This was a bad day, but there will be other days.

Perhaps the one advantage of Corbyn hanging around is that it gives the chance for more sensible Labour voters to join the party formally so that they have a say in who comes next.

Ooh Stella Creasy is so great. Campaigns on issues no-one else is bothered by, and gets things done (eg campaign against Wonga and those other unscrupulous lenders).

Keir Starmer is impressive but I am sick of white male leaders.

I might be the only one but I also like Emily Thornberry.

This was a bad day, but there will be other days.

A bad day? It was the worst day for years. Here, the labour lead has got smaller and smaller. In the last 3 elections the labour strong holds have become tory and their majority is increasing.

Unless labour actually sit up and realise this is happening, less and less people will vote for them.

Now is the time to do something, before it ends up being 8 million or less next time.

Doesn't really matter who they have as leader. Politics is run by spin doctors and media. Boris didn't even bother to take part in the election, sent his dad sometimes. Didn't matter, nobody cared. Who runs the media runs the country.

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I know how bad it was. But ten million people voted Labour. That’s not “dead”. Those people need representation.

Jess Phillip's would just be another joe swinson.

I've wanted kier since he became shadow Brexit secretary. I like Harriet too.

Cooper or Lammy. Or Jarvis but he's lying low.

JC and labour are apparently going to have a period of quiet reflection before standing down , which by the sound of it may last for years. He really is quite astonishingly destructive to the Labour party and the many, many millions of people in this country who aren't delighted by the prospect of Tory rule.