Labour shadow cabinet

[longfingernails]

Ben Bradshaw, Peter Hain, Shaun Woodward and Chris Bryant all out! All of them were universally useless - the PLP has at least done some good!

I haven't really heard of Ivan Lewis, Ann McKetchin and Mary Creagh does anyone have any idea who they are and if they are any good?

lonfingernails did mention the Tories putting through Labour's thoughtcrime bill
"let's ignore her putting through Harriet Harman's awful thoughtcrime bill as part of her Equalities brief"

I was very disappointed that the Tories continued Labour's anti-freedom stance. I can't understand what possessed them to carry on with these type of policies. We thought we had seen the back of them.

agree with EightiesChick, Johnson is affable but ineffectual. Ed Balls would have taken the fight to Osborne.

Sigh Claig and Longfingernails - Equality Act is not a thoughtcrime bill. Legal test for harassment is detriment as defined and represents a high hurdle but carry on if you would rather regurgitate whatever the Daily Hate vomits up.

Theresa May and Warsi are both awful. Should be of real concern that the only women who seem to prosper in Tory party are shrill with awful sub sixth form style of public speaking and demonstrate not an ounce of high grade intellect.

It's because they're trying to replicate Thatcher (but unlike her, haven't trained themselves to talk in a low voice)

Ed Balls is Labour's attack dog. He might have been good against Boy Goeorge. I think Ed M wants to do his own Finance policy. Alan J is well supported by the unions so it might be a strategy to help contain and appease the unions? Hew is also Mr Commonsense. Ed Balls will not stand in the way of YC vying for PM. He is smart enough to recognise her strengths. They were already both in politics when they got together. She isn't your Tory wife turn politician.

I am not convinced that Osbourne understands the risk that he is taking with the economy if he took extreme cuts too soon

Oh yes. the Question Time preformance by Baroness Warsi was cringing to watch - especially when she kept shouting, and then when she had finished she snapped back in her seat for dramatic effect.

yes Warsi was a total disaster. I forgot about the self-satisfied snapping back part. You're right about that. It seems that power has gone to her hed. I don't remember her being as bad as this before, but maybe I am mistaken.

Warsi Ov-ER - EN-un-CI-ates in an irritating way and pauses in all the wrong places when she speaks.

She also comes out with prejudiced crap e.g.

• is opposed to lesbians having IVF

• thinks that single mothers always let their children down and said that she did so when she got divorced. I think she has now remarried.

Warsi thinks cos she is northern, ethnic minority woman, she thinks that she has purged the Tory party of their bias.

The article referenced in my post at 07:41:59 highlights the risk in over aggressive cuts + hype. The fact that they would ease cuts if economy worsens or improves suggests that risks are high. I think that we should probably be cutting but NOT scaring people for political reasons.