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should Corbyn and Watson both resign - or just lose the election?

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grapefruitpip Wed 30-Oct-19 12:48:49

spoken like a real idiot

Very rude of you.

Unfortunately we live in a visual age. When I listen to Corbyn on the radio, I like his voice and his message. He doesn't cut it in the flesh. I think Labour needs to wise up and play the game.

I think I am entitled to express my rather clumsily put opinion without fear of being told I'm an idiot?

MaizieD Wed 30-Oct-19 12:45:17

grin

But what a lovely picture...

Calendargirl Wed 30-Oct-19 12:35:41

MaizieD

I know they want to lower the voting age, but really, that’s taking the ....!

Amagran Wed 30-Oct-19 12:29:48

Yeah! Let's all go for someone attractive and with good visuals, someone with tousled blonde hair, shirt hanging half out of his trousers, good at hanging off zip-wires, punching the air, knows a thing or two about pole-dancing, water cannons and vanity project bridges, can do a U-turn on a sixpence, lie like a trooper and is not afraid to walk left of the law.

Oh, if only we had such a candidate, it would take all the uncertainty out of voting.

MaizieD Wed 30-Oct-19 12:29:37

I think that the young rather like him

Sussexborn Wed 30-Oct-19 12:29:11

Most politicians seem ok. Perfectly charming except Vince Cable who was rude and obnoxious. OH had great respect before he found out what a surly wotsit he was.

Sussexborn Wed 30-Oct-19 12:24:55

Well that would be one way of deciding. Stage a Mr Universe type competition so at least the nonsense pouring out of their mouths could be ignored whilst we ogle their amazing countenance. I would vote for Cillian Murphy regardless of his manifesto!

I am joking before my intellectual superiors start whinging.

Barmeyoldbat Wed 30-Oct-19 12:09:52

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grapefruitpip Wed 30-Oct-19 12:04:45

I have met the dreadful woman....she seemed OK?

kittylester Wed 30-Oct-19 12:02:58

Do you really think the McDonnell is more electable?

Starmer is definitely a good bet but the person most talked about is the dreadful Long Bailey woman and could easily win any vote because she's a woman.

Thankfully, none of the current Labour front bench are going to get Labour elected.

jura2 Wed 30-Oct-19 11:57:49

From Guardian letters:

''The only way by which a new leader could be installed in time to fight the imminent election would be if Corbyn resigned, but there is one very good reason why, at the moment, this is simply not going to happen. That is because Tom Watson would become the caretaker leader and in all likelihood fight the election as the prospective next prime minister. This is something not only the left of the party will not countenance, and his association with the Carl Beech case does not help matters.
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So the obvious thing is for Corbyn and Watson to resign together, allowing the parliamentary Labour party and national executive committee to agree a short-term leadership team that would serve until after the election, when a formal leadership contest would be held. Until then, a Starmer-McDonnell double bill would brighten the political landscape significantly, though I concede that their middle-aged white maleness is an unfortunate side-effect of having to make such a decision under pressure.
Michael Woodgate
Bristol''

grapefruitpip Wed 30-Oct-19 11:57:40

I can't stand him. How do these people live with themselves?

Cameron and Corbyn, the worst offenders.

He is an embarrassment. Stand aside, let a younger more attractive person take his place. Sad and wrong, I know , but we live in a world where the visuals are everything.

ladymuck Wed 30-Oct-19 11:55:30

I'm pretty sure that Labour cannot win the election while Corbyn is their leader.. (which is not the same thing).

jura2 Wed 30-Oct-19 11:52:57

discuss - I am pretty sure Corbyn cannot win this election.