Keir Starmer’s reshuffle & Angela Rayner

So someone who calls out racism can’t represent the U.K.? Are you suggesting there is no racism in the U.K.?

David Lammy as Shadow foreign secretary? ?

Hilarious. "This country is racist!" "Oh hello Ambassador, yes, what a great country I represent".

Indeed they do MaizieD.

I lent Boris my vote. To Get Brexit Done. Now we are out of the clutches of the EU I’m open to electioneering again.

Urmstongran

Square pegs in round holes until Labour rid themselves of the abhorrent and the fruitcakes like Abbott, Burgon, Butler, Long-Bailey, McDonnell and Rayner (unfortunately elected).

No credible opposition = no democracy = government by diktat = the here and now.

As if the tory party hasn't any abhorrent fruitcakes...

Paul Waugh has a list:

twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1465402844845064197

Square pegs in round holes until Labour rid themselves of the abhorrent and the fruitcakes like Abbott, Burgon, Butler, Long-Bailey, McDonnell and Rayner (unfortunately elected).

No credible opposition = no democracy = government by diktat = the here and now.

I really like Yvette Cooper and am glad to see the back of Jonathan Ashworth.

I agree with gg13.

I have quite a bit of time for Rachel Reeves, she will be relieved to hear

Seems she is still Shadow Chancellor. I read an article about her in the Telegraph last week and must say her views impressed me. She’s only 42y too. Only a few months older than our youngest daughter. Ooh that makes me feel old!

So it’s Yvette Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. Up against Pritti Patel. At least YC is a big hitter. Keir Starmer did well there. I only didn’t like her because she continually tried to stop Brexit from happening (after a referendum too). But now that’s been achieved it’s good to see a bit more intellectual muscle on the Opposition benches.

I’m off to Google Rachel Reeves. I admire her.

Burnham stood for leader twice. He says he’s happy as Manchester Mayor. He’d have to give that up and be selected to stand in a constituency, if elected stand for leader - again, with absolutely no guarantee he’d win

Burnham stood for leader twice

Labour Party I meant

We need someone dynamic to come along to fix the Labour. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be anyone up and coming to fill this role. Andy Burnham would have been a suitable candidate but he's long gone.

The Left - for want of a nail.

A Starmer reshuffle, will anyone bloody notice?

I mean the three names being bandied around have only done exactly as Starmer does – stand for nothing, take no concrete positions on anything, deny ever promising a damn thing & supporting the Tories!

— Damien Willey #YourNHSneedsyou (@KernowDamo) November 29, 2021

The far left will not give up, they are still in the Attlee era
1945 - 1951

Looking at the reshuffle appointments I think it’s definitely looking much stronger.

Well date we hope that the reshuffle may help unite. Better yet that the people who cling to the hopeless belief that extreme left will win labour an election, leave

I agree

GrannyGravy13

I would just like to see a strong united opposition party…

Yes, that is sorely needed.

I would just like to see a strong united opposition party…

In reality it’s the leaders prerogative, Boris doesn’t tell his cabinet before he reshuffles either - that’s just how it works.

Elsewhere it's told as if Starmer were getting his own back on Rayner because she "derailed" his reshuffle in May by refusing to move.

It looks as if she may have been Urmstongran. Maybe she's a victim of her own self importance in assuming wrongly that he'd tell her first.