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That is arguably also optimal for his Party. Whoever replaces him as leader now will go to a sure defeat at the general election. So Brown should lead the party to defeat and then resign so there can be a serious leadership contest over the summer culminating in the September 2010 Conference.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 03:37:29 AM EST
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Is there anyone qualified to lead? The current cabinet cabal, even the ones who are left, are uniformly mediocre and tainted.

So even if they can pull a better scapegoat out of the hat in 2010, the chances of a return to power after a single Tory term are somewhere between zero, and the chance that Hazel Blears will finally admit that she's a chipmunk from Pluto.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 05:26:41 AM EST
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Zombie Tony?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 05:45:16 AM EST
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"Look, I'd just like to say..."

[/facepalm]

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:13:57 AM EST
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No, of course one shouldn't look in the current cabinet cabal.

Someone from the Left wing of the party such as John McDonnell might be better.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:14:15 AM EST
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And of course you know he's failed because he was the most Left wing member of the cabinet, who departed from the true way of Blairism don't you

<Lurches to the right>

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:31:53 AM EST
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labour'd win the election if richard branson was party leader.
hell, the lib dems'd win with someone like him.
unfortunately they don't grow on trees, people like that.

as helen has repeatedly pointed out, anyone with original ideas, a working vertebra or two, or any principles has been shown the door.

mediocrity is always the result of groupthink.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 10:20:23 AM EST
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I'd be vaguely worried about celebrity politics.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 10:40:15 AM EST
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vague worry'd be a nice relief...

i see it as inevitable confluence, it's the sellability, baby

don't you want rock stars bailing out banks in smart suits?

now there's a groove you can believe in.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 04:43:05 PM EST
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Why?  It's worked wonders for Gullyvornyah.

Twice....

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 4th, 2009 at 06:40:17 PM EST
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