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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 26, 2013 20:36:39 GMT
Reported that David Miliband to resign tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:40:40 GMT
well the Mirror could not help but dig about all the money he has earnt as an MP and rightly so.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:41:51 GMT
looking at 2010 there are quite a few BNP votes for UKIP to target and could well be a distant second in this one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:45:11 GMT
Labour History Group @labourhistory
MT @delaval_astley South Shields is reputedly the only UK constituency never to have had a Tory MP since the Great Reform Act in 1832
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:56:22 GMT
@sammacrory 15m
No James Purnell, no Alan Milburn, now no David Miliband. Labour's heirs to Blair don't hang around...
As Ed Miliband is clearly swinging to the loony left (TAX MORE! BORROW MORE! SPEND MORE! HATE AMBITION!), perhaps this is just what happens when centrist MPs can see the Union hell about to be unleashed.
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Post by Andrew_S on Mar 26, 2013 20:56:34 GMT
UKIP ought to take second place without much problem. Both the Tories and LDs are deeply unpopular in South Shields so I don't think they'll be troubling anyone except for the returning officer as he calculates which candidates might have lost their deposits.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:59:55 GMT
"@darcytip 4m
Best parallel to D Mili is Michael Portillo. Didn't quite want leadership enough; zest for politics drained after lost it."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:00:08 GMT
It's a pity, almost a tragedy, for the Labour Party that he's going if this story is confirmed. He has considerable leadership potential and would have undoubtedly made a more formidable opponent to us than his brother. A career cut brutally short.
He's taking a charity job in the USA apparently, which is reminiscent of Bryan Gould's departure to New Zealand in 1994.
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Post by Andrew_S on Mar 26, 2013 21:01:00 GMT
"South Shields is the only constituency never to have had a Tory MP since the 1832 Great Reform Act, acccording to @labourhistory":twitter.com/KenReid_utv
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Post by mboy on Mar 26, 2013 21:01:14 GMT
Agree this is a likely UKIP 2nd place in the current climate.
The loss of the better Milliband is a blow for Labour. They must have been hoping he would return to the front-bench, where he would be a major player compared to the other pygmies there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:02:33 GMT
and hardly harmed us Gould going did it ?
As Dok posted (not the nonsense rant) that DM did not quite have the killer instinct when he needed it. Would he have been tougher for Cameron, just not sure at all, he was hardly electric performer, (quite dull at our hustings) and was more tied in with Labour policy that Ed was.
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Post by Andrew_S on Mar 26, 2013 21:03:16 GMT
David Miliband was Labour's best choice for leader in 2010 IMO. He would certainly have entered No. 10 at some stage I think.
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Post by Richard Allen on Mar 26, 2013 21:05:46 GMT
It's a pity, almost a tragedy, for the Labour Party that he's going if this story is confirmed. He has considerable leadership potential and would have undoubtedly made a more formidable opponent to us than his brother. A career cut brutally short. He's taking a charity job in the USA apparently, which is reminiscent of Bryan Gould's departure to New Zealand in 1994. His political talents have always been vastly overrated. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:06:23 GMT
He joins the long list of Britain's "what if" fantasies...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:09:16 GMT
It's a pity, almost a tragedy, for the Labour Party that he's going if this story is confirmed. He has considerable leadership potential and would have undoubtedly made a more formidable opponent to us than his brother. A career cut brutally short. He's taking a charity job in the USA apparently, which is reminiscent of Bryan Gould's departure to New Zealand in 1994. His political talents have always been vastly overrated. especially by those on the right of politics Not sure how many of my Labour colleagues here saw him live at the hustings and frankly I saw very few people actually claim he was any good. |
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 26, 2013 21:10:31 GMT
This'll be interesting!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:12:28 GMT
you mean in terms of how many votes Labour will win by ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:15:09 GMT
ha ha Sky way behind, fancy trying to claim 'Sky Sources'
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Sky Sources: Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband to step down as Labour MP
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:15:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:20:49 GMT
Will this be an AWS for Labour ?? And will a local candidate be picked, is there one suitable there ?
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