david miliband

It seems that a new leadership contest is inevitable after the election and the scuttlebutt seems to be that Yvette Cooper is the name in the ring. Not someone I know a great deal about but she seems to be fairly run of the mill in terms of her voting record etc. A fairly sensible middle of...

It certainly looks like it. After he sacked Hilary Benn his Shadow Cabinet are queueing up to resign. live updates I wonder who'll be next, given Labour's election system? A Blairite 'suit' wouldn't go down well with the punters but maybe vote-fatigue will kick in. Maybe Benn himself? He made...

Which son of the famous Jewish Marxist would you prefer as leader of the Labour party? Ballot papers go out on Wednesday. Allegedly their mother is upset. So she is voting Dianne Abbott...

This article in the Telegraph suggest Blairite Miliband will team up with the left-winger Cruddas. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7683619/General-Election-2010-Left-winger-will-join-David-Miliband-in-Labour-dream-ticket.html So, who's your money on?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8364750.stm If a male Sec of State had said this about his female counterpart in the UK, 18 years juniour, how would the media have reacted?

After Brown loses the next election (yes, when, not if), who will be the next Labour Leader? Will the party take a swing to the far left like the Tories took a swing to the far right after their 97 loss (Hague, Duncan Smith)? I'm thinking Cruddas or Ed Miliband will be the far-left's choice...