Labour Party leadership election 2015

[Torie]

What do you all think of the idea that an "advantage" of putting Corbyn in, is that once the new Tory leader is known for the next election, than Corbyn can be dumped for the most suitable person to run against the said new Tory leader, so put him in now as a seat warmer caretaker precisely because he is so "dumpable?" Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph is urging operation chaos to get Corbyn in. Fun stuff.

[Torie]

Sorry to interrupt, but if Corbyn gets in, and proves to be a "problem" as the next election draws nearer, what are the mechanics for switching him out for someone else? I am under some sort of impression that the procedures are different than picking a new Labour leader after a losing election, where the guy who lost resigns.

[Torie]

Once again, Blair expresses regret over an actual achievement of his government's.

"Mr Blair said: "I did feel that we made a mistake on devolution. We should have understood that, when you change the system of government so that more power is devolved, you need to have ways of culturally keeping England, Scotland and Wales very much in sync with each other."

Blair fails to explain just what the "ways of culturally keeping England, Scotland and Wales very much in sync with each other" are. So the comment seems like wistful musing, rather than anything worthy of policy debate. even policy in hindsight debate. I don't buy the cultural divide bit much anyway. It's more like a political divide.