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Question: Who should be the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
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Tony Blair
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Ken Livingstone
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DEPUTY: David Blunkett
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DEPUTY: Jeremy Corbyn
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« on: March 14, 2017, 03:23:46 PM »
« edited: March 14, 2017, 03:26:38 PM by Lumine »

This is it folks, Labour will either turn dramatically towards the right or the left. Will it be "Red Ken" Livingstone or "Teflon Tony" Blair?

Two days, and then we're onto the next general election!
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2017, 03:26:25 PM »

Livingstone/Blunkett, to make things interesting.
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2017, 03:29:23 PM »

Blair/Blunkett, sad Cook didn't make the run-off.
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2017, 03:43:46 PM »

Livingstone/Corbyn
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2017, 05:37:52 PM »

If Livingstone's the leader I'm voting Lib Dem.
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2017, 05:43:51 PM »

Livingstone/Corbyn I suppose.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2017, 07:52:46 PM »

Livingstone/Blunkett, to make things interesting.
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2017, 12:56:24 AM »


This, and I don't want a rehash of real life.

Though I'm voting Lib Dem in the general election anyway, so...
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2017, 02:33:53 AM »


This, and I don't want a rehash of real life.

Though I'm voting Lib Dem in the general election anyway, so...

Boo!
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2017, 06:20:16 AM »


This, and I don't want a rehash of real life.

Though I'm voting Lib Dem in the general election anyway, so...

Boo!
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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2017, 06:37:16 AM »

Blair/Corbyn again, for lol's sake.
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2017, 06:46:08 AM »


A match made in heaven.
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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2017, 06:49:55 AM »

If Blair wins I'll seriously be tempted to vote for Widdecombe.
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2017, 06:50:16 AM »

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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2017, 06:22:45 PM »

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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2017, 10:03:18 PM »

Less than a day left in this. (and it's looking like it will be close)
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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2017, 11:31:34 PM »

A six-vote lead for Livingstone is looking insurmountable, if I'm honest. Blunkett could dethrone Corbyn, though.
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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2017, 08:58:43 AM »

A six-vote lead for Livingstone is looking insurmountable, if I'm honest. Blunkett could dethrone Corbyn, though.

Well, I did the dice rolls for Blair and Livingstone just in case, and we're in for a fun government.
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« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2017, 04:06:48 PM »

So it's Red Ken vs. Widdy. Can we now install Lembit Opik as Lib Dem leader, thus completing the trio of buffoonery? Tongue
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« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2017, 06:37:25 PM »

So it's Red Ken vs. Widdy. Can we now install Lembit Opik as Lib Dem leader, thus completing the trio of buffoonery? Tongue

Rest assured, the General Election may not be just a straight battle between Labour and the Conservatives...
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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2017, 06:41:00 PM »

So it's Red Ken vs. Widdy. Can we now install Lembit Opik as Lib Dem leader, thus completing the trio of buffoonery? Tongue

Rest assured, the General Election may not be just a straight battle between Labour and the Conservatives...
Hurry up and update! We're dying here! Tongue
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2017, 07:19:35 PM »

Labour Leadership Election, 2002:

"Red Ken" Livingstone, unexpected Prime Minister

First Preference:

Leader:
Ken Livingstone: 34,3%
Tony Blair: 31,4%
Robin Cook: 28,6%
Margaret Beckett: 5,7%
Gordon Brown: WITHDRAWN

Deputy Leader:
Jeremy Corbyn: 46,2%
David Blunkett: 26,9%
Clare Short: 11,5%
Harriet Harman: 11,5%
Michael Meacher: 3,8%

With the resignation of John Prescott due to his many affairs, Labour was faced with the first leadership election in eight years. Despite the widespread interest of about a dozen Labour MP's to run for Leader only five candidacies took form, and four alone reached the voting process. Tony Blair, Margaret Beckett, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook and Ken Livingstone all launched their own bids having gathered (some barely so) the signatures needed. Alas, Gordon Brown's campaign collapsed when on his first campaign event he was overheard referring to a group of Labour voters concerned about immigration as "bigoted". The resulting media storm forced Brown, increasingly sick of politics, to bow out of the contest. With Margaret Beckett failing to find momentum, the race turned into a clear three-way contest between Cook, Blair and Livingstone (all representing different factions), with Cook eliminated on the first preference ballot. On the Deputy Leader election it was Jeremy Corbyn who had clearly captured the enthusiasm and the support of the party members, winning a large plurality over David Blunkett.

Final Preference:

Leader:
Ken Livingstone: 60,0%
Tony Blair: 40,0%

Leader:
Jeremy Corbyn: 53,6%
David Blunkett: 46,4%

Whislt many expected a close result due to Livingstone's incredible surge in support amongst the Labour grassroots (as opposed to MP's, where Blair had more support), the party had continued to change during the Prescott years and had found electoral success in declining to go down the modernization route, making Blair a candidate too much into the right of the party to be a truly acceptable leader. Despite serious concerns about Livingstone's stances on issues like Northern Ireland (which would play a role in some tragedies to come), Blair found himself defeated once again, almost with the exact margin with which Prescott had beaten him in 1994. Despite faring much better, Blunkett narrowly lost to Corbyn to deputy leader, turning the Labour leadership entirely to the hard-left. Suddenly turned into the Prime Minister, Livingstone attempted to start his tenure on a more conciliatory note, trying to build bridges with the soft-left:

Prime Minister: Ken Livingstone
Deputy Prime Minister: Jeremy Corbyn
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Patricia Hewitt
Home Secretary: Peter Hain
Foreign Secretary: Robin Cook

The following years would be among the most dramatic in British politics.
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