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A campaign for Diane Abbott to stand as New Labour leader

https://twitter.com/Abbott4L/status/1205828858806775808

Paul Game ● 2523d12 Comments

Please all get behind this campaign.It will keep the Tories in for 2 terms at least.

Paul Game ● 2523d

I think we need an etonian that knows how Boris thinks and plays by etonian rules.There must be a few around.No prior interest or belief in policies needed.

Ed Robinson ● 2523d

Good idea as it is Jeremy Corbyn's only chance now of ever living in no10!

Mike Essam ● 2523d

No chance, as Labour has a party within a party called 'Momentum' and they are hard left, run and dictate party policy.Why do you think Ed beat his brother David to the post a few years ago?The best candidate didn't win. The most left wing candidate won.Corbyn was a 100-1 shot at the start of his leaders election but he still won.They have manipulated the voting system so I doubt we will see the likes of Tony Blair ever become a leader again. Very sad but true.Labour is run and owned by the hard left.

Paul Game ● 2523d

"I doubt we will see the likes of Tony Blair ever become a leader again. Very sad but true."Well, at least that should save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

David Ainsworth ● 2523d

More meaningless labels to get away from any real discussion.Where is the centre?I would say the centre is what most people believe in and it's on an particular issue.I believe in more police that I think makes me centre.Boris doesn't so is he right or left of me?I believe in more UK trained and retained doctors and nurses.Boris doesn't so is he right or left of me?I await your interesting answers.

Ed Robinson ● 2523d

Paul, it seems the campaign to elect Diane Abbott as Leader of the Labour Party is a fake. Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2523d

Really, it appears quite well done? You don't think that other material on Twitter might be spurious too? That would deny the very foundations of our democracy. People lie? Very clever people lie for the best of all possible reasons?One of the most famous sayings attributed to Abraham Lincoln is about deception:"You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."There is no solid evidence that Lincoln actually used this adage, but we all have believed it.So there is no solid evidence that you cannot fool all the people all the time.

David Ainsworth ● 2523d

'Why do you think Ed beat his brother David to the post a few years ago?'Um, Ed Miliband was elected by his fellow MPs. It was he who changed the voting system to allow the thick-as-mince Corbyn to get in.

Frances Clarke ● 2523d

"It was he who changed the voting system to allow the thick-as-mince Corbyn to get in."Did Miliband do it on purpose, or inadvertently?

David Ainsworth ● 2523d

Not sure where Momentum 'manipulated the voting system' comes from. Corbyn was elected (twice) by the Party's membership of around 500,000 according to the appropriate processes, from a shortlist nominated by MPs. Last time the alternative candidate was Owen Smith (who he?) and I question how much better we'd have done under him. It's no use saying we'd have been better off with ('insert name here') as leader because they chose not to stand and weren't on the ballot paper. Obviously, in view of the recent defeat, Corbyn has to step down,  and it will be up to the Party members to elect a new generation of leader to take us forward.

Peter Evans ● 2522d

In fairness when I checked on twitter myself after the post, it was trending No 1 on Sunday.I guess with Labour suggesting it is time for a female candidate and also to add some diversity to the situation Diane may be a consideration.

Mike Essam ● 2522d