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In reply to the discussion: Labour leapt into Brexit's fires - and now the party is burning [View all]T_i_B
(14,738 posts)16. Who else is there in Scottish Labour?
The only other person of any prominence in Scottish Labour at present that I can think of is John McTernan who is
a) A spin doctor rather than an elected politician
b) Quite incredibly obnoxious
This is one of the effects of electoral meltdown. You have far fewer candidates to choose from and those left may not be the most suitable for the job.
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It's not all about Corbyn at this point. It's barely even about Labour any more.
Denzil_DC
Mar 2017
#3
No one the PLP would accept would lead-all they care about is putting a "moderate" in.
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#6
The "moderates" could stop all of that if they just stopped scheming against the current leader.
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#12
I don't want to talk about Corbyn or anti-Corbyn either....but the anti-people "Labour" MPs
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#14
"The best approach was to fight to save multicultural Britain in a post-Brexit world."
Denzil_DC
Mar 2017
#30
In the here and now, there was never any chance that ANY Tory MPs would defy May on Article 50.
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#32
I've had to knock this myth down before. Sorry, your first argument is just nonsense.
Denzil_DC
Mar 2017
#29