Campbell as Labour leader?

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Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:37 am

Alastair is on the Jeremy Vine programme. One caller suggested that he could be the best leader Labour never had.

....but could he yet become that leader?!!!

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:40 am

Not Sol then ?
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by scouseclaret » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:43 am

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Alastair is on the Jeremy Vine programme. One caller suggested that he could be the best leader Labour never had.

....but could he yet become that leader?!!!
He’d need to become an MP first.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by LoveCurryPies » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:57 am

Tom Watson would be the obvious choice for me. I like Alistair but don't agree with many of his political views. The role of Leader is intense and all consuming, I think his depression would make it impossible.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Herts Clarets » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:05 am

Alastair Campbell has never been elected to any political position in his life so that sort of precludes him from becoming leader of the Labour Party....

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Hendrickxz » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:06 am

Herts Clarets wrote:Alastair Campbell has never been elected to any political position in his life so that sort of precludes him from becoming leader of the Labour Party....
Being chucked out of the Labour Party might also work against him a tad....
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by BennyD » Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:39 pm

An absolute yes from me. Campbell, as an MP, would make 'Bollockdropper Boris' seem like Churchill in 1940.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:43 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Not Sol then ?
If it was Glen Campbell the spin would at least sound better.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Herts Clarets » Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:53 pm

Not a chance he would take that job even if it was possible. It would mean he would have to actually do something rather than just pontificating soundbites from the sidelines on social media without any real substance. 'People's Vote' Campbell I believe he has changed his Twitter handle to and before I managed to block tweets from the self publicising pillock, there were countless tweets on an almost hourly basis demanding that Brexit be stopped and a 'people's vote' takes place.
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by If it be your will » Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:47 pm

Imagine a lefty said: "Wouldn't John McDonnell make a great Tory leader? Aye, that McDonnell fellow would give Corbyn a run for his money, that's for sure. And Len McCluskey is far better than that Vince Cable guy, too. Yeah, McDonnell, Corbyn and McCluskey should be the leaders of the three main parties, instead of the utterly useless May and Cable!"

Well that's how silly this thread is.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by The Enclosure » Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:52 pm

If I was labour i would want Sir Keir Starmer to be leader.I reckon with him as leader they would have a good chance of defeating the Tories.

With Corbyn at the helm not a cat in hells chance.
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:08 pm

The Enclosure wrote:If I was labour i would want Sir Keir Starmer to be leader.I reckon with him as leader they would have a good chance of defeating the Tories.

With Corbyn at the helm not a cat in hells chance.
Agree with this which makes it all the more baffling why Labour members are so obsessed with Corbyn.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by fatboy47 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:16 pm

The Enclosure wrote:If I was labour i would want Sir Keir Starmer to be leader.I reckon with him as leader they would have a good chance of defeating the Tories.

With Corbyn at the helm not a cat in hells chance.


You did see the result of the last election didn't you?


A snap election called by the tories, when the tories expected a virtual landslide....and the tories scraped a barely workable majority with the support of the irish bigot party.....and the leader of the labour party was ??

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by boatshed bill » Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:56 pm

Wouldn't Campbell be more suited to leading the Lib Dems ? :D
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by AndrewJB » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:30 pm

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Agree with this which makes it all the more baffling why Labour members are so obsessed with Corbyn.
The vast majority of threads and posts that involve Corbyn are by people who have a strong dislike for him. I think the other day someone wrote; "I hope he rots in hell" Would it be unreasonable to wonder whether supporters of other parties are more obsessed with Corbyn?

As for Corbyn getting replaced, what would be the point? Whoever becomes the next leader of the Labour Party will get the same treatment from the press as Corbyn has, and before long there will be threads on here about some transgression in the past, or perhaps like Corbyn's had, completely made up news, and people claiming that he or she is unelectable. Besides, Corbyn is at his best when campaigning, and I think that once Brexit gets delayed again in a few months time, there might be an election.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Garnerssoap » Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:07 am

Corbyn makes me laugh. He’s an incorruptible m&s hirsuted rogue. The 1%ers are **** scared of him. I don’t get why we all don’t vote for him for a laugh.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by box_of_frogs » Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:16 am

fatboy47 wrote:..and the leader of the labour party was ??
A terrorist supporter?

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by fatboy47 » Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:27 am

box_of_frogs wrote:A terrorist supporter?

Keep believing it froggsy boy !! :lol: :lol:

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by tiger76 » Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:42 am

The Enclosure wrote:If I was labour i would want Sir Keir Starmer to be leader.I reckon with him as leader they would have a good chance of defeating the Tories.

With Corbyn at the helm not a cat in hells chance.
I'd likely vote for a Keir Starmer led Labour party,he's one of the few MP'S that i can respect right now,i have voted Labour in the past,but not since 2001.
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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by NottsClaret » Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:58 am

fatboy47 wrote:You did see the result of the last election didn't you?
They lost didn't they?

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by BurnleyFC » Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:38 am

box_of_frogs wrote:A terrorist supporter?
Not entirely true.

He’s a terrorist sympathiser.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by IanMcL » Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:44 am

scouseclaret wrote:He’d need to become an MP first.
Not to be leader.
Only PM.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by box_of_frogs » Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:08 pm

BurnleyFC wrote:Not entirely true.

He’s a terrorist sympathiser.
I clap my hands on the Turf. I’m a supporter. He claps his hands with various terrorists, he’s a supporter. Simples!

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Damo » Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:48 am

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Top trolling there if I must say

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by Stayingup » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:25 pm

fatboy47 wrote:Keep believing it froggsy boy !! :lol: :lol:
That picture of him laying that wreath at the terrorista tomb was a mirage was it?

Hes been a joke all his political career and for very good reason. He is a bloody joke.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by dougcollins » Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:30 pm

Adam Boulton.

There's a man you would never tire of punching.

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Re: Campbell as Labour leader?

Post by elwaclaret » Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:35 pm

Hahaha that would be a whole knew level of Surreal.

The vast majority on here cannot stand the fella.... and given how much credit we give each other as clarets generally... it diesn’t Bode well.

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