Burdon another Momentum clone
Labour the gift that keeps giving
This is a good viewpoint from Blair's former advisor.
Political strategist John McTernan, who was former Labour leader Tony Blair's political secretary, says the party needs to put ideals aside and vote tactically when the time comes to pick a new Labour leader.
"The membership have to ask themselves: Do they see the world in left, right - and therefore we've got to choose a left leader, even though we've gone to the left for the last three elections and we've lost every time.
"Or do we see the world in which we need a Labour government and therefore the test is not of the leader, are you left are you right? or do I like you? The test is: Could you win a general election?"
He says Jess Phillips would be the best candidate, as she's not been associated with Jeremy Corbyn nor the leadership of his predecessor, Ed Miliband.
"They've had their time and they've lost," he says.
"It needs to be a new voice, a new face with new ideas because we will need a lot of ideas in post-Brexit Britain."
I note Johnson visited Sedgefield to unveil his new North-East MP'S,i''m sure the fact that was Tony Blair's former seat is purely a coincidence,