Quote: Sal Paradise "Angela Rayner - are you serious? Labour can kiss goodbye to ever getting in power - Boris will eat her for breakfast. Next you will be saying Laura Pidcock as deputy.'"
Sadly not - because she lost her seat; and unlike the Tories, Labour don't have the option of sidestepping the electorate by putting non-MP's into the HoL but retaining them in Cabinet positions. Question - given the way that Tory maths works - are there now 2 Nicky Morgan's?
Quote: Sal Paradise "Labour lost because of Corbyn and a huge credibility issue - the idea that all their give aways' could be funded by a few rich people wasn't credible and could not have been delivered - everyone would have been poorer. The media bias was a complete deflection from the fact that a hard left Labour wasn't attractive and if you look at the arrogance of these people like Corbyn, like McDonald and the anger they showed when questioned it shone through big style. Labour on the left is a party to bring the people together it was quite the opposite policies for a few to hurt the mass. C4 fought tirelessly for Labour - Sky gave them a huge platform as did Marr.'"
I think Labour did indeed lose partly because of Corbyn - I haven't said otherwise; where I differ is that I don't think this election was won or lost on policy; it was largely based on spin and smear and personalities - and he suffered more of that than even Michael Foot. But the single biggest factor was Brexit - this was effectively a 2nd referendum, and Workington Man has clearly been persuaded that 'getting Brexit done' was more important than any other issue.