Ever so diplomatically Luke Akehurst points the finger at the Shadow Cabinet for not supporting Ed Miliband: http://labourlist.org/2014/06/the-labour-leader-miliband-most-resembles-clem-attlee/
“…we need to see them coming forward, making the big announcements, making the big speeches, socking it to the Government in the Commons in a way that will convince them that Labour is ready to govern.”
So presumably the Shadow Cabinet are not coming forward with big announcements? They are not making big speeches? They are not convincing people that Labour is ready to govern?
Really, this is not helping Mr Akehurst.
“We need to stop worrying about what the worst case might be in May 2015 and start ensuring that everything we say and do between now and then contributes to the best case happening.”
And what if the best case is Labour falling short of a majority? Of not even getting a majority of the popular vote? Of not even being able to join with the LibDems in a fudged compromise coalition with Tristram Hunt as Prime Minister?
The stakes are high Mr Akehurst.
People ARE worrying about the worst case scenario.
Changing leader now may not be enough to secure a Labour majority but it could make Labour sufficiently LibDem friendly so as to revive a significant number of Labour careers post-2015 in the wheeling and dealing that is widely expected to follow a hung parliament.
If you are going to lose in the general election you might as well start planning for it now. And that is why we are seeing suggestions that it is time to junk Mr Miliband (who is toast anyway after a 2015 defeat). And we are seeing very subtle indications that the time is right to bring in a right-wing neo-Blair liberal who can command respect among the LibDems.
“…we need to see them coming forward, making the big announcements, making the big speeches, socking it to the Government in the Commons in a way that will convince them that Labour is ready to govern.”
So presumably the Shadow Cabinet are not coming forward with big announcements? They are not making big speeches? They are not convincing people that Labour is ready to govern?
Really, this is not helping Mr Akehurst.
“We need to stop worrying about what the worst case might be in May 2015 and start ensuring that everything we say and do between now and then contributes to the best case happening.”
And what if the best case is Labour falling short of a majority? Of not even getting a majority of the popular vote? Of not even being able to join with the LibDems in a fudged compromise coalition with Tristram Hunt as Prime Minister?
The stakes are high Mr Akehurst.
People ARE worrying about the worst case scenario.
Changing leader now may not be enough to secure a Labour majority but it could make Labour sufficiently LibDem friendly so as to revive a significant number of Labour careers post-2015 in the wheeling and dealing that is widely expected to follow a hung parliament.
If you are going to lose in the general election you might as well start planning for it now. And that is why we are seeing suggestions that it is time to junk Mr Miliband (who is toast anyway after a 2015 defeat). And we are seeing very subtle indications that the time is right to bring in a right-wing neo-Blair liberal who can command respect among the LibDems.
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