Chukka Umunna pushes all my buttons.LarryDavid wrote:BUT, WILL THEY BE WILLING TO PUSH THE NUCLEAR BUTTON?!?!
That resignation thing was weird. He must have been promised something to drop out by someone who then didn't win.mistercrayon wrote:It’s weird to think we were possibly about a month away from Umunna being Labour Party leader before he resigned from the leadership contest and now here he is leading a different group of MPs.
monkey wrote:That resignation thing was weird. He must have been promised something to drop out by someone who then didn't win.
Yossarian wrote:I’d have thought that they’d be more likely to be able to remove him from inside the party. They can’t vote in confidence motions now.
Plenty more of that in the link.But Umunna was created in that New Labour laboratory. Elected in 2010, I first noticed his presence in 2011 when he hosted a Fabian Society reception for new MPs called “Thinkers and Doers”. In its communications, Umunna offered to meet supporters in a “very informal drinks reception” which was “made possible by the support of A4e.” The big party was paid for by workfare corporation A4e, which was entirely dependent on huge government contracts, and disappeared four years later amid allegations of fraud, corruption and cheating claimants.
No doubt at all that if they thought they’d win, they’d do it. Although tbf they don’t have any policies so what are they supposed to stand on?Roujin wrote:Also, by-elections or gtfo you fannies.
monkey wrote:Lovely takedown piece of the cunt du jour.
New Labour had strong appeal for many top journalists because it allowed them to feel socially conscious and modern without making them uncomfortable about second homes and public school fees.
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