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[vetran]

He's got a point, there wasn't a leadership contest, was there?

don't confuse him with the Granita pact. Only EU appointed Bureaucrats can be elected democratically.

[darmstadt]

don't confuse him with the Granita pact. Only EU appointed Bureaucrats can be elected democratically.

You probably won't be able to understand this, but try...

The 2007 Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since the previous leadership contest on 21 July 1994. At the same time that Blair resigned, John Prescott resigned as Deputy Leader, triggering a concurrent election for the deputy leadership.

Informal campaigning had been ongoing ever since Blair announced in 2004 that he would not be fighting a fourth general election as leader. Pressure for a timetable eventually led him to announce on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13 May 2007 to decide a timetable. Nominations opened on 14 May and closed at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.


Blair said he expected Gordon Brown to succeed him, and that Brown "would make an excellent Prime Minister". When nominations for the leadership elections opened, Blair was one of those nominating Brown. From the start, most observers considered Brown the overwhelming favourite to succeed Blair; John McDonnell, his only challenger, failed to secure enough nominations in order to get onto the ballot, and conceded defeat. Brown received 313 (88.2%) nominations to McDonnell's 29 (8.2%), making it mathematically impossible for anyone other than Brown to be nominated.


The election process concluded with Brown being declared leader at a special conference on 24 June 2007. On 27 June, Blair resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was succeeded by Brown.


If Brown had been opposed, Labour Party members would for the first time have directly elected a new Prime Minister.

[darmstadt]

Things go better with Coke....

[vetran]

You probably won't be able to understand this, but try...

Oh I understand it however as Brown confirmed they had made the agreement and spent years planning it it would be rather odd if they had failed to get votes.

Gordon Brown reveals truth over 'Granita pact' with Tony Blair | Politics News | Sky News

In his new book My Life, Our Times, to be released on Tuesday, Mr Brown writes: "I always smile when commentators write that we hammered out a deal in the restaurant.

"The Granita discussion merely confirmed what he had already offered and I had already agreed.

[darmstadt]

[darmstadt]

There is an official ‘Brexit Street’ in the French city of Beaucaire – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it leads nowhere. It was also conveniently placed close to "rue Robert Schuman" and "avenue Jean Monnet".

[Eirikur]

[Whorty]

These Tories should get the DWP to investigate ... make sure he hasn't claim benefits when he was fit to work.

[vetran]

These Tories should get the DWP to investigate ... make sure he hasn't claim benefits when he was fit to work.

yeah because those nasty tories are cutting the disability benefits so much





Benefits spending: Five charts on the UK's GBP100bn bill - BBC News

[WTFH]

yeah because those nasty tories are cutting the disability benefits so much





Benefits spending: Five charts on the UK's GBP100bn bill - BBC News

Where's "Benefit of being in the EU" on there?