Who should the next Labour leader be?

[barrydidit]

Or just change the usual voting pattern from "X" to say "Y", that will do it.

I don’t think that would do it. One voter drew a cock in the little box but the returning officer deemed that a suitable indication of their intent as there was no other mark against any other candidate. I’ve forgotten which candidate it was though.

[FatLazyContractor]

I don’t think that would do it. One voter drew a cock in the little box but the returning officer deemed that a suitable indication of their intent as there was no other mark against any other candidate. I’ve forgotten which candidate it was though.

Has to be Ed innit?

[d000hg]

However its probably irrelevant. With Scotland utterly lost to the SNP there isn't enough seats left for them that they could plausibly win...

That depends if this is a new pattern of Scottish voting, or in effect a gigantic protest vote and everyone will have calmed down in the next 5 years.

[TheFaQQer]

Has to be Ed innit?

No, it was a Tory.

Edit - http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co...ail/story.html

[SueEllen]

No, it was a Tory.

Edit - Welsh voter draws penis on ballot paper - returning officer counts it as a vote | South Wales Evening Post

Is Glyn Davies a cock then?

[SueEllen]

Lord Sugar is quitting the Labour party as he's fed up of their anti-business policies.

[vetran]

no but he is

Farmer Mr Davies held his seat in Montgomeryshire in Mid Wales with "significantly enlarged" majority of 5,325 votes.

[MarillionFan]

Lord Sugar is quitting the Labour party as he's fed up of their anti-business policies.

Miliband. You're fired!

[unixman]

I'm not sure what you are on about.

Lots of professional women don't use their husband's name because they got into their careers and qualified before they got married. Plus if they get divorced and remarried, you and I don't have to keep remember what their bloody last name is. I mean Liz Taylor was always Liz Taylor even though she got married 8 times.

In regards to Liz Kendall it's only because media sources looked into her background that we know this. There is actually very little information on her personal life. I just think it's amusing that if she was Labour leader her nearly 6ft 8 inch husband would be dragged out to accompany her.

Many married MPs use different names because they don't want you to realize they are married. Or at least to draw attention from it. Then it is less obvious when they are logrolling or acting in their spouse's favour, or having a conflict of interest. When Harriet Harmon temporarily dropped the woman-only shortlist rules to make Jack Dromey an MP, people may not have immediately realized he was her husband.

Harriet Harman accused of double standards over shortlist | UK | News | Daily Express

That might not be the best example but there are loads of others.

[SueEllen]

Many married MPs use different names because they don't want you to realize they are married. Or at least to draw attention from it. Then it is less obvious when they are logrolling or acting in their spouse's favour, or having a conflict of interest. When Harriet Harmon temporarily dropped the woman-only shortlist rules to make Jack Dromey an MP, people may not have immediately realized he was her husband.

Harriet Harman accused of double standards over shortlist | UK | News | Daily Express

That might be the best example but there are loads of others.

Since the people who watch what politicians get up to like the media do the same thing it was a very stupid attempt.