tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post115096927135870531..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Labour leadership contest is now a certaintyPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1151055670314948112006-06-23T10:41:00.000+01:002006-06-23T10:41:00.000+01:00That's a good point, Bob. It may be that the more...That's a good point, Bob. It may be that the more thoughtful lefties think that Brown will have to (or want to) be more Blairite than Blair to re-assure Middle England, whereas Johnson, having more pukka Blairite credentials, won't have so much to prove. <BR/><BR/>I remember that, in his Diaries, Tony Benn muses that dealing with Callaghan might be easier than dealing with Wilson because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150994391183785572006-06-22T17:39:00.000+01:002006-06-22T17:39:00.000+01:00The danger for Brown is that if the left contest t...The danger for Brown is that if the left contest the election as well as someone like Alan Johnson... where does the left vote go in the event their candidate is knocked out first. If it was Alan he still has allies in the trade union section of the ballot. I'm beginning to think either gordon has cocked up, or the ace manipulator next door still has a card to play.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150984784914986222006-06-22T14:59:00.000+01:002006-06-22T14:59:00.000+01:00Brown will probably be very happy that he's just l...Brown will probably be very happy that he's just lost the support of Clare Short. He wasn't going to give her a job anyway. And it fits in with the strategy Paul outlines, that of provoking a contest with the Labour left (which he'll hope to win by a handsome margin) to show Middle England that he isn't as much to the left of Blair as supposed (or, indeed, at all to Blair's left).<BR/><BR/>The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150969931537679992006-06-22T10:52:00.000+01:002006-06-22T10:52:00.000+01:00very interesting. i think you're probably bang on...very interesting. i think you're probably bang on as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com