tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post115338892905240523..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Could Margaret Beckett become PM?Paul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153753196530317212006-07-24T15:59:00.000+01:002006-07-24T15:59:00.000+01:00Red Eye - Excellent, if somewhat partial, analysis...Red Eye - Excellent, if somewhat partial, analysis.<BR/><BR/>Richard - I think the name has probably been applied to most female Labour politicians over the age of 50.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153584474455982932006-07-22T17:07:00.000+01:002006-07-22T17:07:00.000+01:00Stalin's Granny? I thought the term was applied o...Stalin's Granny? I thought the term was applied originally to Joan Maynard, Blunkett's predecessor in Sheffield Brightside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153583996630650722006-07-22T16:59:00.000+01:002006-07-22T16:59:00.000+01:00Benn would be excellent, and it's a great shame Bl...Benn would be excellent, and it's a great shame Blair's pathetic pettiness stopped him from enjoying further promotion in the reshsuffle (preferably to the Foreign Office or Defence, where he'd look much more credible than either Beckett or Browne).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153582894773461802006-07-22T16:41:00.000+01:002006-07-22T16:41:00.000+01:00Sorry, e) should have read Shadow Treasury Chief S...Sorry, e) should have read Shadow Treasury Chief Secretary....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153582823754578482006-07-22T16:40:00.000+01:002006-07-22T16:40:00.000+01:00Beckett won't get it because of her relentless fli...Beckett won't get it because of her relentless flip-flopping on the party's internal left-right spectrum:<BR/>a) Becomes a Bennite MP for Lincoln in the October 74 election, ousting Dick Taverne<BR/>b) Accepts a post as Schools Minister, from which Joan Lestor resigned in protest at the IMF cuts<BR/>c) Having lost Lincoln, and looking for a new constituency, she becomes a Bennite once more, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153391149232852952006-07-20T11:25:00.000+01:002006-07-20T11:25:00.000+01:00BondwomanI don't think Miliband is too partisan ex...Bondwoman<BR/><BR/>I don't think Miliband is too partisan exactly - he gets on well with Brown and his views are actually well to the left of Blair's. But I think he is very much third in the queue behind Johnson and Reid as the potential Stop Gordon candidate, and I can't see either of those two dropping out to allow him a clear run. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, unlike Johnson or Reid, Miliband has Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1153390008219614802006-07-20T11:06:00.000+01:002006-07-20T11:06:00.000+01:00No David Milliband? Too partisan?No David Milliband? Too partisan?BondWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194225259521277589noreply@blogger.com