Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.


Plus Diane Abbott for leader of the Labour Party?

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On May 24, 3:05*pm, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Plus Diane Abbott for leader of the Labour Party?

No. Congrats on the stereotyping though, thus fulfilling the
stereotype I have of you.

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On May 24, 3:08*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On May 24, 3:05*pm, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Plus Diane Abbott for leader of the Labour Party?

No. [...]

FWIW I think Andy Burnham looks like quite an interesting candidate
for the leadership.

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On 24 May, 15:11, Mizter T wrote:
On May 24, 3:08*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On May 24, 3:05*pm, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Plus Diane Abbott for leader of the Labour Party?

No. [...]

FWIW I think Andy Burnham looks like quite an interesting candidate
for the leadership.

Not sure why you think Oona King would be a strong candidate, unless
you mean "likely to get the nomination".

As Mayor, a CV on the lines of "I'll agree that pink is blue if Tony
Blair says so" doesn't make her look like the kind of independent
character that is needed to stand up for London, or stand up for
anything.

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

Mizter T wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

She's based in zone 2 and is a metropolitan liberal Blairite head nodder -
is she really the candidate to win back the outer suburbs?

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

"MIG" wrote in message

On 24 May, 15:11, Mizter T wrote:
On May 24, 3:08 pm, Mizter T wrote:

On May 24, 3:05 pm, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Plus Diane Abbott for leader of the Labour Party?

No. [...]

FWIW I think Andy Burnham looks like quite an interesting candidate
for the leadership.

Not sure why you think Oona King would be a strong candidate, unless
you mean "likely to get the nomination".

As Mayor, a CV on the lines of "I'll agree that pink is blue if Tony
Blair says so" doesn't make her look like the kind of independent
character that is needed to stand up for London, or stand up for
anything.

Agreed, she's just too nice and ordinary. Oona Kings would probably not
do much better than Susan Kramer did in the first mayoral election in
2000, where she came fourth, beaten even by Frank Dobson. I think
London has proved that it likes big, noisy characters like Ken and
Boris, who have strong opinions on most things.

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Yes, famouse for being a politician, supporting the Iraq War and working
in the media, but without any real experience or understanding of
municipal administration. I can't imagine how that could possibly go
wrong *cough* Boris *cough*.

Tom

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:45 +0100
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
Mizter T wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

She's based in zone 2 and is a metropolitan liberal Blairite head nodder -
is she really the candidate to win back the outer suburbs?

The 2 fingers the country has shown at Labour will remain raised for a very
long time. They could elect Ghandi or Noddy for leader, it wouldn't make a
blind but of difference.

B2003

Oona King to run for Labour's Mayoral candidacy in 2012
 

On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:56:27 +0100, Tom Barry
wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700715.stm

Really interesting news. I think she'd make for a very strong
candidate.

Yes, famouse for being a politician, supporting the Iraq War and working
in the media, but without any real experience or understanding of
municipal administration. I can't imagine how that could possibly go
wrong *cough* Boris *cough*.


Perhaps Ms King could try for a sympathy vote, having been ousted from
her Westminster seat by "Gorgeous" George Galloway?