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May 24th 10, 12:50 PM
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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. |
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May 24th 10, 02:05 PM
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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? |
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May 24th 10, 02:08 PM
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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. |
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May 24th 10, 02:11 PM
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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. |
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May 24th 10, 02:29 PM
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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. |
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May 24th 10, 02:43 PM
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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? |
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May 24th 10, 02:48 PM
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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. |
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May 24th 10, 02:56 PM
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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 |
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May 24th 10, 02:57 PM
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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 |
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May 24th 10, 06:11 PM
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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? |
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