Comments on: Labour’s collapse in Stoke

By: Mike Killingworth

Mike Killingworth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:07:34 +0000

[6] One of the questions I like to ask Tories who say that (most have more sense) is, which of the following post-Labour scenarios do you find most attractive?

(1) England becomes effectively a one-party country, with the Tories regularly achieving 60%+ of the vote, with no other party breaking the 20% barrier other than occasionally;

(2) A Lib Dem opposition capable of forming a government;

(3) A populist opposition formed out of UKIP/BNP support (if not leading lights) likewise.

Put another way, which is your second choice of party, if any?

By: cjcjc

cjcjc — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:04 +0000

To be followed, one hopes, by Labour’s collapse in many other places.

By: Laurence Marshall

Laurence Marshall — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:57 +0000

. I used to be member of the Labour Party in one of the potteries CLPs, next to Stoke, and I was profoundly grateful that I didn’t live in Stoke. There aren’t many members in any case, and the whole Stoke Labour party always struck me as batshit crazy.

By: Blanco

Blanco — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:20:50 +0000

Sounds like a basket case, Stoke.

By: A Very Public Sociologist

A Very Public Sociologist — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:27 +0000

Not necessarily. I heard last night there will be an open selection. The NEC knows that anything else could lead to the disintegration of the party in Stoke.

By: Mike Killingworth

Mike Killingworth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:23:03 +0000

The suspension of Stoke Central CLP means that the NEC will impose a candidate.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:15:14 +0000

As someone from Stoke: A hopeless situation for a hopeless town.

By: Andrew Reeves

Andrew Reeves — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:09:24 +0000

RT @libcon: Labour's collapse in Stoke http://bit.ly/cVtnrd

By: Liberal Conspiracy

Liberal Conspiracy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:01:18 +0000

Labour's collapse in Stoke http://bit.ly/cVtnrd