Interesting debate here at Labourhome, hot on the heels of a post by Will Parbury the day after the mayoral results, ponders on who the next Labour mayoral candidate should be. Iain Dale has even linked to it (although he doesn’t recognise the suggestion he picks was a joke). It was sad to see a picture of Ken forlornly carrying a plastic Thomas the Tank Engine trainset out of his office in the Mail on Sunday last week but a suggestion from Alex Hilton (all round affable guy and PPC for Kensington) is that should be Kon not Ken next time ie Konnie Huq. All this speculation less than a week after Livingstone’s electoral demise. Indecent haste?
Blogroll
- A Weekend Revolution
- Action Without Theory
- Anthony Painter
- Beyond Subculture by R. Huq – in all good bookshops now
- Bloggers4Labour
- Brighton Regency Labour Supporter
- BULS
- Chris Paul
- Cole Not Dole
- Comment is Free – Guardian
- Dave’s Part
- Don Paskini
- Fair Deal Phil
- Greater Manchester Fabians
- Grimmer Up North
- Hack
- Harry’s Place
- Hopi Sen
- Iain Dale
- Idiot Box Appearance (BBC Question Time Extra)
- Jag Singh
- John Gray (Unison)
- Jon Worth
- Julian Ware-Lane
- Kerron Cross
- Kerry McCarthy MP
- Kit Leary
- Labour Home
- Labour Outlook
- Labourlist
- Luke Akehurst
- Mars Hill
- Mrs Blogs blogs
- Newer Labour – Tom Miller
- Newsnight Jury
- OBV Blog
- Omar
- Parburypolitica
- Paul Linford
- Phil Taylor – ‘cos it’s good to see what the other side is thinking
- Pickled Politics
- Plattitude – Steve Platt
- Political scrapbook
- Progress
- Provisional BBC
- Recess Monkey
- Red Threads
- Shiraz Socialist
- Simon Fletcher
- Smokebelch
- Socialist Unity
- Spoof Akehurst
- Though Cowards Flinch
- Tom Watson
- Tory tv
- Very Public Sociologist (A)
- Work in progress: initial ideas for inclusion on forthcoming book on suburbia. Any ideas/ comments welcome
7 comments
Comments feed for this article
May 8, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Tim
What are the requirements for being London Mayor? Common sense, good ideas, good management skills, good leadership skills or is it just down to popularity and personality?
May 8, 2008 at 3:21 pm
ac256
Would your sister actually be prepared to ditch the battered remains of her neutral image and come out on the left?
And what are the chances of you actually getting a seat by then to fight her corner if she did?
It would take more than musical musings to pull it off…
May 8, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Alex Hilton
(*ahem) Chelsea & Fulham actually
Alex
May 8, 2008 at 4:29 pm
rupahuq
Tim: not being the incumbent could also be a qualifcation… which BoJo will not have on his side next time.
ac256: Konnie is weirdly now described as “ex Blue Peter” presenter now – as recently as 2 days ago on C4 News when the torch footage was dragged out again, maybe thus she is shorn of the impartiality requirement
Alex: doh, sorry. If I correct it, does it make you look idiotic rather than me?
May 8, 2008 at 5:29 pm
ac256
What we want to know is… IS she actually a lefty?
May 8, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Chas
Rupa,
You say that the suggestion on the Labour Home thread of Lee Jasper as mayoral candidate was a joke. Sadly not. It was treated as such by another correspondent so the original poster “BritishAsian” defended his choice thus:
“Then should the fightback not start there? Labour should not shrug and accept this tag for even one important Labour figure. If he is tarred then so are all others. If we “rehabilitate” Lee (only in perception not fact) it will be a big win for us.
Look at the late contest. Johnson was a flawed candidate too but as you say his candidacy somehow resonated. By 2012 there is a good chance that any Conservative government will be mired in deep unpopularity from the cuts it must make. With that backdrop I think any recognisable Labour candidate will win just as I think any Conservative would probably have won this time (or even done better possibly).
Let us not forget how close this race was. Livingstone lost by less than what the BNP polled. The BNP I am telling you! We can win those people back sure.”
Notice this chap recognises that the Conservatives will win the election and “must make” cuts. Yes, because this government has spent every last bean and as usual the Tories will have to come in and clean up the mess. Just like the last time…
Rupa, your lot at Labour Home are with the fairies. Admit it.
May 9, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Alex Hilton
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17282867563
THE DRAFT KONNIE HUQ FACEBOOK PAGE!