Left wing Labour MP John McDonnell plans to stand for party leadership.

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More soon.

Says the BBC website.

Who he?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, he is the stalking horse, then, whoever he may be. Ed to thread immediately!

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/john_mcdonnell/hayes_and_harlington

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1624#divisions

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/hunt_trap/hunting/goat/goat_images/nanny_350.jpg

ESCAPE GOAT!!!!!!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

It's not a stalking horse, party rules won't allow that in any case. He'll stand against Gordon Brown once Blair steps down, according to the BBC now.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Here

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

is it a bird? is it a plane? no, it's stalking nonentity! hurrah! still, good on him. someone had to.

it'd be funny as fuck if he got it, mind.

x-post: orly? in that case he's just a knob. give up now, mate, save yourself the bother.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Oh OK. Terminology fuckup here. Anyone think Blair will get the busies on his doorstep over the other ting?

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

He used to be Ken Livingstone's bagman back in the day of the GLC.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

I bet Blairite MPs are rubbing their hands with glee right now because now there's going to be no coronation, it's no longer inconceivable that they could throw their own candidate into the mix.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Well, we'll see how far the £4? row goes - if it ensnares a lot of Blairites that might be an issue.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Gordon will defeat McDonnell relatively easily, so he'll be able to say he has a mandate from the party. A weak challenger is definitely in his interests. But... what if McDonnell gets near a third of the votes?

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 13 July 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

Put a tenner on Alan Johnson to be next PM.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 13 July 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

It'd be better if it was Alan Simpson.

― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Amen

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 13 July 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

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