Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Careful what you wish for
If Starmer goes their David Lammy will become OUR Prime Minister. At least temporarily.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Oli,
It's true that yesterday Keir Starmer again used the term "my party".
Perhaps he wishes.
Or maybe he's clutching on in faint hope.Either way, to democrats, his cheeky claim of Party ownership is irritating and unnecessary. There are many fine words to describe a mutually respectful group of political allies. Colleagues; comrades; even genuine friends.
My own favourite term is "team".Fortunately, none of the main U.K. parties are burdened with hereditary monarchy.
Oli, if you should decide to enter democratic politics, I hope you will quickly experience the value of working in many areas with courtesy and respect with mainstream political opponents. Because this is often in the wider interests of local people you seek to represent.
The toxic mix of the Mandelson scandal is bad enough. There's no need to add in your own irrelevant dislike of David Lammy.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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It's My Party
Alan, I am reminded of a remarkably apposite analogy from Popular Culture ~
Please turn the volume up!
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Harper on
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Yes, please don't mention the local MP, and the likelihood of him becoming the Prime Minister. It's also entirely inappropriate that the Foreign Minister who officially appointed and endorsed Peter Mandelson to the role of ambassador be mentioned in the context of the 'Mandelson scandal'.
We must be careful to focus solely on Mandelson's personal depravity, lest we sully the good name of the Labour Party. The party of Blair, Campbell, Lammy, Cooper, Akehurst, Streeting etc etc.
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THE LINE MANAGER
"Line manager" is more useful in the context of council staff.
However if this description must be used, then I suggest that David Lammy's line manager (the PM) appointed or had already appointed the manager in Washington.
I suggest that most reasonable people would accept it would be hard or impossible to manage or challenge an appointment that had been finalised by one's own boss.
This unholy mess is all on the general manager or managing director: Keir Starmer.
(Sir Keir often seems to me to be more (ambitious) manager than leader.
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The chain-of-command above the local council Party Leader ends in the person of Sir Kier. If the ultimate Party line manager is replaced by May 2026, then it may come as a relief to local New Labour Leader, Cllr Peray Ahmet.
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Permalink Reply by Martin (Woodside)
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Putting Lammy in the job might steal a march on the Tories Kemi Badenoch, but Ed Miliband apparently had the least to do with Mandelson, so is a likely candidate. I'm sure most of the country want to see the back of the seedy kabal of Islingtonians we have now.
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