Comments on: What should Labour do next? Politics Decoded with Garbo

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:49:55 +0000

“Purnell would also be a real break from the past. He a very likeable and intelligent minister and has charisma to go with it.”

Mr Purnell (and I AM a Labour voter) is a smug, self satisified little creep, who had a very privileged background, a life in the BBC and politics - in other words no experience of the real world.

I cannot stand the sneery way he talks about people legitimately on welfare benefits, implying they are shaming - especially with mental health problems. My late wife committed suicide - we had a GP like Purnell who felt that people with depression should just “pull themselves together”.

he would make an ideal Tory minister - which in reality he is.

Purnell…Hutton and New Labour wonder why they are losing the core vote!

By: Garbo

Garbo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:58:24 +0000

… it does seem that the Purnell option is not on the cards, with it being claimed that he will support a Miliband challenge. This is a shame, though not a tremendous surprise given the lower profile and lesser experience of Purnell.

The fact that Purnell has said he will support Miliband in a leadership battle really does suggest the plotting is going on at the highest level.

These are uncertain times for the Labour party…

By: Garbo

Garbo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:02:40 +0000

Ha ha!! I suspect you won’t be voting for anyone in the Labour party whatever they do!

I actually do quite like the guy. And I do not think he is particularly left - probably less so than Miliband infact.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:19:21 +0000

Purnell likeable? You haven’t watched much politics on the TV have you? That man just has one of those hideous socialist smug faces. I challenge any right thinking person to be in a room alone with James Prunell for 5 minutes without killing him. I know I couldn’t.