Over the last week we've been running a poll with the question: If Gordon Brown didn't exist, who do you think should be the next leader of the Labour Party? 270 people voted and Hilary Benn won by a country mile with 35%. David Miliband was second with 13% and John Reid came third with 11%. The readers of this blog are obviously people of taste. They put Patricia Hewitt bottom with 3% - I'd love to know the identity of the nine people who voted for her. I assume they must have all been Conservatives with a masochism complex. So it's down to the betting shop tomorrow to put some crispy oncers on Hilary.Check out the new poll: Do you think that some sort of State Funding for political parties should be introduced?
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Poor Nanny Patty. I don't think she's so bad. Actually I like her (but I didn't vote for her in the poll...I think)
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be wonderful if the American President and British PM were both called Hillary
ReplyDeleteNice guy, Benn. But I fear you'd get a different result if you polled a Labour blog.
ReplyDeleteIain,I think there was some manipulation of the vote.There are rumours that punters were voting more than once!
ReplyDeleteCan you assure us the vote was clean?No way would Millibland have come second---surely?
Rigger, It is not possible for someone to vote more than once from the same IP address.
ReplyDeleteWhen I told Hilary about the result on Friday evening he said it would be his dad who would have been multiple voting!
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