Thought it might be an idea to have a dedicated thread. So the candidates. Here's a BBC Profile of them all http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32654262 Interesting lines from another BBC Page "Meanwhile, a review following the party's election defeat said an anti-austerity platform was "a vote loser". The study, led by the party's former policy chief Jon Cruddas, found that "the Tories didn't win despite austerity, they won because of it". In a poll of 3,000 people in England and Wales conducted for the party, 58% of voters agreed cutting the deficit was the "top priority", with 16% disagreeing. But some 60% also agreed the economy unfairly favours powerful interests and 43% said they would vote for a party that would redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor." And finally, I saw this article today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33796193 Burnham definitely trying to put feelers out to some of the lefty Corbyn voters, without going too far that way himself.